Tim Hacker - May 7, 2011
Photo Radar
Despite Arizona lawmaker's curbs, cities not slowing down in photo enforcement By Mike Sakal, Tribune East Valley Tribune | 18 comments
A new state law requiring cities to change the wording on mailed photo-enforcement tickets to clearly reflect a speeder’s rights and obligations to pay them doesn’t appear to be putting the brakes on the East Valley cities issuing citations.
Senate Bill 1398 is Arizona lawmakers’ latest attempt to hamper photo enforcement. The state ended its experiment with speed cameras along freeways last summer, when the Arizona Department of Public Safety chose not to renew its contract with Phoenix-based vendor Reflex.
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Saturday, May 7, 2011
Monday, July 27, 2009
Out-of-State Residents Face No Consequences for Unpaid Freeway-Camera Tickets
Arizona Photo-Enforcement Loophole: Out-of-State Residents Face No Consequences for Unpaid Freeway-Camera Tickets
By Ray Stern - PhoenixNewTimes.com - Jul. 27 2009
In following up our earlier post today about 3,600 speed-camera cases on the docket for this morning in a single justice court, we stumbled upon the answer to a good question.
Many readers have asked: What happens if you get a speed-camera ticket on the freeway in Arizona, but you live out of state?
We had been barking up the wrong camera housing, it turns out, by asking a Redflex official whether process servers from other states deliver the tickets outside of Arizona. It doesn't matter if those tickets are served -- failing to pay does not result in any action taken with the Motor Vehicles Department, says MVD spokeswoman Cydney DeModica.
There is a consequence to failing to pay: You won't be able to register a vehicle in Arizona until you pay the fine and other fees.
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Arizona Photo-Enforcement Loophole: Out-of-State Residents Face No Consequences for Unpaid Freeway-Camera Tickets
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By Ray Stern - PhoenixNewTimes.com - Jul. 27 2009
In following up our earlier post today about 3,600 speed-camera cases on the docket for this morning in a single justice court, we stumbled upon the answer to a good question.
Many readers have asked: What happens if you get a speed-camera ticket on the freeway in Arizona, but you live out of state?
We had been barking up the wrong camera housing, it turns out, by asking a Redflex official whether process servers from other states deliver the tickets outside of Arizona. It doesn't matter if those tickets are served -- failing to pay does not result in any action taken with the Motor Vehicles Department, says MVD spokeswoman Cydney DeModica.
There is a consequence to failing to pay: You won't be able to register a vehicle in Arizona until you pay the fine and other fees.
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Arizona Photo-Enforcement Loophole: Out-of-State Residents Face No Consequences for Unpaid Freeway-Camera Tickets
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Speed-Camera Court Crunch: 3,600 Cases Set This Morning at Justice Court
Ray Stern - PhoenixNewTimes.com - July 27, 2009
About 3,600 speed-camera cases are on the West McDowell Justice Court docket this morning at 8:30 a.m., and officials are bracing for hundreds of citizens -- at the least -- to appear in person.
"What we don't know is how many will show up," says Terry Stewart, justice courts administrator.
About 2,000 of the cases represent people who recently received state Department of Public Safety photo-enforcement tickets in the mail and have a court date set for this morning, explains Stewart, a former state Department of Corrections director.
It's safe to say few people from that group will come to the downtown court at 620 West Jackson, since they still have the option to pay their fines or wait to see if a process server shows up after they miss the court date.
The other group, however, consists of about 1,500 people who blew off their mailed citations, were served by a process server, and now have a hard court date set for this morning.
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Speed-Camera Court Crunch: 3,600 Cases Set This Morning at Justice Court
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About 3,600 speed-camera cases are on the West McDowell Justice Court docket this morning at 8:30 a.m., and officials are bracing for hundreds of citizens -- at the least -- to appear in person.
"What we don't know is how many will show up," says Terry Stewart, justice courts administrator.
About 2,000 of the cases represent people who recently received state Department of Public Safety photo-enforcement tickets in the mail and have a court date set for this morning, explains Stewart, a former state Department of Corrections director.
It's safe to say few people from that group will come to the downtown court at 620 West Jackson, since they still have the option to pay their fines or wait to see if a process server shows up after they miss the court date.
The other group, however, consists of about 1,500 people who blew off their mailed citations, were served by a process server, and now have a hard court date set for this morning.
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Speed-Camera Court Crunch: 3,600 Cases Set This Morning at Justice Court
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Saturday, March 28, 2009
Show Low police chief says photo radar is a useful tool
By: Mike Leiby, The Independent 3/27/2009
SHOW LOW - Probably the biggest objection to speed enforcement cameras on Arizona roads are claims that they are either unconstitutional, illegal or just plain wrong.
And while there are plenty of activists, public officials and private citizens rallying behind a banner of injustice (like the recent protest by CameraFRAUD.com in Show Low), there would appear to be nearly as many who feel differently.
Among them is Show Low Police Chief Jeffrey Smythe.
"This is a city issue," he said. "The Show Low City Council voted 5-2 in favor of photo enforcement to enhance our ability to keep the streets of Show Low safe for its citizens and the public."
"What's more legal than this process?" he asked.
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Show Low police chief says photo radar is a useful tool
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SHOW LOW - Probably the biggest objection to speed enforcement cameras on Arizona roads are claims that they are either unconstitutional, illegal or just plain wrong.
And while there are plenty of activists, public officials and private citizens rallying behind a banner of injustice (like the recent protest by CameraFRAUD.com in Show Low), there would appear to be nearly as many who feel differently.
Among them is Show Low Police Chief Jeffrey Smythe.
"This is a city issue," he said. "The Show Low City Council voted 5-2 in favor of photo enforcement to enhance our ability to keep the streets of Show Low safe for its citizens and the public."
"What's more legal than this process?" he asked.
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Show Low police chief says photo radar is a useful tool
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Thursday, March 5, 2009
When Photo Enforcement Process Servers Lie, Take Action
By Ray Stern in News - Mar. 5 2009
In December, we told you about a New Times employee who received a photo enforcement citation from Scottsdale with rather suspicious phrasing choices. We took the court to task for implying our colleague would certainly have his license suspended if he ignored the ticket.
This patriot chose not to waive his right of personal service, knowing the mailed ticket had no legal teeth. He waited to see what would happen.
Alas, it turns out the phrasing on the ticket was accurate. But only because the city cheated.
Or rather, the process server apparently cheated, claiming our colleague had been served properly. The New Times employee found out about the alleged hand-delivery of his ticket only after his driver's license had been suspended.
Watch out for this trick -- we doubt it's a fluke...
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When Photo Enforcement Process Servers Lie, Take Action -- And That's From the Process Serving Company
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In December, we told you about a New Times employee who received a photo enforcement citation from Scottsdale with rather suspicious phrasing choices. We took the court to task for implying our colleague would certainly have his license suspended if he ignored the ticket.
This patriot chose not to waive his right of personal service, knowing the mailed ticket had no legal teeth. He waited to see what would happen.
Alas, it turns out the phrasing on the ticket was accurate. But only because the city cheated.
Or rather, the process server apparently cheated, claiming our colleague had been served properly. The New Times employee found out about the alleged hand-delivery of his ticket only after his driver's license had been suspended.
Watch out for this trick -- we doubt it's a fluke...
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When Photo Enforcement Process Servers Lie, Take Action -- And That's From the Process Serving Company
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Friday, January 30, 2009
192 caught on radar cameras have $26 process fee waived
By Kim Smith - ARIZONA DAILY STAR - 01.30.2009
Server may not have given them properly — or even at all
Tucson City Court is waiving a $26 processing fee for nearly 200 people who were caught speeding by city photo-radar cameras but who may not have received their citations properly.
Court administrators announced last week that they were investigating 1,000 photo-radar citations that were supposed to be delivered by a process server employed by Hawkins and E-Z Messenger Legal Support Providers.
The court had received more than a dozen complaints from people who received notices that a default judgment had been filed against them when they had never received their photo-enforcement citations, said Chris Hale, deputy City Court administrator.
The investigation revealed the process server may have filed false affidavits indicating he'd served people properly when he may have served them improperly or not at all, Hale said.
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192 caught on radar cameras have $26 process fee waived
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Server may not have given them properly — or even at all
Tucson City Court is waiving a $26 processing fee for nearly 200 people who were caught speeding by city photo-radar cameras but who may not have received their citations properly.
Court administrators announced last week that they were investigating 1,000 photo-radar citations that were supposed to be delivered by a process server employed by Hawkins and E-Z Messenger Legal Support Providers.
The court had received more than a dozen complaints from people who received notices that a default judgment had been filed against them when they had never received their photo-enforcement citations, said Chris Hale, deputy City Court administrator.
The investigation revealed the process server may have filed false affidavits indicating he'd served people properly when he may have served them improperly or not at all, Hale said.
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192 caught on radar cameras have $26 process fee waived
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Sunday, January 18, 2009
Don't Smile for the Camera
American Spectator - Rachel Alexander
Traffic speed cameras are now used in 45 cities nationwide. Theoretically, bringing in revenue through speeding tickets instead of taxation while promoting public safety appears to be a win-win proposition. In reality, it just fuels more wasteful government spending.
In Arizona, speed camera revenues fund a new, optional, experimental government agency that only a few other states have tried, Clean Elections. Clean Elections provides public funding for politicians to run for office, and since it originated in 2000 has not resulted in "cleaner" elections. A 2003 study by the General Accounting Office (GAO) found no significant changes in Arizona and Maine, the two states that initially implemented it. Other studies found little impact or even a negative effect on lobbyist influence, incumbency, and the types of candidates who run for office...
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Don't Smile for the Camera
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Traffic speed cameras are now used in 45 cities nationwide. Theoretically, bringing in revenue through speeding tickets instead of taxation while promoting public safety appears to be a win-win proposition. In reality, it just fuels more wasteful government spending.
In Arizona, speed camera revenues fund a new, optional, experimental government agency that only a few other states have tried, Clean Elections. Clean Elections provides public funding for politicians to run for office, and since it originated in 2000 has not resulted in "cleaner" elections. A 2003 study by the General Accounting Office (GAO) found no significant changes in Arizona and Maine, the two states that initially implemented it. Other studies found little impact or even a negative effect on lobbyist influence, incumbency, and the types of candidates who run for office...
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Don't Smile for the Camera
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