Thursday, February 17, 2011

Baltimore Leads the Way

Baltimore issues over 2,000 red light camera tickets with dead officer's signature — Autoblog: "Getting pulled over and ticketed by law enforcement makes for a bad day, and we're quite certain the feeling is amplified when the citation comes in the mail days after the infraction occurs. There's no surprise, then, that most drivers can't stand traffic cams, and in many cases, the ticketed fight the infractions tooth and nail. In the city of Baltimore, MD, there are 2,000 ticketed motorists who may have a solid case.

WBAL-TV 11 reports that a police officer who tragically died in a car accident 'signed' those 2,000 tickets months after he passed away. That's a big problem, because each red light camera citation is supposed to be reviewed by an officer of the law before getting sent out."

2 comments:

Cap'n Bob said...

Around here if you go to court and say you weren't the driver you skate.

Deb said...

Kinda reminds me of the "robo-reviews" given by financial institutions to their foreclosure documents.

BTW, with all city governments hurting for money, I expect these "easy pickins" red-light tickets to become more and more prevalent.