Does anyone on here have any info they can share about Photo Radar Tickets? I got one for supposedly 10 mph over, on Hampden( 285 near Federal. A friend told me that a ticket is really only enforceable if it is personally given to you by an officer. I received it in the mail almost a month after I supposedly was speeding. I pay strict attention to all speed signs, know that others are always flying by me when I do stay at the posted limit and am totally shocked at the ticket. Any info would be appreciated. BTW, there were no Photo Radar Used Signs anywhere.
I used to commute on that section, and there was a short time they put up a warning sign about photo radar (southbound at Federal I think). Good luck, I don't think you can beat it. Maybe send in a photo of a $100 bill with the ticket, I heard someone tried that as a joke.
It used to be 45 thru there and everyone was going 55-60 at 5pm anyway. Is that construction done yet?
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There was a photo van on S Broadway near Evans that was parked just N of the road constructiion. I was at my buddy's car lot and I swear that thing was snapping a pic every 15 seconds! I don't think the city could make as much money if they lined Broadway with slot machines.
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They've got their i's dotted and their t's crossed. There's no effective way to trick your way out of it. I'd imagine you could call for more information, but in the end you'll probably either wind up paying it or possibly getting a plea bargain from the DA.
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Nobody that matters wrote: They've got their i's dotted and their t's crossed. There's no effective way to trick your way out of it. I'd imagine you could call for more information, but in the end you'll probably either wind up paying it or possibly getting a plea bargain from the DA.
Check out the story if you want to, eventually they're rewrite the law, but for now, there you go. I can't even begin to tell you all the arguments I have against photo-tickets. There are very few crimes in which a photo can convict you of a crime, and you paying this ticket should be an affront to your views as a citizen of this nation as they relate to us having a just legal system. They should be unconstitutional, are subject to fraud (consider this... the company that does that probably does so for the police under the guise of promised profits, right? So... how easy is it for you to doctor a photo? It would only take me a few minutes...), and never should a photo or video be able to lead to a conviction without corroborating evidence.
Don't pay it, and if they do personally serve it, talk to the ALCU about a counter-claim in the grounds that you are being handed a ticket from a company or service that does so on the promise of profits, so the risk of a conflict of interest is too large and thus should not be enforced. Additionally request your constitutional right to face your accuser. When they decline the case, appeal to higher courts. Someone has to be the first, and all other times such a thing has happened, the county/state has dropped the charge, because they're deathly afraid that it will invalidate all their past tickets. Challenge it, and challenge it again; protect yourself from direct attacks on your freedoms as a citizen, and don't let them start thinking that a camera can convict someone of any kind of crime by itself, that's just lunacy.
The ticket is only enforceable if they can verify that you received it. DO NOT go online and look at the pictures using the code that they gave you on the ticket as that is proof that you received it. If they don't personally "serve" you in 90 days, you're free and clear. If you've already done that, you'll have to go to court. The best way to get out of one in court is if the picture of you is not very good. You can say that you loan your car out to other people on occasion and it wasn't you driving. If the picture is good, pay the ticket. It's $80 and does not affect your driving record.
I drive that area frequently, and I can all but assure you that the sign was there, off to the side where it would be difficult to notice, in the emergency lane of the entrance ramp from Sheridan, tilted just enough to the right that you would miss it unless you were looking for it. Pay the tax Nmysys, it will be less aggravating in the end. You are not going to get caught very often if indeed you are meticulous in your observation of posted speed limits, but you got caught this time and there is a price attached for it this time. Yes, you might get out of it by making them serve you in person, but IMNTBHO you should simply accept the consequences for getting caught speeding in a construction zone and pay the tax.
