Speed Cameras Attacked in Italy, Germany, Kuwait, Poland

Speed cameras smashed, traffic cameras shot, a speed trap hiding spot is destroyed in Italy, Germany, Kuwait and Poland.

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/29/2912.asp

Lakewood, Wa council ends speed-camera vans

In two to three weeks, the camera vans that roam Lakewood school zones to nab speeders will be gone.

Councilman Finnigan said the intent of the original contract with Redflex was to reduce the speed of vehicles. Officials say there hasn’t been a serious pedestrian-vehicle accident in a school zone in Lakewood’s 13-year history.

The amendment to install fixed cameras is a “disproportionate reaction, or solution, to a problem we don’t have,” Finnigan said.

The News Tribune
Brent Champaco
9/23/2009

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/education/story/889590.html

CameraFraud.com

If you want to get involved in stopping this expanding miscarriage of justice join a group at Camerafraud.com.

Mobile speed cameras target casino, freeway

Not sure how I missed this one but follow this link to the Arizona Republic's story. According to the Republic the Mobile Camera between Chandler and Maricopa is working so well that Court hours are going to have to be extended.

www.azcentral.com/community/chanadler/articles/2008/07/17/20080717cr-speeders0717.html


by Edythe Jensen - Jul. 17, 2008 09:30 AM
The Arizona Republic

Mobile speed cameras to suprise chatty motorists with penalties

Nowadays, we're lucky to be able to so much as breathe air while driving without getting penalized. As of late, motorists in South Yorkshire have quite the incentive to keep their phone conversations under wraps while in transit. Mobile speed cameras, traditionally used to catch speeders, will be used by police to catch unsuspecting chit-chatters in the act, who would later receive an unexpected notice showing 3 points on their license and a demand for £60, which was recently, and perhaps not-so-coincidentally, increased from £30. "If officers using mobile cameras see someone using a hand-held phone, whether with their own eyes or through the lens of their camera, then they are fair game." There's been no word on plans for similar implementation within the automated camera system, but "that is not to say that we can't change the policy," states Meredydd Hughes, the head of roads policing for the Association of Chief Constables. Drivers may soon feel compelled to throw down some cash for a headset, although there's even been speculation on the perils of hands-free yapping -- looks like a good tint-job's the last resort... and how about some spinners while you're at it?

This is 1984 http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/28/mobile-speed-cameras-to-suprise-chatty-motorists-with-penalties/

National Motorists Association: Worst Labor Day Speed Traps

The National Motorists Association (NMA) released its list of the top seven locations to avoid over the Labor Day holiday. This year, the drivers’ rights group highlighted areas where heightened use of automated ticketing machines threaten those who are just passing through.

Phoenix and Scottsdale, ArizonaState lawmakers desperate to raise money to solve an out-of-control deficit turned to photo radar to fill a $165 million gap. Dozens of fully automated Australian mobile speed camera vans, in addition to fixed camera units, were added to the freeways in addition to existing cameras on city streets. This weekend, however, the state reacted to the NMA warning and cut speed van deployments to a handful, according to the group CameraFraud.com.

By The Newspaper September 7, 2009 see the rest including Los Angeles at
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/national-motorists-association-worst-labor-day-speed-traps/

You have to check out the site Radartest.com. The two articles that caught my eye "Are Speed Cameras Effective?" http://radartest.com/article.asp?articleid=100619 and "The Majority Favors Speed Cameras" http://radartest.com/SpeedcamPoll.asp. Craig Peterson tested the BS being put out by the revenuers and found them full of hot air.

Fewer paying speed-camera tickets in Arizona

Courtesy of Dave Vontesmar
DPS officers served Dave Vontesmar of Phoenix with 37 photo-enforcement tickets, but the photos showed this driver wearing a mask. Vontesmar says he's not paying.

See the story in the Arizona Republic 9/8/2009

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/09/08/20090908dpsmonkey0908.html