DPS Permanent Cameras

DPS Permanent Cameras
Speed Trap

Revenue Grab

This is not about speed, this program is about revenue generation. 10 cameras will slow traffic, 78 is about making money for the State.
Who are the victims, mostly Arizona drivers, but Truckers, Visitors, or anyone else that has to pass through Arizona can expect to pay the cost.
If you drive in Arizona expect more tickets, higher insurance rates and increases in loss of drivers license. This is not the right economy to try
to take more money from drivers, and the truth is it will never be right.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

CameraFraud.com

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

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

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/

Friday, September 18, 2009

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/

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

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

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Arizona Visitor Unfriendly Item II

Rental Cars - We rent in Arizona! If you have to rent a car in Arizona be sure to rent away from the Airport. Rental taxs to pay for the new combined rental facility, taxes for stadiums and just general taxes can drive your full size rental to double what you paid for it. If you feel bent over and done hard when you leave Arizona, join the chorus.

(Rental companies are also going to release your information to the Speed Camera Nazis. So do not believe they are on your side.) Vacation, do business, or anything else you may do in someplace other than in the AZ. Tourist are not welcomed.