Florida Appeals Court Declines to Rehear Cities on Red-Light Camera Issue
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By Christopher Guinn
THE LEDGER
Published: Friday, January 30, 2015 at 1:35 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 12:07 a.m.
LAKELAND | A state appeals court will stick by a decision on red-light cameras that many cities worry could leave them facing millions of dollars in lawsuits.
Lawyers challenging the red-light camera operations complain that private companies have been improperly involved in the process of issuing tickets.
The state's 4th District Court of Appeal issued an order Friday saying it was denying a request by the city of Hollywood to rehear, for a third time, a decision that found cities could not delegate ticket-writing duties to third-party vendors like American Traffic Solutions.
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Sounds Like
Sounds like they need to go the political route & vote some people out of office.
Fred
Florida Appeals Court Declines to Rehear Cities on Red-Light Cam
Unfortunately, it really means that legislation will be rewritten to accommodate for the use of the cameras. This probably will not result in much.
really??
Sounds like they need to go the political route & vote some people out of office.
Fred
perhaps you expect to much from a state that had problems counting votes with hanging chads!
Never argue with a pig. It makes you look foolish and it anoys the hell out of the pig!
Winner
perhaps you expect to much from a state that had problems counting votes with hanging chads!
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This is good news!
Read the article carefully -- this is good news!
The appeals court confirmed that cities CANNOT delegate signing duty to a third party -- a real police officer in their jurisdiction has to sign off - approve each and every ticket!
That changes the model for a lot of cities -- they can't just have a third party handle the whole thing and rake in the money -- they actually have to assign people to do the work!
Of course a lot of them will probably keep doing what they've been doing until someone takes them to court, but I imagine that will happen...
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Cost of doing business
It's not like they can't write tickets any more, they just need to have a real law officer write the ticket. If it only increases the cost of doing business, don't be surprised if they jack the ticket cost up.
Cop in Court?
I hope that if the cities start assigning real cops to issue the ticket, then the court will require the cop to show up in court if the accused decides to attend their hearing instead of just paying off the ticket.
Everyone should have the right to face their accuser in a court of law.
i don't know about that
I hope that if the cities start assigning real cops to issue the ticket, then the court will require the cop to show up in court if the accused decides to attend their hearing instead of just paying off the ticket.
Everyone should have the right to face their accuser in a court of law.
Have you ever seen a parking meter ticket writer in court? These tickets are handled as a civic not criminal violation.
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Ban them
Have you ever seen a parking meter ticket writer in court? These tickets are handled as a civic not criminal violation.
A good reason to ban them.
Yeah But
There is way too much revenue involved in the cameras. This is just a small hiccup in the road. If a person in the local jurisdiction has to review and sign off, I'm pretty sure that the revenues will pay for it several times over.
I Agree
There is way too much revenue involved in the cameras. This is just a small hiccup in the road. If a person in the local jurisdiction has to review and sign off, I'm pretty sure that the revenues will pay for it several times over.
I have to admit, the above is probably correct. Most of these cities see too much revenue coming in from these cameras.
correct decision
There is no reason for an appeals court hear the case, waste of taxpayer's money.
That does not mean the 1st level court's decision was correct in my mind, just that the appeals court acted properly.
The revenue argument is so tiresome, and invalid.
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