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Posted by admin on November 4, 2008
Thousands of pages of voter information material was found by employees of the Florida Department of Transportation as they were viewing their traffic cameras. The debris was noticed scattered on an off ramp and workers were dispatched to the area to clean it up. Once there, they realized that the debris was actually voter information [...]
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Posted by admin on September 26, 2008
Traffic cameras are one of the more controversial subjects lately among motorists. Some municipalities are using them to issue traffic violation tickets and some citizens don’t think that is fair, correct, or legal. This article details the feelings of these people and presents their side of the case. While there are many arguments for and [...]
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Posted by admin on September 18, 2008
The town of Pickerington, Ohio had planned to install red light cameras at selected intersections, but there seems to be a problem. The plan, like in many communities, was to have these cameras aid in the ticketing of drivers who speed or run red lights. This is one of the more controversial programs that many [...]
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Posted by admin on September 1, 2008
We’ve noticed a spike in traffic indicating many people are trying to access webcams in the Louisiana and Alabama areas. In many cases, these webcam sites have become inundated with so much traffic that they have been bumped offline. There are also situations where because of the adverse weather conditions, the webcams may no longer [...]
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Posted by admin on August 28, 2008
In various places around the state of Louisiana cameras are going up at traffic lights. Contrary to other places around the country, these are not the controversial red light cameras that tape commuters as they proceed through the intersections, these are more of a move towards a smarter way of telling when a traffic signal [...]
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Posted by admin on August 10, 2008
The city of Hammond got ahead of itself, at least that is the opinion of the state of Indiana. It appears that the Hammond City Council approved the installation of the very controversial red light cameras at some of the city’s intersections. The problem is that until the state of Indiana passes a law authorizing [...]
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Posted by admin on June 12, 2008
The controversial red light cameras have come to the state of Indiana. Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. has given the OK for red light cameras to be installed in his town. What makes these cameras controversial is that many people dispute that they actually ran a red light, others object to them as an invasion [...]
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Posted by admin on May 12, 2008
Check out this editorial to read a blistering take on the legality and sense of red light cameras doing the jobs of police officers. Some very good points are raised although they are colored by the fact that the writer had just gotten a ticket through this system. A very interesting read.
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Posted by admin on May 12, 2008
The City Manager Pro Tem of Naperville, Illinois has put the company that installed its traffic cameras on notice that they need to be fixed and in working order in two weeks or their contract with the city will be lost. The company has apparently not gotten the cameras working after quite some time. Red [...]
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Posted by admin on May 7, 2008
Rapper DMX was caught on Arizona traffic cameras speeding in excess of 100mph. The yellow 1966 Chevrolet with the letters “DMX” on the windshield is pretty unmistakable evidence. Here is the story.
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