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Originally Posted by jcommin
...They send you 3 frames of the car and a close up of the license plate. It's hard to dispute the violation....
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If they sent the ticket to the vehicle, that'd be fine, but instead, they send the ticket to the "registered owner" (since they don't know who was driving), and the "owner" must prove their innocence. Don't you remember junior high civics class..."guilty until proven innocent"? I was guilty as hell, but will not waive my rights to face my accuser and offer an explanation (IMO, a REAL police officer probably would not have even stopped me for entering the intersection .1 seconds too late after a VERY short yellow light). Camera's don't lie, but they certainly don't depict the complete scenario either much of the time. I don't know about statewide (NC), but in my area Greensboro/High Point, the cameras were removed because the required percentage of the funds didn't go to the schools (i.e. 90% of the TOTAL fine (not just 90% of the 10% that the cities actually received)). It was going to cost the politicos precious $$$ out of their budgets to keep the red light program, and suddenly, it wasn't a "safety issue" any more...imagine that?