Constitution Rally This Friday

As you may or may not know, Dr. Ron Paul (R-Texas) will be in town this weekend for a Campaign For Liberty Summit. CameraFRAUD volunteers will be present for his rally on Arizona State University Main’s Hayden Lawn from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday December 4th. Dr. Paul will speak at the rally which is hosted by ASU’s Chapter of the Young Americans for Liberty.

Dr. Paul is an advocate of Arizona Citizens Against Photo Radar and will undoubtedly be happy to see anyone who turns out to protect the Arizona and United States Constitutions from the menace of Photo Traffic Enforcement. For fans of Ron Paul, the rally will be followed by his book signing at the ASU bookstore. He will be signing copies of his latest book, End The Fed, which is gaining national attention.

The turnout should be tremendous.

Peoria City Council Quiet About Decision to Extend Photo Contract

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The Peoria City Council apparently does not want the public to know about its recent decision to extend the red light photo enforcement contract with Redflex. The pilot program began in 2008 and is up for renewal every year. In August the Arizona Republic reported that accidents more than doubled at intersections where cameras are installed. While most organizations would probably cancel a pilot program the decisively showed results the exact opposite of what was desired, the Peoria City Council didn’t let the program results get in the way of their quest for revenue as they voted to extend the “pilot” program for another year.

The Peoria City Council usually is not shy about reporting its decisions and accomplishments to its citizens, except apparently when it comes to the deadly red light camera program. In the latest quarterly newsletter, the Peoria Focus Issue 4 (2009) sent to all residents, the section titled “City Council Highlights” fails to mention this decision to extend the contract. There’s over an inch and a half of extra (blank) column space to print this news, so space or higher-priority content is not the issue. The column does mention such minor announcements as decisions to accept and authorize grants, contracts, or spending in the amount of $3,000, $30,000 and $36,000 and more, so contract size or impact definitely isn’t an issue. Surely the decision to extend a contract to Redflex would be included… but only if they wanted the citizens to be more aware of their decision to keep the cash coming in at the expense of the health and safety of their constituents. It seems that the council is very well aware of the public sentiment regarding photo enforcement and their hoping to just let this issue slip under the radar.

Photo Enforcement Continues to Burden the Innocent

 

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Innocent vehicle owners continue to be victimized, harassed, and burdened with erroneous photo enforcement tickets. Despite promises and claims by officials that all tickets are reviewed for accuracy prior to being issued, many obvious erroneous tickets are issued every day.

 

In this latest article in the Arizona Daily Star, we learn that the designer of the novelty plate ‘N JOY AZ’ who has the one and only real license plate on his vehicle constantly receives tickets that should have been issued to vehicles displaying the novelty plate. Despite obvious vehicle description mismatches and the fact that novelty plates are often placed on the fronts of vehicles rather than the rear, DPS, Redflex, and other scamera companies are unable or unwilling to let these discrepancies deter their quest for profit.

Novelty plates in the wrong location aren’t the only problems that scamera companies have with being correct. A couple in Wyoming tells us that Redflex has trouble telling the difference between a Wyoming truck and a car license plate.

Of course, there are the classic incidents where parked vehicles received speeding tickets in the Netherlands and the UK.

And then there are the incidents where the equipment malfunctions or is set wrong, like when 600 tickets in Scottsdale were tossed due to a faulty sensor.

Don’t speed and you have nothing to worry about? Think again… We ALL need to be worried about this theft of time and resources taken from the innocent drivers who are burdened with spending time and money and incurring expenses in order to clear their records.

Notice anything different this weekend?

Conspicuously absent is a DP$ Talivan every 20 miles on Arizona’s freeways!

If you remember Thanksgiving weekend from 2008, DP$ and then-governor Janet Napolitano vowed, in the name of safety, to place a mobile Scamera Talivan every 20 miles on Intertsates 10 and 40. See DP$’ Press Release here. Afterwards, DP$ was quick to pat themselves on the back for all the lives the camera saved that weekend. But if you read Vanderpool’s statement for this year, he makes 2008 sound pretty dangerous…

During the Thanksgiving holiday last year, Wednesday through Sunday, DPS Officers investigated 390 collisions, including 110 that involved injuries and one that resulted in a fatality.

Evidently, safety simply wasn’t a priority this year. It will be interesting to see DP$’ stats for this Thanksgiving Weekend. If they’re down compared to 2008, they won’t be able to credit their greedy Talivan’s Scameras!

Happy Thanksgiving From CameraFRAUD

On behalf of all our volunteers, we’d like to wish all of our supporters(and even our opponents) a Happy Thanksgiving.

This weekend is one of the busiest in our beautiful state. Please use caution out on the roads and remember that there are a lot of visitors from out of town who are not used to the distractions posed by all fixed and mobile traffic enforcement cameras. Give your fellow motorists plenty of room because the turkey can wait a few extra moments for you to arrive.

We hope you enjoy good times with family and friends. There’s so much to be thankful for, even in a tough economic climate. 80 degree weather and clear skies is a good start.

Thanks again to all our friends!