Top Issues
Speed Limits
Red Light Cameras
Speed Cameras
Lane Courtesy
Speed Traps
All NMA Issues
Information
Fight Your Ticket
Traffic Attorneys
NMA Blog
Driving News
State Chapters
NMA Foundation
Membership
Members Area
Member Benefits
Join
Renew
Donate
Become An Activist

NMA Alerts & Email Newsletters

TICKET CAMERA Archives

February 3, 2012

NMA Pennsylvania Alert: Confront Policymakers on Camera Issue

This year is a great time to confront the politicians on the red-light camera issue. All the representatives will be having town meetings and election events.

I urge my fellow motorists to attend these events and bring up the danger-producing and revenue-stealing-unfair-taxation nature of camera enforcement, and try to nail down a vote to ban cameras in Pennsylvania.  If enough of us do this, the media will take notice.

Posted by email 
January 25, 2012

NMA Colorado Alert: Support Statewide Ban on Photo Enforcement

As Colorado becomes another battleground state for red-light cameras and speed cameras, lawmakers have introduced legislation to ban photo enforcement throughout the state.

Senate Bill 12-50, introduced by Sen. Scott Renfroe, “repeals the authorization for municipalities to use automated vehicle identification systems to identify violators of traffic regulations and issue citations based on photographic evidence, and creates a prohibition on such activity.”

Colorado would join fifteen other states that have banned the use of automated enforcement if the current bill is passed and signed into law.

Photo enforcement programs throughout Colorado have recently come under increasing scrutiny. Denver’s program came under fire after revelations that cameras had been recalibrated to ticket motorists who stopped beyond the white line. Nonetheless, the Denver City Council recently renewed its contract with ACS. And Colorado Springs pulled the plug on its cameras last October after concluding they were not improving safety.

Colorado Springs made the right decision. Photo enforcement programs put revenue generation before public safety, to the detriment of motorists. It’s time to take the profit motive out of traffic enforcement by banning cameras in Colorado. (Learn more about the NMA’s objections to red-light cameras and speed cameras.)

SB 12-50 has been referred to the Senate Transportation Committee. We urge you to contact committee members along with your local Senate and House members to let them know you support a ban on photo enforcement cameras in Colorado.

Posted by email 
January 25, 2012

NMA California Alert: Ban the Cams in Alameda County

One of our California members alerted us to a grassroots effort to put a stop to red-light cameras in Alameda County.

The Red Light Camera Protest Group plans a Ban The Cams Rally on Saturday, Feb. 4th.

  • Where:  Corner of Mowry Ave. and Fremont Blvd., Fremont. (Protesters can pick up signs behind the Valero gas station.)
  • When: Noon
  •  Why: Because red-light cameras are all about revenue and not about safety.
According to the group’s flyer:
  • Cities can extend the length of yellow lights by less than one second and cut violations in half.
  • Over 50,000 tickets, $480 each, are issued annually just in Alameda County extracting $20 million from the local economy for no good reason.
  • Cities aggressively enforce low-speed right-turn violations at nearly $500 per violation not for safety reasons but for profit. There is no data supporting such aggressive enforcement.
For more information or to be alerted to upcoming demonstrations, email rlouisj@aol.com.

Posted by email 


About The NMA

The premise of the National Motorists Association is that if motorists will join together in one organization to represent their rights and interests as drivers, they will no longer be ignored and exploited by federal, state and local governments. Please consider joining today!

Join Today!

Filter By Post Type/Location

Search This Section


NMA Blog

The National Motorists Association Blog has hundreds of articles on a wide range of motorist-related topics.

Read The NMA Blog

Motorist News

News from around the country that is of interest to motorists.

Visit The Motorists News Section

Driving Freedoms Newsletter

Driving Freedoms is the NMA's informative bi-monthly newsletter published on the subjects of traffic laws, motorist issues, and your rights as a driver.

Browse Past Newsletter Issues

NMA Store

NMA Store

Speedtrap.org

SpeedTrap Exchange

Join National Motorists Association
Short Yellow Light Project

Short Yellow Project

Roadblock Registry

Roadblock Registry

© National Motorists Association