Rather than comply with the courts, Kansas City wants to bypass consistently losing Red-Light camera case law . . .
Here's Council dude John Sharp attempting to play lawyer:
KMBC:KC makes changes to red-light camera law
Quick money quote:
"City leaders said they want to go back to an older version of the red-light camera law that they think will pass a constitutional test."
And the tragedy here is local elected leaders playing legalese rather than working to come into compliance with local law. Given stoplight removal in Northeast and continued red light cam endorsement, this Council more than any other seems exceptionally tone-deaf to the needs of local neighborhoods.
More in a bit . . .
Hey Fuckers running the City. The judge said NO to Red light cameras. The citizens have said NO to red light cameras. Which means your boss" us citizens and a judge said NO, not rebrand it and put lip stick on iit
ReplyDeleteWho is going to file a class action against this fucking city to get back the money they stole from people who paid these tickets?
ReplyDeleteNO to RED Light Cameras!
ReplyDeleteYou go too fast and they send you a ticket.
YES to RED Light Districts!
You go too fast but you still only pay for 1/2 hour.
Well, the city now has to prove who was driving the vehicle. So if Hertz says hey it was driven by a guy named Joe Schmuck, living in Nevada, then there become issues.
ReplyDeleteFirst is the city willing to extradite someone back to KC from Nevada because they didn't pay a traffic ticket? I think not, and, so what if Joe Schmuck says, "No, it wasn't me driving. It was my cousin from Ireland". Just how much is the city wiling to spend on prosecuting a freaking ticket? Not much given they are splitting the fine money with those fucking leaches in Arizona that run the red light camera program.
A third problem is there might be probable cause to believe a traffic infraction was committed, but unless you have identified an offender (the part of probable cause that goes, "and a reason to believe the person being charged committed the offense) how can you legally even issue a citation naming anyone as an offender? I mean since when do you meet the standards of probable cause by drawing a name out of a hat and charging whoever with an offense when you actually don't know who the culprit is?
What I also don't grasp is what legal basis does the city have to share a driver's private information with the company who collects the ticket. The city may well be setting itself up for one bitch of a class action.
Finally, whoever it is down at the city barking through his fat pie hole needs to put a lid on the bullshit. Everyone in town already knows you can pay a lawyer a few bucks and get your charges reduced to something like a bad muffler, non moving violation, pay off the city and never see a single point on your driving record. This shit has continued even after the Star exposed the practice years ago.
The sad part of this scenario is how the city will stop at nothing to get that cash. It makes the entire system not about safe driving, but a subterfuge for picking the pockets of drivers passing through the crooked ass limits of Kansas City, Missouri. That ought to make the citizens real proud of their town.
Red Light fundraiser cam.
ReplyDeleteOr Traffic Tax
And no group of citizens will let the council know that they will vote their money grubbin nass outta office if they don't stop punishing people's pocket books with red light tax cam.