Good Job Oak Ridge!

[VERO1]

It seems the citizens have complained loudly enough and the city council decided to kill the stop light cameras. Now on to Knoxville next!

[Jamie Jackson]

When?

 

Great news btw. :up:

 

 

 

The only flipping ticket I've received in 35 years came from those flipping cameras when they were 1st installed.

 

I'm guilty...I was going at least 5 miles and hour over the limit... :squint:

[Spiffy]

When?

 

Great news btw. :up:

 

 

 

The only flipping ticket I've received in 35 years came from those flipping cameras when they were 1st installed.

 

I'm guilty...I was going at least 5 miles and hour over the limit... :squint:

 

You law breaking rebel  you!

[VERO1]

News report said they would be killed at the end of the contract. April 17? I think?

[Oh Shoot]

One reason stated was because out of towners complained, said they'd never go there anymore, loss of shopping revenue. That and the contracted company is some legal trouble over some other stuff too.

 

- OS

[BrasilNuts]

It was a 4-3 decision by the OR city council. I hope people remember which 3 voted to extend the contract when election time comes around.

I heard Trina Vaughn say that she recieved more complaints from OR residents about those cameras than anything else.

A move in the right direction OR.

[10-Ring]

I got one when I lived there a few years ago.  Eventually if you live there you learn where they all are and as long as you stay on your toes it's not a problem.  I didn't have a problem with getting a ticket for breaking the speed limit.  What I had a problem with was that there was no avenue in which to contest a ticket.  IIRC the fine is $50 and you can not get a trial for an offense of $50 or less.  Basically if you felt that you were given a ticket unjustly there was no way to contest it.  Personally I'm glad to see the revenue cameras get the axe, if you thought that these had anything to do with safety you are an idiot.   

[Jamie Jackson]

Exactly 10-Ring;

 

There is no officer discretion involved.

 

In my case it wasn't valid...but there are circumstances where that discretion would certainly be applicable.

 

The cameras were/are a revenue scam and remain a PIA in Knoxville.

 

Good for Oak Ridge ! :up:

[analog_kidd]

Well, the ruling was a bit too late for me. My wife just got her 4th ticket for one of those things!  :wall:

I keep telling her she needs to slow down. And, it's not like she doesn't know where they are.

 

Anyway, I'm glad they are going away. BTW, Oak Ridge Mayor Tom Beehan, Mayor Pro Tem Jane Miller, and Council member Charlie Hensley voted in favor of the extension, if you are wondering who not to vote for next election.

[Erik88]

I got one there as well. I believe I was going less than 10 over the limit.

[TNSean]

The very first time I ever drove to oak ridge I got one and I have never been back to oak ridge since. I will spend my dollars else where. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[JAB]

Shortly after my nephew got his car, he received a ticket in the mail for running a red light.  In Florida.  This was despite the fact that he had not been to Florida and, in fact, at that time he hadn't driven much more than ten or fifteen miles from his home.  My mom called the number (the car was in her name) and was told, basically, that there wasn't any choice but to pay the ticket.  Well, she kept at them until whoever was responsible looked into the matter - and found that he (and his 90s model Mustang with a Tennessee tag) received a ticket that should have gone to a pickup truck with Florida tags.  Apparently, the truck's tag was just one number or letter off from his.  Yes, those cameras are a scam and belong on a scrap heap not on the roads and streets of our country.

 

I haven't gotten any camera tickets, yet (knock on wood.)  I did, however, have a KPD officer tell me that I had to remove the (clear) plastic license plate cover from my car because Knoxville has a city ordinance against them as they might interfere with the traffic cameras.  My thinking was, "What?  I don't live in Knoxville or even Knox County, barely cut through the corner of the the city of Knoxville sometimes, if I go home from work a certain way (which I rarely do) and they expect me to take my clear license plate cover off because of some dumbass city ordinance that isn't even applicable where I live or where I normally drive?"  In addition to adding to the stupidity of traffic cameras, that also serves to exemplify what makes me sick about the city of Knoxville - they expect all of East Tennessee to live by the stupid, niggling little rules they come up with for their city.

Edited March 27, 2014 by JAB

[peejman]

Exactly 10-Ring;

 

There is no officer discretion involved.

 

In my case it wasn't valid...but there are circumstances where that discretion would certainly be applicable.

 

The cameras were/are a revenue scam and remain a PIA in Knoxville.

 

Good for Oak Ridge ! :up:

 

 

Except that the only one getting the revenue is the manufacturer of the camera.  I believe they get the lion's share of money.

[Spiffy]

City needs the money. Pick up that can!

[Patton]

About time those cameras come down. That
stupid ticket I got in the mail never got paid, and
never will.

It's a step in the right direction. There's still too
many commies in that town.

I have seen more than one person with a suspended license from an unpaid "civil violation" photo enforcement violation that went unpaid.

[vontar]

I didn't expect this would be news over here or I would have posted it days ago. 

 

Except that the only one getting the revenue is the manufacturer of the camera.  I believe they get the lion's share of money.

 

 

out of about 6.5 million, the City got about 2.5.  I know my numbers aren't exact but close enough.

 

 

City council vote was 4 to 3.