A St. Louis judge issued an order Tuesday that invalidates the city's red-light camera ordinance.
Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer wrote in the order that the city is prohibited from attempting to enforce the ordinance, sending violation notices, processing payments or sending collection letters relating to the tickets.
So what prompted Ohmer to shut down the system? Well, the tickets that were central to the case, which were over a year old at the point of the suit's filing, were dismissed almost immediately after the lawsuit was filed. Why the sudden show of largesse?
Those named in the suit — including the city, Mayor Francis Slay, Police Chief Sam Dotson and American Traffic Solutions Inc., which operates the cameras — had argued to dismiss it. Some of the defendants said the claims were moot because the tickets had been dismissed and that the petitioners lacked standing because they were not hurt by the ordinance.
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You know, we've heard this argument before; that the speed cams and red light cams only ticket the car's owner, not the driver, or perpetrator of the crime.
The argument is answered with the age old parking ticket reasoning that "well, cars are given parking tickets without a driver present".
Which brings me to the conclusion that parking tickets are issued just as illegally as speed cam and red light cam tickets are.
It's time to get rid of all three to be legal and fair.
Remove Ireton's Theft Cams from our streets.
This story and Salisbury’s traffic cams remind me of the origins of the phrase "Highway Robbery".
9:10 - simply remove Ireton!
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