A small Ohio town that lived by the red light camera could soon die by it, after a federal court ruled the speed trap has to pay back more than $3 million in automated speeding tickets.
The case of New Miami, population 2,321, highlights the controversy behind the tickets, which make stoplight-running motorists see red, but help keep the budgets of cities and towns in the black. New Miami will almost certainly go bankrupt if the Supreme Court doesn’t reverse a lower court’s ruling and spare it from refunding tens of thousands of tickets at $180 apiece plus interest.
“The village enacted this unconstitutional scheme primarily as a money making venture,” Josh Engel, the lawyer representing the plaintiffs in the New Miami case, told Fox News. “They increased their spending significantly after the scheme was put in place and it was basically used to fill holes in their budget that would traditionally have come from raising taxes.”
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12 comments:
Way to go lawyer!
Great news
Boss Hog incarnate!
If they had done their homework, made sure all the processes were followed - and ensured that the yellow-light length is longer instead of shorter...the perpetrators would not have been able to push this back!
The fact that the city increased their spending as a result of the new revenue shows the court that it was enacted for revenue generation purposes.
I'm glad they got hosed!
Is Fruitland next?
Hope this happens to FRUITLAND
With as many lawyers as is in salisbury and wic co, youd thing there would be atleast one honest one to carry on this suit right here!
Memories of Bridgeville during the 60's and 70's.
If I remember correctly, the speed limit went from 55 to 25 precisely when you entered the town. My father got two tickets driving to the beach - one each summer - for "exceeding 25 MPH". It was a rare occasion to drive through the town on a summer weekend and not see at least one car pulled over!
Blades, DE was so bad in the 60's we would get out and walk our car through.
I hope Fruitland and the State of Maryland are next. Who is that lawyer again?
I got 2 fines in Fruitland that I didn't even know about and the fines more than doubled and I couldn't renew my tags. I was told by the FPD that since I had a post office box the speed camera people won't send me the fine in the mail so I didn't know about it until I couldn't get my car tags renewed. By then it was even too late to fight it in court. I got a royal screwing from Fruitland, the State of Maryland, the DMV and speed camera company.
Wonder how much salisbury makes off of their speed traps?
Same thing needs to happen here in Salisbury. It's all just for the money. These things are popping up everywhere.
One on South Division has a sign near it that says, 25mph, School Zone. But it's no where near the school.
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