TOP SECRET INFORMATION: How one person beat a speed camera citation!

[MDCivilServant]

The court room was filled with people fighting their speed camera tickets. Person after person made one impassioned argument after another. Each time the judge finds them guilty and imposes the $40.00 fine plus court costs.

A few citizens said they mailed in a written request for the the officer that signed the citation to appear in court. Each time the employee of the speed camera firm that was under contract to the government said no request was ever received (yeah right!).

Then one guy's case is called. He wants the know why the person that signed citation isn't in court. Then right on cue, the man from the laser ticket firm says no request was ever received. The judge says to the defendant "Do you have any proof you made your request." He pulls out a copy of the letter which is handed to the judge. The judge says "Where did you mail it? " He says the address is on the letter. The judge asks the employee of the speed ticket company "Was the request sent to the right address." He sheepishly says "yes."

The judge says, "The defendant is telling me under oath he made the request and has a copy of the letter with the correct address. CASE DISMISSED!"

Will this work every time? I don't know. Also, I wasn't clear if the request was for the officer signing the citation or the operator of the equipment. In either case, directions for how to make the request were on the citation.

[cprenegade]

The court room was filled with people fighting their speed camera tickets. Person after person made one impassioned argument after another. Each time the judge finds them guilty and imposes the $40.00 fine plus court costs.

A few citizens said they mailed in a written request for the the officer that signed the citation to appear in court. Each time the employee of the speed camera firm that was under contract to the government said no request was ever received (yeah right!).

Then one guy's case is called. He wants the know why the person that signed citation isn't in court. Then right on cue, the man from the laser ticket firm says no request was ever received. The judge says to the defendant "Do you have any proof you made your request." He pulls out a copy of the letter which is handed to the judge. The judge says "Where did you mail it? " He says the address is on the letter. The judge asks the employee of the speed ticket company "Was the request sent to the right address." He sheepishly says "yes."

The judge says, "The defendant is telling me under oath he made the request and has a copy of the letter with the correct address. CASE DISMISSED!"

Will this work every time? I don't know. Also, I wasn't clear if the request was for the officer signing the citation or the operator of the equipment. In either case, directions for how to make the request were on the citation.

Interesting. I wonder if sending the request certified with a return receipt would help? It would prove the request did indeed get to it's destination.

[Wizard777]

NEXT INVESTIGATION! Why aren't these request being received? Is the post office just tossing them into a dumpster instead of delivering them to up their profits or is the company lying about not receiving them to up their profits? The people that have mailed the requests and were told they were not received need to file complaints with the Postal Police. If the company is lying about not receiving the mail when they actually have. That could possibly be mail fraud. They would be intentionally profiting from a scheme to defraud that involves the mail. They would also be depriving the person making the request of honest services.

This is exactly why you can't have corporations policing for profit.

[MDCivilServant]

OMG! It happened again. Chalk another one up for the little guy!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...c565_blog.html

Ficker contested the $40 citation leveled against him after a camera zapped him on Sept. 5 driving down Jones Bridge Road, between Connecticut and Wisconsin avenues in the Bethesda-Chevy Chase area.

Ficker argued that the location of the camera was on a stretch of road that wasn’t residential in nature and didn’t comport with what Ficker called the stated purpose of Montgomery’s speed cameras: slowing down drivers in residential areas or near schools. Ficker said that the nearest house in one direction of the camera was 270 yards; in the other direction, 370 yards. Further, Ficker said, the street where the camera is placed is bordered on one side by a golf course and the other by a medical facility.