More coverage:
Ex-worker says firm puts profits over safety
Jul. 7, 2001 05:50 ET
http://www.uniontrib.com/news/metro/20010706-9999_7m6cameras.html
Clouds on holiday horizon
Jul. 7, 2001 05:30 ET
http://www.newsobserver.com/saturday/news/columnists/Story/513067p-508721c.html
Motorists race to court to challenge red-light cameras -- Photos
called privacy threat
Jul. 7, 2001 04:46 ET
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20010706/3462035s.htm
Most red-light camera cases voided
Jul. 4, 2001 05:48 ET
http://www.uniontrib.com/news/metro/20010703-9999_1m3tickets.html
STOP OR THEY'LL SHOOT
Jul. 3, 2001 05:44 ET
http://www.accessatlanta.com/partners/ajc/epaper/editions/today/business_b3048022d12c103b0034.html
Look who's watching
Jul. 3, 2001 04:15 ET
http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20010703-698391.htm
District Begins Using Radar Cameras
Jul. 3, 2001 03:15 ET
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10846-2001Jul2.html
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From: rmsat_private (Richard M. Smith)
To: "'Declan McCullagh'" <declanat_private>
Subject: Lockheed gets a piece of the action with the San Diego red-light
cameras
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 13:59:01 -0400
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Hi,
City governments hire private firms all of the time
to help provide city services. However, the idea of
that a private company gets a percentage of traffic fines
seems quite wrong headed to me.
Ex-worker says firm puts profits over safety
Man testifies that revenue is main purpose of red-light cameras at
intersections
http://www.uniontrib.com/news/metro/20010706-9999_7m6cameras.html
"Lockheed gets $70 for every $271 fine generated by a red-light
ticket in San Diego, according to testimony yesterday."
Richard M. Smith
CTO, http://www.privacyfoundation.org
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From: "Diamond, Richard" <Richard.Diamondat_private>
Subject: Local news coverage of San Diego red light camera criminal case
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 20:22:58 -0400
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Here's an update from local stations on today's hearing in San Diego where
red light cameras are on trial.
Highlights: a Lockheed Martin whistleblower takes the stand to say their
only motive was profit. Also, a San Diego court clerk testifies that the
camera program was fraught with problems. The case will continue into next
week. Full text below.
Richard Diamond
Office of the Majority Leader
US House of Representatives
202-225-6007 / www.freedom.gov
Artie Ojeda, Lawyers challenge 400 red-light tickets, NBCSanDiego.com, 7/5/01
<http://NBCSanDiego.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=FutureTense/Apps/Xcelerate/Render&c=NBCArticle&cid=NBCCSXHFSOC&p=NBCWPJZRB8C&preview=true>http://NBCSanDiego.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=FutureTense/Apps/Xcelerate/Render&c=NBCArticle&cid=NBCCSXHFSOC&p=NBCWPJZRB8C&preview=true
SAN DIEGO, July 5 - A San Diego judge is being asked to dismiss hundreds
of red-light tickets in what may be one of the largest traffic court cases
in history. Lawyers for the people who received citations are arguing that
the automated cameras used to generate the tickets are unconstitutional.
Lawyers want the judge to dismiss tickets issued to some 400 drivers who
were photographed running red lights at 19 San Diego intersections. The
lawyers argued Thursday that the red-light cameras installed and operated
at the intersections by Lockheed Martin are there to generate revenue and
not to protect public safety. They also claimed that the remote
surveillance violates the constitutional rights of San Diego drivers.
[snip. --DBM]
Red Light Camera Hearing Begins: Lawsuit Seeks To Have Tickets Thrown Out,
KGTV-10, 7/5/01
<http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/sand/news/stories/news-85893420010705-130747.html>http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/sand/news/stories/news-85893420010705-130747.html
SAN DIEGO, 4:15 p.m. PDT July 5, 2001 -- Witnesses began testifying
Thursday in a class-action lawsuit aimed at getting hundreds of red light
camera tickets thrown out.
A total of 290 drivers are named in the suit, which claims that
the red light ticket program in San Diego is flawed and unfair.
[snip --DBM]
If you'd like more detailed information on the red light cameras,
you can call the city information line at (619) 533-5604.
<http://www.kogo.com/localstory.html?ID=20010703132003>http://www.kogo.com/localstory.html?ID=20010703132003
Most red-light camera cases voided; But refunds aren't OK'd for motorists
who've paid fines, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7/3/01
A judge yesterday threw out almost all the active traffic tickets generated
by red-light cameras at three San Diego intersections, a move that followed
city officials' announcement of possible irregularities with the cameras.
Superior Court Presiding Judge Wayne Peterson dismissed almost all
unresolved red-light citations issued before June 6 by cameras at 16th and
F streets downtown; Ingraham Street and Garnet Avenue in Pacific Beach; and
Mira Mesa Boulevard and Black Mountain Road in Mira Mesa.
[snip --DBM]
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