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In the US you have a right to face your accuser. This is often impossible with red light cameras.
by bitexploder 7y ago
In the US you have a right to face your accuser. This is often impossible with red light cameras.
- ovis 7y agoDoesn't the fellow who sees the camera footage and issues a ticket qualify?
- bdibs 7y agoMy understanding is that it's fully automated.
- bitexploder 7y agoAnd often not a legal charge. They do it totally civil in most places.
- rayiner 7y agoThe Sixth Amendment only provides for a confrontation right in “criminal prosecutions.” Speeding and red light camera violations are always administrative citations that carry no criminal penalty.
- bitexploder 7y agoThat’s wrong in many jurisdictions for speeding issues by an actual officer. Red light cameras are indeed civil penalties, which is my point. It’s extra legal and you have zero recourse.