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Red light and speeding cameras are used in a lot of places. I think the idea is that the regulations are modified to allow this specific type of citation to th

Red light and speeding cameras are used in a lot of places. I think the idea is that the regulations are modified to allow this specific type of citation to the vehicle owner, or that they 'force' the owner to prove they weren't driving to avoid the ticket. They're pretty controversial, but it's nothing new. I suspect that the bigger issue might be that this type of footage supplied by citizens might not be considered verifiable (it's pretty easy to doctor videos/images these days). Video and images coming from devices that the police/government have vetted would be considered more likely to be authentic. Of course we know a bad actor (or a vendor working on commission!!) could still probably tamper with these...

koolba 7y ago
> Red light and speeding cameras are used in a lot of places. I think the idea is that the regulations are modified to allow this specific type of citation to the vehicle owner, or that they 'force' the owner to prove they weren't driving to avoid the ticket. Ah the old, "Guilty till you prove you're innocent by ratting out someone else".
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UncleEntity 7y ago
> Red light and speeding cameras are used in a lot of places. I think the idea is that the regulations are modified to allow this specific type of citation to the vehicle owner, or that they 'force' the owner to prove they weren't driving to avoid the ticket. My neighbor('s wife) got one of those red light tickets and they mailed the picture to him (as registered owner) asking him to identify the driver so they could send them a ticket. I told him to just ignore it since it obviously wasn't him in the picture and he wasn't required to do the police work to track down the driver for them. On a side note...I was talking to a buddy about this and we were theorizing that they couldn't even compel him to give the name of the driver due to spousal privilege, dunno?
- pc86 7y ago
  Spousal privilege covers them mailing a picture and saying "is this your wife?" It doesn't cover "who is this?" In general though, "don't talk to them" is broadly the best (and really, the only good) advice when dealing with the police.

koolba 7y ago

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UncleEntity 7y ago

> Red light and speeding cameras are used in a lot of places. I think the idea is that the regulations are modified to allow this specific type of citation to the vehicle owner, or that they 'force' the owner to prove they weren't driving to avoid the ticket. My neighbor('s wife) got one of those red light tickets and they mailed the picture to him (as registered owner) asking him to identify the driver so they could send them a ticket. I told him to just ignore it since it obviously wasn't him in the picture and he wasn't required to do the police work to track down the driver for them. On a side note...I was talking to a buddy about this and we were theorizing that they couldn't even compel him to give the name of the driver due to spousal privilege, dunno?

pc86 7y ago
Spousal privilege covers them mailing a picture and saying "is this your wife?" It doesn't cover "who is this?" In general though, "don't talk to them" is broadly the best (and really, the only good) advice when dealing with the police.