Less than a month ago, the Arizona Senate made amendments to photo radar legislation. Most of the additions served as new guidelines in operating photo enforcement equipment, but one may forever change the way Arizona courts convict speeders. Senate amendment to S.B. 1291 reads:
28-1203. Streaming video; use
Any streaming video that results from a photo enforcement system may be used only for criminal investigations and criminal prosecutions.
Prior to this amendment, state courts refused to prosecute criminal speeders based on only photo radar citations. This changes everything. Now the hundreds of photo radar cameras throughout our state are all recording video that under this statute now becomes serving evidence in court. While I do not condone speeding or breaking the law for that matter, this move effectively makes Arizona the first policed state.
There were several other technical amendments as well. Section 2, title 28, chapter 3, article 6, is amended by adding section 28-711, to read:
28-711. Photo enforcement systems: limitation on citation issuance
Notwithstanding any other law, this state or a local authority that has jurisdiction over a photo enforcement system, including a state photo enforcement system established pursuant to section 41-1722, shall cause the photo enforcement system to issue a complaint or notice of violation for a violation of this article only if a vehicle is traveling at least eleven miles per hour faster than the posted speed limit.
This clearly states that the vehicle has to travel 11mph+ over the speed limit. Prior to this it was always a mystery. The amendments also included mandatory reports to the governor every six months starting March 1, 2010. These reports will include related traffic statistics and total monies received from citations. It will be very interesting to see if these reports become public. The state also changed the way enforcement money will be handled. Now 35% of all profits from speeding tickets are appropriated to the law enforcement department for the crime laboratory, filling officer vacancies, and law enforcement officer compensations; with this extra money “the department shall conduct periodic tests on the state photo enforcement system to ensure the state photo system is accurately calibrated.” The senate also mandated that “a photo enforcement system shall not be placed on a street or highway within two hundred yards of a posted speed limit change.” Hopefully this change will help shape the way they enforce local freeways. Arizona is notorious for placing photo radar vans on freeways right after a speed change and collecting hundreds of tickets throughout the day. This might also change some school zone enforcement because many of them have posted speed limit change signs near the photo radar vans.
It’s hard to believe after all the controversy our politicians continue to use, and enhance the photo radar laws. Not only are they just taking pictures, they are running live video’s that will be legal to prosecute in court. When did our rights as citizens in a democracy wash away? While few put themselves on the line to fight back, others site back and watch the government run and dictate their sheltered Scottsdale lives. Without the voice of the people, they will continue to install these devices all over the state, converting Arizona into the first officially policed state. When will you decide to fight for your rights, when they have a camera aimed at every doorstep?
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Traffic court tomorrow!! advice to beat speeding ticket?i live in new york, this is my first ticket, besides this, i have a clean record. any advice u guys can give me about how to go about it tommorrow?
if the officer does show, should i plead no contest or not guilty?
past experiences?
anything helps, thanks in advance
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You should be able to call the courthouse and find out the points and fine.
As far as beating it, that will be difficult. The officer is almost always given more credibility in court.
Some will probably suggest demanding the radar calibration records, records of the officer's training, or just hoping the officer doesn't show up. These methods are time consuming and rarely work.
Most people will agree your best bet would be to meet with the prosecutor, and try and negotiate a reduced fine and/or points.
So you were speeding (why else would you admit it?) and told the Officer you were speeding when he stopped you. Well, your chances are somewhere between my becoming the Crowned Prince of North Dakota and my son's request for snow on his birthday (he was born in July and we live in the South).
Who knows, stranger things have happened, but the judge is going to love the part where you admitted it to the Officer. It will be up to the judge.
The officer in FL has to be not only Post Certified to be an officer but also has to be certified and trained on the specific type of radar equipment they are using. ( radar or lazor)
Next I forget if it is annual or bi anunal but they are required to go to training to keep thier certification up ( something many forget, can't get into a class or they are late getting the class)
so every day there are some officers running radar where thier certifiction has become outdated.
Next the actual radar equipment has to be FCC licneced and tested, and every day upon the start of his use of this equipment he has to do a tunning fork test for calibration.
There is a log carried in the car with the radar unit where they enter the test results.
You can request this from discovery of evidnece though the court. But should be doing it with an attorney.
It will cost you more to beat it, than the fine, and one ticket on your record has little effect
If you were speeding and were caught there is really no way to beat it , the only thing that can happen is if when you go to court if you are fighting the ticket and the officer does not show up then it will be dismissed .
"I was not speeding, here is my proof________"
If you can't say that, you deserve the ticket, the points, and the fine.
Learn to slow down and you won't have this problem.
hm i couldn’t tell the difference between photograph and painting comparing the final resault.
This is sick
Keep resetting the court date until they will no longer allow you. Hopefully the officer will not show up to court, thus your ticket will be dismissed.
Prove beyond a reasonable doubt that you were not speeding.
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how is this not a real photo?
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Go to court and hope the law enforcement officer don't show up then it is automatically dismissed, or go to traffic school and then it is dismissed after completion then again you can just pay it and not speed anymore
the amount of time you are spending on trying to beat this ticket is not very cost effective. Plus most of the sites you have researched all charge a fee.
The choice is yours pay the ticket or pay someone for the information to beat the ticket and have the possibility of still having to pay the ticket