A judge in Minnesota has stopped the city of Minneapolis' red light camera program. Twenty-six thousand people have received tickets at $142 a piece since the red light camera program started in Minneapolis last summer. The cameras were turned off at noon Tuesday after Judge Mark Wernick ruled the city's ordinance unconstitutional. He was responding to a motion from the American Civil Liberties Union. The "photo cop" program was brought to Minneapolis by Police Chief William McManus after he started a similar program in Dayton, Ohio where he previously served as chief. It's not clear yet what the ruling means for the drivers who have already received tickets. The city of Minneapolis netted about $600,000 from the photo cops.
Cities Starting To Dump Camera Programs
by Jeff Cohn | Wednesday, March 15, 2006 | ATS, Minnesota, Ohio, red light cameras, Tickets | 1 comments »
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I actually (inadvertently) ran a red light at one of these intersections last night, without knowing the cameras had been turned off. Just the threat of the ticket has me driving better now, even though I've found out the cameras are inactive. I assume (and hope) that just having these cameras in place, though not in use, will continue to affect other drivers.