Improper Right or Left Turn on Green Light Can Result in Camera Ticket

Although there has been talk in California about allowing traffic camera enforcement to be used for speeding, it is not yet allowed. What is allowed is red light camera enforcement of course, but also the automated enforcement of certain turns made at an intersection.

The California Vehicle Code section (40518) authorizing the use of a mailed notice to appear does include violations of 22101 recorded by an automated enforcement system and California Vehicle Code section 22101 does cover violations such as right or left hand turns that are prohibited by signs, disobeying traffic control devices, and other turning movements regulated by signs or marked traffic lanes.

That’s right, you enter the intersection legally on a green light, but you might be making an illegal or improper turn. For that you could still get a surprise ticket mailed to you with a picture of you making that turn and for that you may get a hefty fine.

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Orange has signed a partnership with Wikango to allow give Orange Maps users speed camera alerts in real time. Wikango is the European leader of warning radar applications and devices.  Wireless carrier Orange of France has teamed up to offer alerts in real-time on Orange GPS Navigation Maps. The alert service with mobile radar Wikango is available to all Mobile Orange customers for  5€ / month .  The application is preinstalled on most mobile GPS Orange Box, and is available for download on Store applications (App Store, App Shop Orange Market) or directly gps.orange.fr.  Read more on the press release here.  Wikango competes with Coyote Systems of UK who is the other larger provider of data in Europe.  

Following yesterday's letter from four U.S. senators that asked Apple, Google, and Research In Motion to remove applications that could help drunken drivers evade police checkpoints and other law enforcement efforts, RIM has agreed to the request, saying such applications will soon be removed from its BlackBerry App World.  Read more.

We think this is a good moving considering these application promote the evasion of law enforcement.  Its important to differentiate that PhotoEnforced.com does not have any mobile applications and we wholesale our data to mapping and traffic application apps.  Photo Enforcement is widely used throughout the US and knowing where these locations are is not so you can speed or run red lights.  Its because people drive erratically around these locations and there are many fender benders at these intersections.  Red light camera and speed camera locations alter the behavior of drivers and make them nervous.  Knowing where drivers may have a propensity to be erratic is an important part of defensive driving. 

Motorists Beware Camera Enforcement Systems Can Ticket For More Than Just a Red Light

Whenever someone mentions they got one of those “photo tickets” in the mail, everyone would assume it’s a red light photo ticket. However a red light violation is not the only thing that Camera Enforcement Systems can be used for.

One should be especially wary at rail road crossings. The vehicle code section governing stops at railroad crossings states in part: “The driver of any vehicle or pedestrian approaching a railroad or rail transit grade crossing shall stop not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail and shall not proceed until he or she can do so safely...”

Furthermore it states this relating to camera enforcement: “Whenever a railroad or rail transit crossing is equipped with an automated enforcement system, a notice of a violation of this section is subject to the procedures provided in Section 40518.”

What this means in a nutshell is that a ticket for failing to stop at a rail road crossing can be mailed to you just like a ticket for failing to stop at a red light, so drive careful you never know who (what?) is watching.

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The pricing for running a red light might be life or death on a motorcycle but can they still get tickets?  I watched a man die after running a red light on his motorcycle this winter. He crashed his motorcycle into a car turning left as he tried to run the red light in Palm Desert this winter. It sparked a question whether motorcycles are heavy enough to set off the red light camera sensors? According to the red light camera operators they are supposed to pick up motorcycles. So if they do get tickets can the cameras capture the image and identify the driver's face inside a helmet? Are the cameras capable of capturing an image if the rider is traveling at a high rate of speed?  

If You’re Caught on Camera for a Red Light Violation and You Were also on the Phone Can You Get a Ticket for Both?

If you’ve ever found yourself traveling through an intersection or turning at an intersection and being blinded by the flashing lights of the Automated Traffic Enforcement System at the same time as when you were on the phone, you may be worried that you will get a ticket for the cell phone violation as well as the red light violation. Well the good news is that so far, the vehicle section that authorizes a Notice to Appear to be mailed instead of handed to you by an officer, does not include the vehicle code section for cell phone use or texting while driving. So while you should always adhere to safe driving practices, you can rest assured that red light camera enforcement systems are not yet being used to also ticket drivers for cell phone violations. In any event, if an officer sees you on the phone, look out because with increased fines in California, the base fine (fine before other added court fees) for a cell phone violation used to be $20+ and it is now $80+. See the Cell Phone Ticket Laws in other states.

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If you receive ticket a notice in the mail issued to you by a police department or even an out of state camera company what you shouldn’t do is freely give them information requested of you. Often times these notices are sent out to fish for information like your driver’s license number and to get you to tell on yourself (or someone else) for a red light violation.  These are known as snitch tickets.

A red flag should go up if you were not the driver, if you don’t see a due date, a fine amount, and if you don’t see a court house listed on the notice. If you’re still unsure, check the notice for the city and county where the violation allegedly occurred (this will be on the front side of the notice listed along with information like the location and violation code). You can then go to the Superior court website for that county and many courts allow you to do an online search for your ticket and fine information. You may be able to search by your driver’s license, last name, or violation number. You could also try calling the court you think the ticket would have been issued in and inquire with a traffic clerk as to whether there is a ticket issued to you in their system, most likely there will not be.

If not then in that case, the ticket hasn’t been filed or registered with the court yet so it’s not an official ticket. Before you just roll over and comply with the first notice, you may want to wait and see if you ever do get a notice from the court, because you may not. If you don’t fill out the back of the first notice and send it back to the agency requesting the information from you then they won’t have enough to pin the ticket on you and a get a real ticket issued to you through the court.

If you’re not sure of how to handle a red light photo ticket notice you received, before you do anything, it’s a good idea to consult with a professional who is well seasoned with dealing with red light camera tickets. Remember, a ticket that hasn’t been filed or registered with the court yet is not an official ticket and may never become one if you don’t help them by tattling on yourself.

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Get a Witness Statement When Fighting a Red Light Camera Ticket

When a person gets a red light camera ticket, one thing often overlooked, is the value a passenger can provide should you decide to fight a red light camera ticket. Anyone in the car with you at the time the picture was taken can provide a witness statement. This is especially helpful in situations where the weather conditions prevented you from stopping in time, there was a car tailgating preventing you from being able to stop short, or maybe there was a large truck ahead of you blocking your view of the light as it passed through the intersection.

In these situations, really all you have is your own word; however any passengers can back up your position. Any witness statement you plan to provide to the court, make sure it’s notarized otherwise for all the court knows, you wrote the statement yourself. It’s worth paying a couple bucks to a Notary Public in order to make the witness statement credible. Think about it, the court is on the fence as to whether or not to believe your story, having that witness statement to back up your story with, can give you that winning edge.

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