Attorney Takes on Red Light Cameras

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Originally Posted by Maestro

Gee guys, why didn't we find that loop hole. See what happens when you piss off a lawyer. This could be extremely costly to these companies. Hope he wins his class action law suite, this could put them out of business if the amount of tickets are high enough.

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This works in Cali, too.

California Business & Professions Code

7521. A private investigator within the meaning of this chapter is a person, other than an insurance adjuster subject to the provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 14000) of Division 5 of the Insurance Code, who, for any consideration whatsoever engages in business or accepts employment to furnish or agrees to furnish any person to protect persons pursuant to Section 7521.5, or engages in business or accepts employment to furnish, or agrees to make, or makes, any investigation for the purpose of obtaining, information with reference to:

(a) Crime or wrongs done or threatened against the United States of America or any state or territory of the United States of America.
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(e) Securing evidence to be used before any court, board, officer, or investigating committee.

7523. (a) Unless specifically exempted by Section 7522, no person shall engage in the business of private investigator, as defined in Section 7521, unless that person has applied for and received a license to engage in that business pursuant to this chapter.

7523.5. (a) The superior court in and for the county wherein any person has engaged or is about to engage in any act which constitutes a violation of Section 7523 may, upon a petition filed by the bureau with the approval of the director, issue an injunction or other appropriate order restraining this conduct and may impose civil fines not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

^ that would be good information to pass along to that website in CA that is dedicated to fighting red light tickets

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Originally Posted by Maestro

^ that would be good information to pass along to that website in CA that is dedicated to fighting red light tickets

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highwayrobbery.net, and already sent it to them, I copied and pasted it right out of the email in fact lol

Will not help in CA, as it turns out only the police are allow to review the photos, the RLC companies are not allow to issue the the tickets nor are they paid on a per ticket basis.

However, this could work in other states since state tend to mirror laws, so other states probably have similar laws.

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Originally Posted by Maestro

Will not help in CA, as it turns out only the police are allow to review the photos, the RLC companies are not allow to issue the the tickets nor are they paid on a per ticket basis.

However, this could work in other states since state tend to mirror laws, so other states probably have similar laws.

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Incorrect, the RLC companies install the cameras and OPERATE them to obtain evidence which is going to be used before a court. They are in the business of collecting the evidence, which they then provide to the police. The police however are not the one's collecting the evidence.

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Originally Posted by Lucky225

Incorrect, the RLC companies install the cameras and OPERATE them to obtain evidence which is going to be used before a court. They are in the business of collecting the evidence, which they then provide to the police. The police however are not the one's collecting the evidence.

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On highwayrobbery.net is show legislation that was passed that said the companies who install the systems are not allow to view the information and determine who should get a ticket. It also said they can not be paid on a per ticket basis. To your point the fact the RLC install and maintain the systems does that mean they are collecting evidences. Looks like a interesting point for the courts to decide.

Also, it does sound like some locations in CA are not following the laws and are letting the RLC do the work, so they are obviously in violation.

So did you hear anything back from highwayrobbery.net?

Yea, I got a reply rather quickly don't know if he's researching more to post or what

Well the battle goes on. This came out today.

cbs11tv.com - Judge Could Reverse Decision On Red Light Cameras

*yawn* @ propaganda

He's an attorney he doesn't have to pay somebody and has plenty of time. No matter what if they reverse it's because of corrupt gov. Obviously it's been beaten but they make some dumb excuse that they were able to get away with before total bs