Red light camera ticket? 17,000 violations in NJ to be thrown out
August 21, 2014, 4:34 PM Last updated: Friday, August 22, 2014, 12:07 PM
By MICHAEL PHILLIS
State House Bureau
The Record
About 17,000 violations issued by red light cameras will be thrown out because of what has been termed a technical glitch, offering a kind of second chance for drivers who now won’t have to pay.
Defendants in 17 municipalities were never notified that they had been cited by a camera for running a red light. Because of the oversight, the administrative office of the courts asked that local judges dismiss the violations en masse. Some of the soon-to-be dismissed tickets were issued in North Jersey towns, including Palisades Park and Wayne Township.
Such an oversight illustrates the inherent faults in the system, said Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon, R-Monmouth, who has regularly criticized the use of red light traffic cameras.
“These companies incessantly tout the supposed accuracy and consistency of their systems – when the only thing consistent about the camera company representatives is their blatant misrepresentation of what the equipment does and how accurately it does it,” he said in a statement.
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