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Sep 24, 2009

Camera Tickets Infallibles ? * The Netherlands - Dutch truck receives 45 speed tickets despite being parked

Ah yes, speeding camera! Never has man cursed an invention of modern technology so much

Oldeberkoop,The Netherlands -rpmgo, by Andrey -23 Seot 2009: -- Police people always say that they never lie, but perhaps they should pay attention to a recent story coming from the Netherlands, where a parked truck received over 45 tickets from automated speed cameras... The owner of the truck, one Martin Robben, who is a lumber merchant, has received over 45 speed tickets on August 25, even though his lonely truck was parked on the side of the road that day in the village of Oldeberkoop... “Sometimes there were only three seconds between the tickets,” Robben told a Dutch paper. “That’s impossible… Nobody can be flashed dozens of times in an afternoon”... No pictures were sent in the mail, just the fines and warning that he should pay thousands of euros if he doesn’t want his license to be suspended. He has now contacted his lawyers and is bent on taking this case to the supreme court, so that justice can be made... What’s important is that the cameras which fined him are made by local company Gatsometer, which provide the same models to a variety of countries worldwide, including the United States, United Kingdom, France and other territories... Have any of you been the victim of such a device which didn’t work properly? Leave us a comment with your story...

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Aug 21, 2008

TICKET SURCHARGES * USA - New Jersey bill would rely on, to pay for patrols

NJ,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Keith Goble -19 Aug 2008: -- If a New Jersey state lawmaker gets his way, drivers caught speeding would be tapped to help offset the charge that small towns must pay for State Police patrols... One fund would send $5,000 to $1 million in grants to cities and towns that have their own law enforcement. The rest of the money would be used to pay for full- and part-time state policing in rural areas... According to a statement attached to the bill, more than $80 million a year is expected to be generated for each fund through the surcharge...
Critics of the new plan say rural towns may need to cut spending, consolidate and possibly merge with other towns to pay for police protection. Others say it is unfair to shift to traffic violators the cost for police services...

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