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8/3/2005
Scotland Speed Average Cameras Create HazardScotland's month-old SPECS speed cameras are causing some people to drop far below the speed limit to avoid a ticket.
Scottish officials admit that the newly installed SPECS system that issues speeding tickets based upon the time taken to pass between a pair of cameras is creating a significant traffic hazard. The set of 40 cameras known to locals as "yellow vultures" hang above a 26-mile stretch of the A77 freeway. When drivers see them and realize they are in a camera zone, they often slow well below the speed limit in order to reduce their average speed and avoid a ticket.
Blair Wyllie, road safety office ...
8/3/2005
Speed Camera Tickets in Malta InvalidMaltese court finds uncalibrated speed cameras tickets are invalid. None of the country's cameras are calibrated.
8/3/2005
Minnesota Ticket Paid off with 12,000 PenniesWanting revenge for an unjust ticket, a man pays off his $120 Minnesota speeding ticket in pennies.
8/2/2005
Davenport, Iowa Red Light Camera Causes AccidentsAccidents are up 22 percent in Davenport, Iowa following installation of red light cameras.
8/2/2005
UK: Dead Woman Receives Speed Camera TicketStaffordshire, UK police send a ticket to a woman who has been dead for 14 months.
