The ‘automated way’ can be miscalibrated or just malfunctioning. What are you going to do when you go legally through a green light but the camera says you didn’t?
Yes, that is the point. They had to get cleared. It took time and effort despite the fact that they were totally innocent. They could have lost out on pay because they had to take unpaid time off to deal with this.
The ‘automated way’ can be miscalibrated or just malfunctioning. What are you going to do when you go legally through a green light but the camera says you didn’t?
You have recourses. People fight tickets all the time.
How do you convince a judge that the photo they are looking at is a lie?
The pictures are worthless if you don’t see the light on them.
And yet, many don’t.
And then there are cases like this- https://abc7chicago.com/rosemont-red-light-camera-violation-village-of/10892854/
I like how the link you post is about someone wrongly given a citation and they were cleared in the end.
Yes, that is the point. They had to get cleared. It took time and effort despite the fact that they were totally innocent. They could have lost out on pay because they had to take unpaid time off to deal with this.
Why should that have to be the case ever?
What do you think happens when a cop makes a mistake, which is more likely to happen than an automated camera?
When a cop makes a mistake, they don’t have a photo that “proves” it isn’t a mistake. So you at least have a better chance with the right judge.