You mean robots giving citations to cars (not people) is unconstitutional?

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3d_tin_robot

“Hey, Mr. Reliant K-Car, not so fast.”

Well, it was only a matter of time until this scam hit the fan. The facts remain, according to state law it is legal to make a right turn on a red light, as long as you stop and yield. City ordinance does not trump state law. And secondly, citations should be handed to ACTUAL people by an ACTUAL police officer. Do I think people who run redlights are jerkoffs? Sure. But the ACTUAL people who are running the lights are the ones that should get the ticket, and it should be an ACTUAL traffic offense, not some small claims court bullshit;

Democrat Peggy Gibson introduced the South Dakota bill after a constituent received a ticket that didn’t belong to her. That ticket was issued for an illegal right turn in August by the driver of a four-door sedan.

The $86 ticket was delivered to Kimberly Greer of Huron. Greer was surprised to see her name on a picture of the offending vehicle.

“I haven’t owned a car since 2000,” Greer said. “I have a Ford F-150 and a Ford Ranger.”

Sioux Falls officials told Greer she would need to contest the ticket to a Sioux Falls hearing officer. The car was hers, they said.

“I said, ‘If this is my car, I want to report it stolen,’ ” she said.

This is what I have been saying all along. Are we gonna let ‘Robots’ be law enforcement officers or are we gonna let ACTUAL trained officers determine when traffic offenses take place? I have also argued it would be cheaper to have an officer sit in a lawn chair at the intersection 24/7 then to have these silly cameras. Piss and moan all you want about how the cameras have been good thing, but last I checked we don’t live in freaking communist China, and we shouldn’t be treated as such.

Red Light Camera company in trouble?

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laser

I got a hot tip tonight from one of my South DaCola foot soldiers;

Mayor Munson is ordered to give a deposition this friday (on a redlight camera case).  People have stopped paying camera tickets, not only in Sioux Falls but around the country.  Rumor has it, the camera company is in bankruptcy.

That sucks. Not.

Helga found this tidbit;

Sioux Falls and Redflex Traffic Systems Inc.

A lawsuit has been filed and is seeking class action status against the city of Sioux Falls, SD and the firm who provides traffic cameras. The lawsuit claims the city’s traffic cameras violate South Dakota state code and are only a moneymaker for the city. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of 17,000 motorists who were ticketed based on photos taken by traffic cameras in downtown Sioux Falls. Motorists have paid more than $1.2 million in fines because of the Sioux Falls cameras; about $750,000 of that has gone to Redflex.

Register your Traffic Camera Complaint

If you have suffered damages in this civil rights case, you may qualify for damages or remedies that may be awarded in a possible class action or lawsuit. Please click the link below to submit your complaint to a lawyer for a free evaluation.

I also found this interesting.

It’s OKAY for our mayor to pull a Karl Rove?

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Dave Munson’s Hero?

Only the Gargoyle Leader would defend the mayor by saying it is okay to ignore a subpoena;

Meanwhile, Munson decided not to show up for a deposition that was scheduled for Feb. 19.

 

In this case the mayor’s move is justified.

Justified to ignore the law? As we learned in the Sandy Jerstad crash em’ up, bang em’ up, lawmakers should always be following the law and should be held to a higher standard. But not in South Dakota. Run a stop sign and kill a guy? Slap on the wrist and 100 days in jail.

Lawyer William Garry, who’s representing the city, argues that any information the mayor has about the contract can be obtained from other city employees.

 

As a matter of fact, the contract itself should be easily accessible.

DOES NOT MATTER! Munson signed the contract! He is the responsible party. The buck stops here. The big cheese. Commander in chief. If he can’t remember what he is signing, maybe he needs to sit down with those ‘other’ city employess and figure it out before he testifies.

But there’s no indication that the city either is devaluing this case or trying to make it hard for the plaintiff to gain the information he needs.

Nope, just a pathetic local newspaper pandering and apologizing for them.

In lieu of any such development, however, the mayor is within appropriate bounds to make sure that all the pertinent details about the contract are available in other ways.

No he is not. Who made the great Gargoyle Leader Editorial board judge and jury all of sudden? God forbid. A supoena is just that, a supoena. If he doesn’t want to follow it I suggest we cuff him and stuff him for contempt of court. Case closed!