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12/17/2012
Maryland: Speed Camera Company Admits 5.2 Percent Error RatesXerox admits several of its cameras in Baltimore, Maryland issued tickets to innocent motorists 5.2 percent of the time.
Over the past two decades, advocates have argued the main advantage of a speed camera is that the machines never lies. Most states codify this belief with a legal presumption that the automated citation is accurate and it is up to the defendant to prove otherwise. In Baltimore, Maryland last week a leading speed camera vendor made the unprecedented admission that the technology frequently lies, but obvious examples of false readings slipped through the process due to "human error."
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12/16/2012
Australia, Belgium, UK: Speed Cameras Cut DownVigilantes in Australia and Europe decapitate traffic cameras.
12/14/2012
Ohio Appeals Court Refuses Challenge to Breath Test ReliabilityOhio Court of Appeals rules that breath testing machines cannot be challenged on accuracy grounds.
12/13/2012
Florida County Chooses Longer Yellow Over Red Light CamerasCollier County, Florida sides with longer yellow times and cancels red light camera program.
12/12/2012
UK Government Considers Exempting Taxman from Speed LimitsBritish government prepares to revise rules so tax compliance officers can break the speed limit.
