In other news featuring New Jersey State Assemblymen this week, the Star Ledger is reporting this morning that Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon has hired private engineers from the National Motorists Association to test whether the newly calibrated red light cameras are functioning as promised. (more…)
It looks like the red light cameras in New Jersey are coming back on. Gov. Christie said that all of the red light cameras in New Jersey have been certified and that townships can no resume issuing traffic tickets based on the intersection snapshots the devices take.
A growing series of class action suits regarding traffic tickets issued by faulty red light cameras has hit six more municipalities. Suits have now been filed against Cherry Hill, Newark, Edison, Stratford, Monroe Township, Glassboro, and Woodbridge. The suits argue that the red light cameras in those municipalities did not have their timing calibrated correctly and were not correctly inspected by engineers. As such, the suits contend, any traffic tickets handed out as a result of the faulty red light cameras are illegal and invalid. (more…)
Do you have a problem with the red light cameras that have been popping up all over New Jersey and issuing traffic tickets to drivers who run yellow lights or speed through an intersection? If they are removed, you now have an individual to thank personally. An article today on NJ.com profiles a woman who has made it her personal mission to suspend the multimillion dollar New Jersey State traffic camera program.
