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    Recent Posts in Running A Red Light Category

    April 1, 2010

    St Pete Red Light Runners Get Ready For Cameras At Your Intersections

    Posted By fycadmin

    Red light runners in St Pete better get used to fines and not being able to fight those red light tickets as the city council has voted 7-1 to install red light cameras in St Petersburg.
    City Council members cited the same reason as cash-strapped cities and
    counties have used all over the state of Florida, that it is a safety
    issue.

     

    Council members cited unnamed studies to back-up their vote to
    install the revenue-raising cameras even though the council member who
    introduced the bill admitted he’d never seen the research that backs up
    the facts he was using to support his position. One study that TampaBay.com did mention was conducted by USF and it showed that red light cameras significantly increase car accidents and that cities who use these cameras aren’t serious about reducing car crashes.
    Red light cameras can now be found in Tampa Bay cities like Oldsmar,
    Temple Terrace, Port Richey, South Pasadena, Kenneth City and Tampa.…

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    March 23, 2010

    Tampa Red Light Runners Get To Face Off Against The Cameras That Ticketed Them

    Posted By fycadmin

    Tampa driver’s who were ticketed for running a red light got their chance to face off against the red light cameras on Monday but as in almost every other Florida county the drivers did not fare very well. Of the 12 people who showed up to challenge their fines for running a red light, only two had their tickets dismissed.

    TampaBay.com sent reporter Jessica Vander Velde to the County Center to watch as Hillsborough County citizens tried to persuade a special magistrate that their red light tickets were unjustified. Almost all of them failed. The cameras are already used by Hillsborough County, Kenneth City, Port Richey, Temple Terrace and Brooksville. They are close to being installed in St. Pete and the
    city of Tampa is looking into the red light cameras as well.…

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    March 18, 2010

    Tampa Red Light Runners Featured On You Tube Courtesy Of The Hillsborough Sheriff’s Office

    Posted By fycadmin

    If you live in Tampa and have received a recent citation for running a red light you may be on your way to You Tube stardom. The
    Hillsborough County Sheriff’s office has put together a 2:08 video montage of Tampa’s worst red light runners. They have also put it on You Tube for the whole world to check out.

    The red light cameras that issue the fines are the same ones that supplied the video for You Tube. The cameras are stationed all around Hillsborough County in an effort to s top Tampa red light running. The cameras are at popular intersections on Dale Mabry, Bruce B. Downs, Fletcher Avenue and Waters Avenue.…

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    March 11, 2010

    Clearwater Police Stop Man For An Illegal U-Turn And He Dies During The Traffic Stop

    Posted By fycadmin

    Clearwater police are working to curtail what is normally their highest-accident month by beefing up red light enforcement. That was the case Wednesday when they pulled over a man for making an illegal U-Turn. Moments later the driver’s 50-year-old son wasn’t breathing. The officer tried to revive the man as did paramedics in a Chick-Fil-A parking lot but they were unsuccessful.

    According to the story on TBO.com there has been no ruling as of yet on Stephen Lanciotti’s cause of death but his father said the man
    was feeling ill before they got in the car. There was no information on whether the illegal U-Turn was preformed due to the man’s health. Clearwater Police were on the spot because last year there were almost 600 car crashes with injuries and officers wrote almost 20,000 Florida traffic citations in the city last year. Both were increases from the year before.…

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    February 25, 2010

    Florida Red-Light Cameras Embroiled In a Legal And Legislative Battle Royale

    Posted By fycadmin

    Florida’s controversial red light camera system is in the midst of a political and legal struggle for its survival. Earlier this week a Miami-Dade judge ruled the traffic tickets issued by cameras for running red lights were illegal. Now a Hernando county state legislator is proposing a bill to ban the cameras state wide just as another bill in the Florida legislature is being proposed to make the cameras and the tickets they issue not just civil infractions but state law.

    Robert Schneck released a statement today along with his bill. The republican from Spring Hill called the traffic cameras a hidden tax and while he supports safety he doesn’t see the red light cameras as anything more as a way for local governments to generate revenue. Currently 26 cities are using the red-light cameras in Florida.…

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    February 25, 2010

    Florida Red-Light Cameras Embroiled In a Legal And Legislative Battle Royale

    Posted By fycadmin

    Florida’s controversial red light camera system is in the midst of a political and legal struggle for its survival. Earlier this week a Miami-Dade judge ruled the traffic tickets issued by cameras for running red lights were illegal. Now a Hernando county state legislator is proposing a bill to ban the cameras state wide just as another bill in the Florida legislature is being proposed to make the cameras and the tickets they issue not just civil infractions but state law.

     
    Robert Schneck released a statement today along with his bill.  The republican from Spring Hill called the traffic cameras a hidden tax and while he supports safety he doesn’t see the red light cameras as anything more as a way for local governments to generate revenue. Currently 26 cities are using the red-light cameras in Florida.…

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    February 4, 2010

    California’s Arnold Schwarzenegger Floats The Idea Of Speeding Cameras To Raise $400 Million

    Posted By fycadmin

    Facing a steep budget deficit California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger planned to install cameras that would automatically issue. Speeding tickets just like the ones that are already installed to issue traffic citations for running a red light. The Governor said the plan would raise almost $400 million oh yeah and increase safety.

    The proposal faced stiff opposition from lawmakers who saw it simply as a revenue-generator and not a safety enhancement. The cameras were going to issue a traffic ticket for $225 for speeding up to 15 MPH over the limit and then $325 if a driver was speeding more than 15 MPH over the posted limit.…

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    December 7, 2009

    Tampa School Bus Driver Cited For Running A Red Light In Monday Morning Crash

    Posted By fycadmin

    Two Tampa elementary school students were treated for minor injuries following a school bus crash that was caused by the bus driver running a red light. The students were headed to Phillip Shore Elementary according to Tampa’s 10 Connects when the bus ran a red light at 17th Avenue and 21st Street where it collided with a car.

    The driver of the car was taken to Tampa General Hospital with minor injuries and the two injured students were released to their parents following the accident. The rest of the children were transferred to another bus. The bus driver has received a traffic citation for running the red light.…

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