Henry101
01-09-2009, 09:16 PM
A couple things to know.
1. In late November an appellate court found the typical contract (between the cities and their camera supplier) to be illegal, a violation of the Veh. Code 21455.5(g) prohibition of "pay-per-ticket" contracts. (Capitola, Daly City, Menlo Park, Millbrae, Modesto, Napa, Newark, Redwood City, San Leandro, San Mateo South SF and Union City have these problematic contracts.) It will be just a matter of time before these cities are hit with class action suits demanding the return of all fines collected. In the meantime, anyone having a red light camera ticket from one of these towns should delay, fight, not pay.
2. Everyone needs to know about Snitch Tickets, fake tickets sent out by the police to bluff the registered owner into identifying the actual driver of the car. (San Mateo, San Leandro, Emeryville, Millbrae and Union City do it.) Snitch Tickets have not been filed with the court, so they don't say "Notice to Appear," don't have the court's addr. and phone #, and usually say (on the back, in small letters), "Do not contact the court about this notice." Since they have NOT been filed with the court, they have no legal weight whatsoever. You can ignore a Snitch Ticket. If in doubt, Google the term.
Henry101
1. In late November an appellate court found the typical contract (between the cities and their camera supplier) to be illegal, a violation of the Veh. Code 21455.5(g) prohibition of "pay-per-ticket" contracts. (Capitola, Daly City, Menlo Park, Millbrae, Modesto, Napa, Newark, Redwood City, San Leandro, San Mateo South SF and Union City have these problematic contracts.) It will be just a matter of time before these cities are hit with class action suits demanding the return of all fines collected. In the meantime, anyone having a red light camera ticket from one of these towns should delay, fight, not pay.
2. Everyone needs to know about Snitch Tickets, fake tickets sent out by the police to bluff the registered owner into identifying the actual driver of the car. (San Mateo, San Leandro, Emeryville, Millbrae and Union City do it.) Snitch Tickets have not been filed with the court, so they don't say "Notice to Appear," don't have the court's addr. and phone #, and usually say (on the back, in small letters), "Do not contact the court about this notice." Since they have NOT been filed with the court, they have no legal weight whatsoever. You can ignore a Snitch Ticket. If in doubt, Google the term.
Henry101