Speeding ticket for motionless car, Imagine getting a speeding ticket for a motionless car? Apparently, a Baltimore man was cited for going 13 miles over the posted speed limit in April. The trouble is, based on the evidence; the driver was sitting in his car waiting at a red light when the camera snapped the footage. His day in traffic court was Friday.
According to a Dec. 13 report from Live Science, Daniel Doty got a rude awakening when the speeding ticket showed up in his mailbox.Doty, who happens to be a lawyer in nearby Lauraville is challenging the speeding citation. He said that it is "shockingly obvious" that a speeding ticket for a motionless car suggests that something or someone got it wrong.
Police say he was speeding in Northeast Baltimore in the 1700 block of E. Cold Spring Lane, where it connects with Hillen Road.
To his point, footage from the Maryland speed cam shows his four-door Mazda wagon sitting still at a red light in various frames as cars with the green light move across the screen. However, he was ticketed for going 38 miles per hour in a 25-mph zone. His cost for abiding by traffic rules: $40.The motorist was scheduled for a Friday appearance in traffic court. It is unknown if the speeding ticket for the motionless car was dismissed.
However, judging from the footage and screen shots, it is quite apparent that the car was not moving at the time the speeding camera shot the footage. Even more interesting is the fact that human monitors are supposed to look over the evidence carefully before the citations are mailed out.
"It was like someone was so obviously asleep at the switch," Doty said Wednesday on getting a speeding ticket for a motionless car. "I thought that was not supposed to happen."
To bolster his case that the technology or procedures are flawed, the Baltimore Sun also found six other city speed cameras that were malfunctioning or providing false information for alleged traffic violations.
According to a Dec. 13 report from Live Science, Daniel Doty got a rude awakening when the speeding ticket showed up in his mailbox.Doty, who happens to be a lawyer in nearby Lauraville is challenging the speeding citation. He said that it is "shockingly obvious" that a speeding ticket for a motionless car suggests that something or someone got it wrong.
Police say he was speeding in Northeast Baltimore in the 1700 block of E. Cold Spring Lane, where it connects with Hillen Road.
To his point, footage from the Maryland speed cam shows his four-door Mazda wagon sitting still at a red light in various frames as cars with the green light move across the screen. However, he was ticketed for going 38 miles per hour in a 25-mph zone. His cost for abiding by traffic rules: $40.The motorist was scheduled for a Friday appearance in traffic court. It is unknown if the speeding ticket for the motionless car was dismissed.
However, judging from the footage and screen shots, it is quite apparent that the car was not moving at the time the speeding camera shot the footage. Even more interesting is the fact that human monitors are supposed to look over the evidence carefully before the citations are mailed out.
"It was like someone was so obviously asleep at the switch," Doty said Wednesday on getting a speeding ticket for a motionless car. "I thought that was not supposed to happen."
To bolster his case that the technology or procedures are flawed, the Baltimore Sun also found six other city speed cameras that were malfunctioning or providing false information for alleged traffic violations.
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