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Re: Hidden cameras to catch speeders



In article <42ckuv$92g@portal.gmu.edu>
rkaufman@osf1.gmu.edu (Robert J Kaufmann) writes:

>   Hey everybody,
> what ever happended to police departments installing hidden cameras 
> [hidden in a tree, the cameras would take a picture of your license 
> plate, then the cops would mail you a picture of your car with a speed 
> the camera clocked you doing, plus a fine you had to pay] to catch 
> speeders?  This used to be a big controversy in the late 1980s and early 
> 1990s [especially in Florida where violators charged the various 
> departments with bypassing their due-process], but I haven't heard anything 
> since early 1992; when Fairfax County started installing these things 
> around the county.

In Maryland, the owner of a vehicle is not responsible for traffic
citations issued to any person driving that vehicle. Cases in which a
camera was used to photograph the license can't be prosecuted, since
the driver of the vehicle never was positively identified.


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|  DAVID MURRAY                                 |
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