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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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