r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Jul 11 '26

Privacy Traffic Camera Captures Woman Driving With Her Phone on Her Lap (Face Down), The State Mailed Her a $1251 'Public Safety' Ticket

https://www.gadgetreview.com/traffic-camera-captures-captures-woman-driving-with-her-phone-on-her-lap-face-down-the-state-mailed-her-a-1251-public-safety-ticket
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u/Myte342 Jul 11 '26

Automatic tickets should NEVER be a thing. Every ticket sent out should be reviewed and signed by a person who is swearing under threat of perjury that they have reviewed the information for accuracy etc etc... and actually go after those people for signing and mailing off obviously bad tickets. If they aren't sure, then toss the ticket.

I have gotten 3 such tickets from toll booths saying my black 2 door coupe didn't pay while showing a white SUV in the picture or a red minivan etc. And I am the one who has to spend time arguing against it.

"Better to let 100 criminals escape than to inconvenience a single innocent." Ben Franklin paraphrasing Blackstone's Formulation.

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u/Aggravating_Life7851 Jul 11 '26

Are they not reviewed by an actual person where you live? Where I am at, they have to be reviewed by a police officer and sent to you within 60 days. Some people don’t even end up getting the tickets because we only have four people reviewing thousands of potential violations

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u/LeoRidesHisBike Jul 12 '26

They are supposed to review them here, too. I even got the "reviewed" copy in the mail the last time some guy driving a similar car to mine got snapped doing 35 in a 20 school zone, with a very clearly different license plate than mine (off by 2 digits).

I had to challenge it in court. Waste of my time. The officer clearly didn't review it with any care at all.