Click It or Ticket Insanity

[Ron61]

Steve,

Sharing the revenue would be far to much intelligence for this area. When they signed the contract they had it worded so the camera supplier got all of it until it went above a set level each month which was as much as they would normally get in ticket revenue in about 8 months. Real brilliance on the part of the city council. Their solution was to either try to re-negotiate the contract so they got a percentage of it or have the fines raised so high that it wouldn't take so many to reach the set level. Right now both the difference in fines if a patrolman issues the ticket or a camera catches it and the contract are in a state of law suites. The city threatened to have them taken out but they still have to pay the amount that would have been collected up to the agreed total. And since there is such a huge difference in a ticket written by a policeman and the camera tickets that is another big fight. This city council can't do anything that doesn't wind up in court it seems. Doesn't really bother me as driving here is worse than in San Francisco and I have always worn seat belts and stopped at lights and signs.

Ron