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The technology is no better than the weakest link, which is often the programmer. I think you would agree ElNono.
"The Baltimore City speed camera ticket alleged that the four-door Mazda wagon was going 38 miles per hour in a 25-mph zone and that owner Daniel Doty owed $40 for the infraction. But the Mazda wasn't speeding. It wasn't even moving. The two photos printed on the citation as evidence of speeding show the car was idling at a red light with its brake lights illuminated. A three-second video clip also offered as evidence shows the car motionless, as traffic flows by on a cross street. Since the articles' publication, several lawmakers have called for changes to the state law that governs the way the city and other jurisdictions operate speed camera programs. Gov. Martin O'Malley said Tuesday that state law bars contractors from being paid based on the number of citations issued or paid an approach used by Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Howard County and elsewhere. 'The law says you're not supposed to charge by volume. I don't think we should charge by volume,' O'Malley said. "If any county is, they need to change their program.'"
The technology is no better than the weakest link, which is often the programmer. I think you would agree ElNono.
I would agree to an extent... You would think before bothering people by sending them bogus tickets, a human being would at least do a minimal review, especially since there's a 5 second video available.
I'm pretty sure the company running these systems are charging a pretty penny, that's the least they could do, IMO.
Yes, the tickets should be reviewed. Without doing that as a minimum, you take away human responsibility in issuing a correct citation. No citation should be issued that is flawed.
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