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So if Monroe put up speed cameras and I got caught at both prairie city and Monroe within 10 minutes I would only receive 1 ticket? Good to know, ty.
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No. You get two. They have procedures to remove the “duplicate”. Assuming they are run by the entity. If not, you’ll get two.
Reminds me of what movie, 40 year old virgin where the chick is driving him home and she runs into a parked car and says "that fu**** came out of nowhere!"
Actually just a few weeks ago, and I remembered it instantly as I read the OP.This story was on kcci a few months ago.
KCCI Investigates: Small Iowa town makes millions on speed camera tickets
Some say they're there for safety, others call them a "racket." This small Iowa town has written more than 25,000 tickets so far this year.www.kcci.com
Just don't speed, too.
The Confrontation Clause of the 6th amendment is not magic, but it is bedrock for the rights of the accused.
But it applies to criminal offenses. Most speed and stoplight camera offenses are set up as civil infractions (to which the Confrontation Clause has no application). Also, most are also set up where they don't count as a moving violation.
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In your example, the video could be used against the defendant assuming a proper evidentiary foundation was established (i.e. that the video was secure and not tampered with, the circumstances under which it was taken, etc). A confrontation clause objection would fail. The Confrontation Clause does not prohibit use of evidence like this--you are correct.
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To your first point - no, they won't give you cumulative tickets for the same offense after following you. However, if they pull you over for speeding at intersection A & give you a ticket, then let you go but pull you over again 5 mins later at intersection D, they most certainly can give you another ticket. Same thing if a different officer (er, camera) happens to catch you 2 blocks over..
Don't speed I get it, and I try not to, but...
If you accidentally set your cruise to fast and speed from the east to west mixmaster on 80/35, it would be completely legal for you to receive tickets from Des Moines, Johnston, Grimes, Clive, Urbandale, and West Des Moines. I will die on this hill that this is wrong. For people on the edge 600 bucks could be the difference between making a mortgage payment/rent. God forbid they make the same mistake on the way home.
If you accidentally set your cruise to fast and speed from the east to west mixmaster on 80/35, it would be completely legal for you to receive tickets from Des Moines, Johnston, Grimes, Clive, Urbandale, and West Des Moines. I will die on this hill that this is wrong. For people on the edge 600 bucks could be the difference between making a mortgage payment/rent. God forbid they make the same mistake on the way home.
How are you accidentally setting your cruise and not knowing it? You know you can change the speed it's set at?
I agree with this, but I think the point he is trying to make is you get pulled over by an officer and immediately get notice and you are more likely to slow down and not get pulled over 5 minutes later, whereas with a camera you don't even know you were caught until weeks later. You don't get the immediate reflex of slowing down for the rest of your trip.
