Another "review" mistake!  ATS still cites driver WRONGLY even after receiving complaint of wrong plate!

Ban the Cams note:

File this under the ATS "review" process 

(ATS is the vendor in Boynton Beach:  http://www.banthecams.org/Red-Light-Camera-News/davie-may-cancel-red-light-camera-program.html

"In Palm Beach County, ATS has contracts with Boynton Beach, Juno Beach, Palm Springs and West Palm Beach.")

  or is it Quota maybe!  (would make for a good press review now that according to the USPIRG there quotas on "approval" of RLC TICKETS in the contracts!  http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/36/3623.asp

Quote:   The public is hurt by per-ticket payment systems -- often disguised with "cost neutral" contract language -- that ensure that the system is designed to maximize revenue, not safety. Such provisions provide a monetary incentive to increase the number of tickets issued. That leads to other provisions prohibiting cities from lengthening yellow light duration to improve safety and requiring right on red ticketing and ticket approval quotas.

http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/news/local/pinellas/red-light-ticket-issued-to-wrong-driver-11142011

Red-light ticket issued to wrong driver
Updated: Monday, 14 Nov 2011, 5:48 PM EST
Published : Monday, 14 Nov 2011, 5:48 PM EST

Steve Nichols
FOX 13 Pinellas reporter
 

PINELLAS PARK - No one is ever happy getting a ticket from cameras snapping pictures of red light runners. But imagine getting one for a car that is not yours, from a town you have not visited. It happened to a Pinellas Park man.

Tom Lastrapes of Pinellas Park is free from paying for running a red light without having to travel across the state to prove his innocence. The Boynton Beach police department has sent a letter to the clerk of the court calling off the penalty in a case of mistaken identity.

Lastrapes drives a silver Nissan with a tag that starts with the numeral "5". On September 24th, a camera in Boynton Beach caught a green, and much newer, Nissan running a red light. Its tag starts with the letter "S".

Lastrapes, who says he has not been in Palm Beach county for at least three years, followed instructions and contacted the Arizona vendor that runs the cameras and generates the $158 notices of violation.

"She assured me she could see that it was a mistake, and don't worry about it, it will be taken care of," Lastrapes recalled Monday.

Then last week, he received a certified letter. Because he had not paid the original penalty he was now on the hook for a $264 uniform traffic citation.

"I'm not guilty, this wasn't me, wasn't my car, I'm not paying it," Lastrapes declared.

The "...citation has been voided and we have notified Tom that we've dismissed the citation and we're sorry for the inconvenience that it caused him," Boynton Beach police spokesperson Stephanie Slater told FOX 13 News Monday afternoon.

Slater faulted the vendor for not notifying her department about Lastrapes' complaint. Slater also confirmed the owner of the green Nissan obviously blowing through a red light at 2:07 a.m. September 24th will now receive a $158 notice of violation.

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