Each week, the St. Petersburg Police Department releases a "highlight" reel of red light runners in St. Petersburg.
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Each week the St. Petersburg Police Department releases a "highlight" reel of red light runners in St. Pete.
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Drivers who want to appeal a ticket might have to pay up to $250 in additional fees if Gov. Rick Scott signs a new bill into law. Do you think that’s right?
Drivers who want to appeal a ticket might have to pay up to $250 in additional fees if Gov. Rick Scott signs a new bill into law. Do you think that’s right?
Hate red light cameras? If so, you might hate them even more if Gov. Rick Scott signs a bill recently passed by the Florida Legislature into law. The bill sets a new process for appeals that enables local government bodies – cities and counties – to tack on an additional $250 in court fees for those who try to appeal tickets generated by red light cameras and fail. It also puts the new appeals process into the hands of those very same local governments that would benefit from the additional fees. That means motorists who appeal and lose will no longer be subject to just a $158 penalty – they might have to fork over $408. The new law, according to The Tampa Tribune, was designed to streamline the appeals process and put more control in the …
10:20 am on Monday, May 13, 2013
I concur with Mr. Walkers statement. However, we 'the sheeple' must endure the consequences of those that 'we the sheeple' PUT INTO OFFICE in Tallahassee. more ›
Each week, the St. Petersburg Police Department posts video of red light runners throughout St. Petersburg
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8:15 am on Tuesday, April 23, 2013
John , The videos are a reminder to be cautious at intersections and show just how easy being more aware when driving can save you from an accident ! I don't think anyone had to be "lobbied " to include them ! more ›
Results from a new phone survey by StPetePolls also asked voters about a hypothetical match-up for the mayor's race.
Approval ratings for St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster came in at 48.1 percent in the latest StPetePolls survey. That's down from 54.3 percent in December. According to the poll, the mayor's highest approval rating came in at 61.4 percent in May 2012. 1319 registered voters in St. Petersburg were questioned in this latest poll. They were asked about who they would vote for in a hypothetical match-up for this year's race for mayor. When asked, "Who would you vote for: Leslie Curran, Jeff Danner, Bill Foster or Rick Kriseman?" The poll reflected the following answers: Among other questions in this poll, voters were asked about buses at Williams Park and red light cameras in St. Pete. When asked, "Do you think that the downtown bus hub should …
The St. Petersburg City Council member tells a Patch political blogger: 'Get off of the "Gerdes has his eye on being Mayor" schtick.'
St. Petersburg City Council member Charlie Gerdes is denying that he will make a run for the Mayor's Office. The attorney from West St. Petersburg issued a statement of sorts in the Comments section of the St. Petersburg Patch. He was taking to task Patch political blogger Gene "Doc" Webb, a regular observer of City Hall. "Please get off of the 'Gerdes has his eye on being Mayor' schtick," Gerdes wrote. "You started that before Gerdes was ever elected and you continue to spew it despite having been told face to face it is untrue." (For Gerdes' complete remark, please see Webb's blog post, "The Deputy City Attorney and the Red Light Cameras." Gerdes' comments also caught the eye of Bay Buzz, in the Tampa Bay Times. Under the headline, '…
3:07 pm on Monday, March 11, 2013
This is a weird kind of meta-journalism. You write some baseless junk; the person you write about calls you out on it. That scuffle gets picked up by a real newspaper. Then you write about the real newspaper's reporting on it. Well done, Mr. Kafka. Well done. more ›
Despite one councilor's efforts to end the contract for the red light camera program in St. Pete, council voted to keep the 22 cameras at intersections in the city.
Following a heated debate, St. Petersburg City Council voted 5-3 Thursday to keep the red light camera program, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Councilor Wengay Newton made a motion to end the contract with American Traffic Solutions, the camera vendor, with Councilor Leslie Curran making a second, according to WTSP. "I think it's time for the council to invoke the only power we have," Newton said, according to the Times. The discussion came up after Mayor Bill Foster imposed a moratorium last week in response to Pinellas County Clerk of the Circuit Court Ken Burke's letter asking St. Petersburg and five other cities to stop writing tickets for red light violations, arguing there are flaws in the system and that his office is spending a …
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St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster is imposing a moratorium on red light camera citations immediately in response to Pinellas County Clerk of Court Ken Burke's concerns about flaws in the system.
In response to Pinellas County Clerk of the Circuit Court Ken Burke's concerns regarding flaws with red light camera systems in St. Petersburg and five other Pinellas cities, Mayor Bill Foster has imposed a moratorium. Beginning immediately, the mayor has suspended issuing uniform traffic citations to persons identified in sworn affidavits submitted to the city within 30 days after the date of notification as having care, custody and control of the motor vehicle involved in the red light running citation, according to a press release. Last week, Pinellas County Clerk of the Circuit Court Ken Burke wrote a letter asking St. Petersburg and five other cities to stop writing tickets for red light violations, arguing there are flaws in the …
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4:12 pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Integrity and fairness are not parts of ticket camera programs. Only $$$$ count. Call your state Representatives and Senators to tell them you want the use of red light cameras to stop. Call your local officials to tell them you are opposed to the cameras and want any existing cameras to be removed. Keep track of who supports or opposes the cameras and let it influence your future votes. James C… more ›
American Traffic Solutions, which provides red light traffic cameras for St. Pete and 70 other Florida municipalities, says court rulings are on their side.
The Arizona company that provides red light traffic cameras for St. Petersburg and more than 70 municipalities around Florida is fighting back against recent attacks on the legality of the technology and its use to catch violators. In a news release sent Wednesday, American Traffic Solutions points out five court rulings that have upheld the Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Act, which cleared the way for municipalities to use red light traffic cameras. The company notes a Sarasota County case, State v. Nathan, in which the court ruled red light cameras do not "automatically deem a driver guilty of an infraction based on the issuance of a citation" and that the driver "is provided notice of a hearing and an opportunity to be heard." “These …
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1:30 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013
Guessing that Jim believes that education will stop people from texting while driving, too. NOT......nail those drivers putting others at risk. No more lah lah lah esoteric idealism. People are driving more recklessly today than ever and that could be due to the softies calling for education instead of penalties. These people know that they're not supposed to run red lights or text while driving… more ›
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6:23 pm on Monday, May 20, 2013
The problem with these cameras is how some police departments are mucking the matter with the yellow light duration. That is an easy fix. Do it because....aren't y'all tired of all these bloggers defending these people running red lights and putting themselves and others at risk? The citation from a red light ticket is far less severe than being ticketed by an officer on site (and where is the … more ›