 gregamy
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| School Bus Cameras Be aware that in July the state passed a law allowing municipalities to contract with a private company to install cameras on school buses, for the purpose of generating citations for drivers passing with the red lights on.
Someone's tossing out press releases; this was all over local radio and TV today.
School bus cameras prompt tickets in Conn. city
»www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/hartford_c···-britain
»www.newsday.com/news/region-stat···.3342004
Exterior school bus cameras draw immediate results in capturing reckless drivers
»www.newbritainherald.com/article···7288.txt |
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| I don't pass school buses with yellow or red lights flashing. However I'm concerned that if drivers ever get a cut they'll wait until a car is just past the lights and then turn them on.
The law also seems to fine the owner of the vehicle rather than the driver.
This seems a bit odd to me, as the owner of property is being fined for how it was used by another.
How will this affect rental cars, or other rental vehicles?
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This doesn't have anything to do about making it safer for children to get on or off the school bus. This is nothing more than a money grab by cities and towns that are low on funds. It's a $465 dollar revenue generator whenever the camera takes a picture. What city/town wouldn't sign up for and be supportive of such revenue generating scam?
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said by pandora:How will this affect rental cars, or other rental vehicles?
Don't know about the school bus cameras, but a family member who lives out west, who rented a car while visiting people down in Jersey, got tagged with a fee/fine (60 days later) for improper use of an EZ-Pass tag and failure to pay the toll. The car wasn't registered to the EX-Pass tag so they used a camera pix of the car/license plate when it went through the toll booth to track them down through the rental car agency. They are the only people I know who've been tracked down and sent a notice. The fee/fine was something like $80. |
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Norwalk, CT | EZpass tracked me down thru a car rental place - the notice gave place to put my ez pass tag number and a reason why it was used with an unregistered car - they rescinded the violation. Why they could not do it automatically when they found it a rental car, beats me, but I bet they have a bunch of people that just pay rather than fight it |
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