How to Get Out of a Photo Enforced Ticket

One morning you wake up and take a look outside. The sun is shining and you are ready to have a great day. The mail arrives on time, as usual, and you have a letter from the city in which you live in. Wondering what this letter could be, you open it up only to find a picture of your vehicle and a ticket that can be a couple of hundreds dollars. Angry, you read the notice, and basically it informs you that you ran a red light on a certain date and you are now being billed for this offense. While many individuals find that this is a violation of their privacy, they reluctantly pay the ticket. However, there are many steps you can take that will keep you from paying a dime for these ridiculous photos.

The first step you must take is find out which jurisdiction you were ticketed in. Every state law requires that photo enforced intersections must have a sign within 300 feet from the actual intersection. Many times, this law is not followed. The best way to discover this is to go to the intersection where you were ticketed at, and simply measure the length between the sign and the actual device. In many cases, there isn't even a sign warning drivers of the photo-enforced intersection. If this is the case, the court will rule in your favor, and you will not have to pay the ticket simply because the city did not comply with the state-required law.

You will then want to research the manufacturers of the photo-enforced intersection radars. You can find these companies by searching for Photo Radar Vendors. Every company website must post the percentage of error and maintenance information for the public. You will want to print off this information so you can show the court the various drawbacks for the radar that took your picture.

When you arrive in court, you will want to have the following information with you:

1. The testing results gathered from the vendors website about the radar camera.

2. All maintenance records for the particular intersection.

3. Whether or not there was a sign placed 300-feet away from the intersection.

4. And if there was no sign at all.