Speed Camera Contractor Busted Photoshopping Evidence

Speed camera contractor busted Photoshopping pictures to misrepresent evidence in court

Photo: Cop Block

By JG Vibes
Intellihub.com
August 17, 2013

Out of the millions of rackets that the government has established in key facets of our everyday lives, the speed trap and red light cameras are among the most hated.  Some areas have even wasted thousands of dollars in tax money to buy cameras to monitor the speed cameras, because so many people were destroying them.

Now news is emerging that these cameras aren’t just a part of a government racket, but they are also rigged.

 The Newspaper reports that DC camera contractor American Traffic Solutions has started cropping photos and repositioning cameras to make the citations issued as a result of photo evidence harder to challenge in court. A court recently ruled that if any additional vehicles are visible in a gotcha photo, it can be questioned.

American Traffic Solutions began doctoring photos after one driver had his ticket thrown out because the photographic “evidence” showed two vehicles in frame — and in radar range.

According to Gizmado:

Cropping photos and moving cameras doesn’t totally eliminate multiple cars in one frame, but it does cut down on them dramatically. What’s more, the camera repositioning makes it impossible to see the lines drawn on the side of the road, which are designed to act as a secondary check against the radar.
Many sources are reporting that this is not just in DC where the company in question is based, but it is in fact happening all over the country.  This practice also extends to red light cameras and other situations where traffic is monitored by video.

Tech Dirt reported that:

And it’s not just law enforcement and traffic cam contractors reaping the benefits of cropped photos and shortened yellow lights — the money goes all the way up. A reform bill aimed at red light/speed camera systems tanked earlier this year in the Maryland legislature, thanks to nearly $100,000 in direct contributions from camera companies (and their subcontractors) to lawmakers in Annapolis.

Many people who follow alternative media and don’t trust the government to begin with wont be at all surprised by these new developments.  Many of us have been saying that these set ups were total scams since they were rolled out several years ago.
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