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Old 06-11-2009, 12:25 PM
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In the mail yesterday I got a ticket for $242.00. The wonderful City of Portland says I ran a red light and they got some photos of me!

While, they are not high resolution ones they sent me, it clearly looks like I was approaching the intersection still under a green light. At the posted speed of 35MPH, there is no way the X5 would have been able to stop within 7 feet to not get the ticket!

So, my question to you is...have any of you fought a red light camera ticket? If so what were the results?
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Old 06-11-2009, 12:59 PM
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The red light ticket I got was $50.00, but i did ran it so I paid..
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Old 06-11-2009, 01:12 PM
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Your photo shows the light and it is still green? My understanding of the red-light cameras, is that they only snap after a light has turned red and a vehicle crosses the intersection line afterwards.

If you got proof that is not the case in your situation, I would fight it.
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Never had a red light camera ticket, but here's a website that might help. It's California focused, but the general information probably applies to Portland.

Home - Fighting Red Light Camera Tickets - Expanded
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Woow, that's a lot for a red light ticket and I thought DC tickets were expensive....
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Woow, that's a lot for a red light ticket and I thought DC tickets were expensive....
Yea it is! I called in to see if I could get some higher-res photos just so I could see clearly what the traffic light statuses are.

They said I could come in to view the photos. I don't trust them to go in and view the photos, they would probably just try to bully me and get me to pay the citation.....

Time to find a lawyer!
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On the lighter side:


Guy receives in the mail a red-light camera photo and ticket with a memo from the cops asking him to pay the $300 file.

So the 'wise guy' mails the cops a photo of 3 hundred-dollar bills.

Cops then send the guy a photo of handcuffs.

Guy pays up.




IF it was me I'd fight the ticket too.
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Guess what? California Red light camera tickets come with a fine up to $370

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Woow, that's a lot for a red light ticket and I thought DC tickets were expensive....
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Can you post the photo so we can see it ourselves?
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Scanned it in. In the top photo you can see where I am in relationship to the crosswalk. If you look to the right top portion about 3/4 over you will see a box with the traffic light in it. Note that the light is still green.

So, I don't see anyway I could have safely stopped in time.
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