The wicked flash of a photo enforcement unit sears to the bone, sending out a beam of emotion -- indignation, denial, anger, guilt -- as it lights up the picture they'll use to prosecute you.Then, when the ticket comes, it's like junk mail that bites.Nobody likes getting a photo enforcement citation. It costs more than a new iPod, and you might have to spend a day in the prison of one of the state's driver rehabilitation classes. No wonder our recent blog post about beating photo enforcement ti
New Times' Valley Fever blog strives to give readers the best possible information about how the photo enforcement system works, from the first strobe of the flash to last minute of your Traffic Survival School (which, if you're willing to exercise your rights and get lucky, you won't have to sit through).Here are a more mentionable comments and questions from readers on our popular "Arizona Photo Enforcement Ticket: How to Beat It" article from back in December:
(FYI: Earlier questions were exa
Elsa Lynch, a judge and court manager in Paradise Valley, tells us that only 40 people who received bad red-light camera tickets took defensive driving class. None had yet taken the state-mandated Traffic Survival School class for red-light runners, and no hearings had been yet held for people with the tainted tickets, she says.Still, if you're one of the 40 -- that's eight hours of life gone. PV isn't reimbursing anyone for their time. But the Valley's own Bel Air is sending refund checks to an
