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Suspect Shoots Queens Speed Camera Multiple Times

Jan

2022

Suspect Shoots Queens Speed Camera Multiple Times

Some people will do anything do avoid being caught speeding, but one suspect took it a step further: shooting multiple rounds at a Department of Transportation camera.

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Case Highlights Speed Cameras' Usage Problems

Jan

2022

Speed Cameras

Case Highlights Speed Cameras' Usage Problems

A local judge has decided not to order the city of Girard to pay any damages in a class-action lawsuit filed by more than 7,000 people who were cited and billed for speeding -- even though they weren't.

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ACLU Calls License Plate Cameras Invasive

Jan

2022

License Plate Readers

ACLU Calls License Plate Cameras Invasive

Automatic license plate readers pose a threat to civil rights and civil liberties.

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Chicago's $1 Million-Plus Speed Cameras Hurting Low-Income Areas

Jan

2022

Speed Cameras

Chicago's $1 Million-Plus Speed Cameras Hurting Low-Income Areas

Nearly half of Chicago's highest cash-generating speed cameras were on the South Side. Two, including the top $3.1-million camera, are hitting Ward 20 Ald. Jeanette Taylor's low-income constituents with fines she said they can't afford.

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Jan

2022

The Lessons of I-95

If the the power goes off and your energy hog EV is empty, it will be harder to find a can of kilowatts.

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The Struggle to Reach EZPass Customer Service Continues, as Huge Backlog of Old Toll Bills Remain

Jan

2022

Tolls

The Struggle to Reach EZPass Customer Service Continues, as Huge Backlog of Old Toll Bills Remain

The Maryland Transportation Authority continues to report a huge backlog in the processing of deferred EZPass tolling bills.

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Watch Teslas and Audis and Other Cars Smack Into Fake Kids in Demos of Automatic Emergency Braking Systems

Jan

2022

Driver Assist

Watch Teslas and Audis and Other Cars Smack Into Fake Kids in Demos of Automatic Emergency Braking Systems

A lidar company set up some alarming tests at CES that had lots of fake kids getting whacked with cars.

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Brakes Pumped on Class-Action Lawsuit Ruling

Jan

2022

Speed Cameras

Brakes Pumped on Class-Action Lawsuit Ruling

The lawyer for plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit over ticketing by speed cameras on Interstate 80 in Girard is appealing a Trumbull County judge's ruling that favored the city.

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Wild Police Chase Comes to End After OnStar Remotely Shuts Down Truck

Jan

2022

Surveillance

Wild Police Chase Comes to End After OnStar Remotely Shuts Down Truck

A six-hour police chase through southern California ended after OnStar was able to remotely shut down the suspect's truck. The wild chase started when an officer with the Escondido Police Department tried to pull over Roberto Salgado, 39, who was wanted in connection with a homicide that happened earlier in the day.

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