Red Light Camera Tickets Proving Tough Case To Beat In Florida
There is a reason red light cameras are showing up all over the state of Florida and you just need to look at Brooksville to see why. Since March, the city has collected nearly $300,000 in fines from red light runners. Not only is the city making money the accused offenders are finding it very hard to even challenge these traffic citations. There is no judge in these cases since they are civil infractions so the city hand picks a special hearing officer who decides if the red light runner has a case. Usually the answer is no they don’t.
Brooksville had a special master residing over these tickets but he felt the city ordinance was being enforced unfairly. So what did the City Council do? They found someone who had a point of view more in line with the city's and now very few of these fines are being overturned. That has left some Brooksville residents angry according to a story on TampaBay.com and even drove one man to join a class-action lawsuit fighting Florida’s red light cameras.
If you have been cited for a traffic violation anywhere in Florida and are in need qualified legal representation, please do not hesitate to contact experienced Traffic Defense Attorney Stephen Higgins at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) to discuss the matter or visit our website FightYourTicket.com. Also you can contact Stephen by stopping in any of our four central Florida office locations.
