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Art by the numbers
A lot of the red light camera tickets can be ignored! These are "non-tickets" disguised to look like actual citations which are generated by the red light camera vendors and municipalities when there are defects in the ticket production process and only the license number appears to be readable. These tickets are addressed to the registered owner and requests that you "snitch" on the person who was actually driving the vehicle on the day in question. Although you are under no legal obligation to respond to such a request, the official-looking nature of the communication scares the timid and those who are unable to research the bogus ticket into sending the requested information back to the vendor or city so an actual ticket may be prepared and presented. For more info about the fake tickets, Google Snitch Ticket.— November 17, 2012 5:56 a.m.
Red-Light Cameras Go Nuts in Vista
rulucam properly admits that he does not have all the details abou the bill Gov. Brown signed. It doesn't restrict the cameras. It is an Industry bill and makes it much harder to fight the tickets. Brown signed it because he wants the money from the tickets. To read a detailed discussion of the bill go to the Action/Legis page on highwayrobbery daht net.— November 17, 2012 5:20 a.m.
Red-Light Cameras Go Nuts in Vista
"CalifComedy" (CC) is the one mistaken. He, and anyone else who doubts the advice I gave, merely needs to Google "Snitch Ticket" to see examples of the fake tickets. As to the tickets in LA County, more than a hundred thousand people have ignored their tickets, so one would expect that there would be thousands of people "haunted" in the way CC warns. Yet, while I too talk to "many in my biz" I haven't heard from even one person who has had trouble years later.— November 15, 2012 8:26 p.m.
San Diego extends red light camera search, new locations to be considered
Everyone in California needs to know about Snitch Tickets, which are fake/phishing red light camera tickets sent out by the police in an effort to fool the registered owner into identifying the actual driver of the car. (In SoCal, Bakersfield, Corona, Del Mar, El Cajon, Encinitas, Escondido, Garden Grove, Hawthorne, Inglewood, Laguna Woods, Los Alamitos, Oceanside, Poway, Riverside, Santa Ana, Santa Clarita, Solana Beach, South Gate, Victorville and Vista use them.) Snitch tickets have not been filed with the court, so they don’t say “Notice to Appear,” don’t have the court’s address and phone # on them, and usually say, on the back (in small letters), “Do not contact the court about this notice.” Since they have not been filed with the court, they have no legal weight whatsoever. You can, and should, ignore a Snitch Ticket. If in doubt, Google the term. Also, a REAL camera ticket from ANY city in LA County can be ignored, as the LA courts do not report ignored tickets to the DMV. (This was revealed in multiple LA Times articles last summer. It is applicable ONLY to cities in LA county.)— September 17, 2012 11:28 a.m.
Red-Light Cameras Go Nuts in Vista
Everyone in California needs to know about Snitch Tickets, which are fake/phishing red light camera tickets sent out by the police in an effort to fool the registered owner into identifying the actual driver of the car. (SoCal cities using this “social engineering” tactic are Bakersfield, Corona, Del Mar, Encinitas, Escondido, Garden Grove, Hawthorne, Inglewood, Laguna Woods, Los Alamitos, Oceanside, Riverside, Santa Ana, Santa Clarita, Solana Beach, South Gate, Victorville and Vista.) Snitch tickets have not been filed with the court, so they don’t say “Notice to Appear,” don’t have the court’s address and phone # on them, and usually say, on the back (in small letters), “Do not contact the court about this notice.” Since they have not been filed with the court, they have no legal weight whatsoever. You can, and should, ignore a Snitch Ticket. If in doubt, Google the term. Also, a REAL camera ticket from ANY city in LA County can be ignored, as the LA courts do not report ignored tickets to the DMV. (This was revealed in multiple LA Times articles last summer. It is applicable ONLY to cities in LA county.)— September 15, 2012 8:52 a.m.
San Diego Wants to Extend Red Light Camera Ticketing, Bid Document Reveals
There is a way to get rid of the cameras: Economics. Make them unprofitable for cities. How? 1. Educate your friends about Snitch Tickets, which are fake/phishing red light camera "tickets" mailed out by California police to fool the registered owner into identifying the actual driver of the car. One city sends out about 10,000 of them annually. (In SoCal, Bakersfield, Corona, Del Mar, El Cajon, Encinitas, Escondido, Garden Grove, Hawthorne, Inglewood, Laguna Woods, Los Alamitos, Oceanside, Poway, Riverside, Santa Ana, Santa Clarita, Solana Beach, South Gate and Vista use them.) Snitch Tickets have not been filed with the court, so they don't say "Notice to Appear," don't have the court's addr. and phone #, and usually say (on the back, in small letters), "Do not contact the court about this notice." Since they have NOT been filed with the court, they have no legal weight whatsoever. You can ignore a Snitch Ticket. If in doubt, Google the term. 2. Also let you friends know that REAL tickets issued by cities in LA County can be ignored, because the LA County court does not report ignored tickets to the DMV. (Please also emphasize to your friends that this info applies only to tickets from cities that are in LA County.) Skeptical? Google red light camera voluntary. If you take the time to educate your friends about these things, you may find that suddenly you are eating better. Friends will be buying you lunch after they realize that you have just saved them $500.— August 22, 2012 2:41 p.m.
Strange Political Bedfellows: Brian Maienschein and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel
Everyone in California needs to know about Snitch Tickets, which are fake/phishing red light camera tickets sent out by the police in an effort to fool the registered owner into identifying the actual driver of the car. (Southern California cities using this "social engineering" tactic are Bakersfield, Corona, Del Mar, El Cajon, Encinitas, Escondido, Garden Grove, Gardena, Hawthorne, Inglewood, Laguna Woods, Los Alamitos, Loma Linda, Oceanside, Poway, Riverside, Santa Ana, Santa Clarita, Solana Beach, South Gate, Victorville and Vista.) Snitch tickets have not been filed with the court, so they don't say "Notice to Appear," don't have the court's address and phone # on them, and usually say, on the back (in small letters), "Do not contact the court about this notice." Since they have not been filed with the court, they have no legal weight whatsoever. You can, and should, ignore a Snitch Ticket. If in doubt, Google the term.— April 25, 2012 10:12 a.m.
Cameras Lie
If you noticed the mention of the "former method," that was a reference to Snitch Tickets, fake/phishing tickets sent out by the police to bluff the registered owner into identifying the actual driver of the car. (Local depts. that have used them in the past - and mostly still are - are Escondido, Del Mar, Encinitas, El Cajon, Oceanside, Poway, Solana Beach, and Vista.) Snitch Tickets have not been filed with the court, so they don't say "Notice to Appear," don't have the court's addr. and phone #, and usually say (on the back, in small letters), "Do not contact the court about this notice." Since they have NOT been filed with the court, they have no legal weight whatsoever. You can ignore a Snitch Ticket. If in doubt, Google the term.— June 27, 2010 4:50 p.m.
Lights, Cameras on SD Roadways
Paranoid drivers already suspect it, but all other drivers need to know about Snitch Tickets, which are fake/phishing camera tickets sent out by the police to bluff the registered owner into ID'ing the actual driver of the car. Snitch Tickets haven't been filed with the court so they don't say "Notice to Appear," don't have the court's address, and say (on the back, in small letters), "Do not contact the court." Since they have NOT been filed with the court, they have no legal weight. You can ignore a Snitch Ticket. If in doubt, Google the term. They are in use in Del Mar, El Cajon, Encinitas, Escondido, Oceanside, Poway, Solana Beach, and Vista.— May 7, 2009 10:46 a.m.