From: dunnjj@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (DUNN  JONATHAN JAMES)
Subject: Re: Photo radar (was Re: rec.autos: Frequently Asked Questions)
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>Photo radar and mailed tickets make no sense at all. Speeding is a moving 
>violation, committed by the operator, not the owner. The owner may be a 
>rental agency, a dealer, a private party, or a government agency. As long
>as the owner has no reason to expect the operator will be driving illegally
>or unsafely, the owner cannot be held responsible for what the operator does.
>The car may even have been driven without the owner's knowledge or consent. 
>I can't believe a mailed ticket, where the driver is not identified, would 
>stand up in court. This is obviously a lazy, cynical, boneheaded, fascist 
>way to extort revenue, and has nothing to do with public safety.

>- BK

What do photo radar units look like?  Also, what major U.S. cities use it?

>Jon Dunn<



