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This is how to fight and win a traffic camera ticket in the U.S.
- Don't be intimidated by the ticket. They are issued by private companies like RedFlex, not the government.
- Do NOT pay the ticket. This is an admission of guilt.
- File an appeal with the court.
- Declare the photo/video evidence as inadmissible, as it violates your 6th Amendment right to confront the witnesses against you.
- Cite the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts (07-591), which stated that Massachusetts' admission of notarized certificates that were submitted as prima facie evidence violated the petitioner's 6th Amendment right to confront the witnesses against him.
- Cite Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, which ruled that a witness' testimony is inadmissible unless the witness appears at trial, or if unavailable, that there was a prior opportunity for cross-examination.
- Demand that all these witnesses appear in court - policeman who issued the ticket, technician who calibrates and maintains the traffic camera and analyst who evaluated the photo evidence or have the evidence declared inadmissible.
The previous claims about this primarily being a money making opportunity for the city or municipality is correct. When you demand three witnesses to appear in court, they lose the financial incentive to pursue the ticket and it gets dismissed.
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