Machine-based traffic-ticketing systems are running amok | Ars Technica
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As many as 17,000 red-light camera fines are being dismissed in New Jersey because a glitch prevented motorists from being notified of their citations. The infractions in 17 New Jersey towns are being forgiven because American Traffic Solutions, the company handling the fines, did not send out notices to affected motorists within 90 days following the issuance of a citation, the authorities said.
"This wasn't 5 or 10 or even a couple of hundred instances. This total breakdown affected almost 17,000 motorists," Assemblyman Declan O'Scanlon told the Star Ledger. The affected citations were issued May 28 through June 30.
New Jersey's snafu is the latest in a string of debacles associated with the rise of traffic-ticketing machines.