Traffic Light Fines Scam

[nira74]

Thousands of drivers in Italy are expected to seek compensation after it was revealed that a system to catch them jumping red lights was rigged.

More than 100 people, including police officers, are being investigated as part of the fraud.

The T-Redspeed system - a revolutionary camera technology - has been in use for two years in 300 areas across Italy.

Cameras linked to traffic lights capture 3-d images of vehicles if they jump the lights or are speeding.

It can also detect offences like illegal u-turns.

It is believed more than a million drivers have been trapped by the system.

But it is now claimed the lights were rigged to change from yellow to red in three seconds instead of the regulation five or six seconds.The fraud was uncovered by a senior police officer who noticed an unusually high number of fines being issued. Instead of an average 15 fines a day in some places, the figure jumped to more than 1,000.

The fraud may have netted as much as $170m (£116.4m) for those involved.

The scheme's inventor is now under house arrest, though his lawyers say he is innocent.

More than 100 other people including 63 police commanders are also being investigated as part of the scam.

[tharindu6]

Boys is it ture that now in our Land like no other the cops are not using the speed gun cuz there is a court case going on

[Devinda_Z]

Boys is it ture that now in our Land like no other the cops are not using the speed gun cuz there is a court case going on

now that you mentioned it, i havent seen any speed guns in use the last month or so...

[GihanFX]

Boys is it ture that now in our Land like no other the cops are not using the speed gun cuz there is a court case going on

yes, now u will not get fine for high speeding, see Land like no other, im lovin it

Edited February 1, 2009 by GihanFX

[tharindu6]

yeah thats ture..usually I see cops with evryday on my way to work and even in the evening along the colombo kandy main road.Still the case is there itseems. good time for speed deamons.

but now they are catching divers for small things like ( Sudu ira kapeema)

See thats why I call it Land like no other

[JadeyBlitzen]

hey thats true. i didnt notice a single speed gun for months

[Watchman]

now that you mentioned it, i havent seen any speed guns in use the last month or so...

yep.. i dont remember seeing any in december myself all along the way to kataragama and back on a long weekend... was expecting to run into loads considering the holiday traffic, didnts ee any

and considering the time it takes for a case to reach its judgment, we can see relax for a fair bit of time