For those of you follow my blog you know that we have been monitoring the proliferation of digital camera enforcement technology for red light runners (RLRs) and intersection speeders. For our purposes we have been following events at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Beginning in June of this year the City began installing the cameras at strategically located intersection in an effort to reduce traffic deaths and injures from speeders and those who ignore the red light signals. In my last blog I gave the up-to-date numbers of citations issued and the majority of them were for speeding as opposed to red light running.

Speeding Cops Pay The Fine

Last Friday was an important point in the ongoing saga of Oak Ridge’s effort. Friday was the first day during which an aggrieved citation receiver could appeal to the General Sessions Court to have their tickets overturned. The final toll has not be tallied but it appears that most of the speeders and red light runners who have given notice that they intend to appeal have gone ahead and paid the fine. In an interesting aside, it appears that the cameras have put the long arm of the law on, guess who? If you guessed police officers you win a cigar, yes sir, the cameras cited four Oak Ridge police officers, including one officer who was nabbed twice for speeding through the intersection. Each of the officers paid the $50.00 fine out of their own pockets.

If you are the victim of a Nashville or Tennessee intersection accident we urge you to contact our Nashville car accident attorneys today for a free consultation. When you hire an auto accident attorney from Phillip Miller & Associates, you’re getting a qualified and dedicated lawyer.