West suburban town Western Springs jumps on the red light camera bandwagon according to the Chicago Tribune .
WESTERN SPRINGS: Red-light cameras to go up on Wolf Road
Village President Jack Lynch broke a tie vote Monday night to allow the village to install cameras to help catch motorists who run red lights at two intersections along Wolf Road in Western Springs.
Trustees Janet Dahl, Roger Hendrick and James Maragos voted against the plan to install cameras along Wolf at 55th Street and at Ogden Avenue. Trustees John Madell, William Rodeghier and Marcia Buell voted for it.
Dahl said the cameras will divert traffic to other streets and might cause more accidents if drivers stop suddenly at the intersections, causing motorists behind them to hit them.
Hendrick urged that the camera installations be revisited in six months to see if they had in fact reduced accidents.
Police Chief Pam Church said after Monday night’s Village Board meeting that it will be several month...
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I enjoy your blog,about fighting traffic tickets, you help a lot of people. I hope you can help me.
I got two tickets in one week, fought one and won!!!($60 residential had photos), and paid one. $50 expired meter, (didn’t think I could win) These are all on my present car which I have had ticket free since I bought it 6 years ago.
Not 15 min into savoring my victory, I checked my mail and received an orange vehicle siezure notice for 7 ticke... more
I have been thinking a lot about the city’s move to trick out their street sweepers with photo-enforcement cameras. And I’m a little scared.
Originally, I thought it was a quaint idea. But I’ve become much more impressed with the insidiousness of the plan.
Consider all the man power that the Dept. of Revenue puts into street cleaning enforcement. Every weekday morning, April through October, from 9 AM to 11 AM or even later, parking enforcement officers are ticke... more
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Over the past few weeks, The Expired Meter has heard multiple horror stories of people awaking on Saturday or Sunday morning to find their vehicle had disappeared or been stolen.
The shocking, expensive and painful reality was that the city had towed their vehicle, from their assumed perfectly legal parking spot, because of some sort of special event, ie: The Ravenswood Run.
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As you may recall, a reader of The Expired Meter, had a terrible run in with Global Parking Management. This is the company that has contracts with local businesses who own parking lots, to boot the vehicles of drivers who park there, without patronizing their stores. If not, they immobilize your car and hold it hostage until you fork over a $115.00 ransom.
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