If the cameras weren't so obviously malfunctioning, do you think the
Government would have the integrity to find its mistake and rectify
it?

http://www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/0129photoflub0130-ON.html

589 speeding tickets dismissed over faulty equipment

Scottsdale is dismissing nearly 600 speeding citations issued in
December and early January after finding photo-enforcement equipment
on Shea Boulevard was flashing too eagerly.

Some 589 motorists who received citations will have those citations
dismissed and their driving records corrected, city spokesman Pat
Dodds said Tuesday. Of that group, 35 had paid fines or fees to attend
traffic school. They will receive refunds.

Flubs in the program are uncommon but do happen, Dodds said. "We've
had glitches before, and when we do, we correct them," he said.

The dismissed citations were for drivers clocked at more than 11 mph
over the speed limit between Dec.7, a few days before the equipment
apparently began malfunctioning, and Jan. 4, when the cameras at Shea
and 120th Street in Scottsdale were shut down.

Scottsdale police had received complaints from motorists that they
were cited even though they had not been speeding on Shea, Dodds said.

The problem was traced to a bad sensor embedded in one of the three
eastbound lanes, said Josh Weiss, spokesman for photo-enforcement
vendor American Traffic Solutions Inc.

The sensor was replaced and the cameras reactivated Jan. 16, he said.

"It's extremely rare for one to go bad," Weiss said. "As a result, it
didn't allow us to verify the exact speed a driver was going."

The Shea location was one of three sites added when ATS took over the
city's photo-enforcement contract in July. ATS has checked its
equipment at other Scottsdale locations and on the Loop 101 and found
it is working correctly, Weiss said.

The impact of the dismissals on city and ATS revenues was not
immediately available. Scottsdale City Court fines for going more than
9 mph over the speed limit range from $165 to $210 per citation. ATS
receives $22.50 for every speeding citation that results in a violator
pleading or being found responsible or attending defensive-driving
school.