New Jersey Throws Out 17,000 Red Light Camera Tickets.

Tales of fresh fiascos from the annals of red light cameras. This time from New Jersey. Seventeen thousand drivers were not informed they’d been ensnared in the lucrative private-public scheme. The tickets have been thrown out.

Anti-red light camera leader Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon says the mass errors ought to be enough to let the program end later this year. This development in the Redflex-Chicago corruption investigation ought to serve as another cautionary tale:

The news of the glitch comes just days after the former CEO of Redflex — New Jersey’s other red light camera operator — was indicted on federal corruption charges for allegedly bribing Chicago officials to help the company win contracts in the city. That came months after a fired executive from the Phoenix-based company claimed that the company paid bribes and gave gifts to government officials in 13 states – including New Jersey.

State Sen. Michael Doherty (R-Warren) on Wednesday called for the state Attorney General to investigate whether the company bribed any New Jersey officials.

Daily Ructions readers may recall that red light camera pirates and their government conspirators tried inflict their gambit on Connecticut drivers.