My wife got a letter in the mail from the Photo Enforcement Division of the Houston Police Department...
I told her to get her DL, CHL and proof of insurance out before opening the letter...
It was adressed to her Maiden name, the address was almost correct, how it got in our mailbox is something short of a miricle by our postal service, but then again that service in our area has left something to be desired lately...
This notice was official, but the pictures showed a vehicle we do not, and have never owned, much less ran a red light in that part of town on the west side...
I think the robots screwed up obviously, but the girl who answered the phone when I called about it said just send it back, return to sender...
She was nice and told me it happens...
I would like to know how often it does, and why it takes from the time of the offence 2/7/07, to the date of issuance of 9/4/07 to be mailed to us...
I ran the plate through my PublicData.com account and found out the real owner of the vehicle lived in an apartment just down the street from the note offense...If in 5 minutes I can gather enough information to know it wasn't who they sent it to...I have to wonder what happened...
So much for the investment and continued expansion of a system that is extremely flawed, and un-necessary...Other than it being a wonderful automatic revenue generating mechanism for the coffers of our city...
I believe these red-light cameras are an insult to the law enforcement community...
Just my opinion...
I sure would like to know the "real" stats on the errors it have made so far...Like this one...