Originally Posted by Scraper
Many of the red light camera systems down here have two cameras in the back (one zoomed in on the license plate, and one wide angle showing the traffic signal and the car at the same time), AND a camera in the front to capture who the driver who perpetrated the infraction. Same with the speed cameras. However, you own the car, it's your responsibility for who is driving it. If they run a red and get caught, well, its your car, you know who is responsible for paying the fine. I know rental car companies can forward the ticket, I don't know about anybody else.
Wrong. The driver creates the infraction. And where does it say because I own a vehicle it is my responsibility to know who is driving it? Most would but were is it the law? If I own a service company with 25 trucks my employee grabs the keys today for truck 12 and off he goes. When I get notified a month later of an infraction how am I guilty of anything. The truck did not break the law the driver did! And that was who?
The examples given are flawed but if I used the logic sited then if I own a grocery store and during a robbery someone is shot can I be charged? Don't confuse suing and guilt of a crime or infraction. Speeding or running a red light is an infraction against the operator not the owner of a vehicle that is why points go on the operator's license not the registration. If I own a trucking company and all the trucks, and my driver speeds and he gets pulled over he gets the ticket. Now if we are saving money and not using officers but rather a camera nothing changes, the owner of the truck has done nothing wrong. Trust me that is why I will fight this legislation if it comes up in New York state for use upstate.