Dryheavemorning t1_jadqxq7 wrote
>Gyllenhaal found that, in New York City, about seven-percent of red-light camera tickets are unreadable, often because of license covering techniques.
>But, in Pennsylvania, Gyllenhaal notes, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has said that the impact of 'ghost cars' is negligible.
>Less than one-percent of camera-tickets are considered unreadable and, these have had "no significant impact" on turnpike revenue, the commission told NBC10.
Interesting, the way I see cars driving that are missing or have obscured license plates it seems like more than 1%. But maybe it's just because it's noticable.
hiding_in_the_corner t1_jadr3yp wrote
The 1% is just on the PA Turnpike.
Fattom23 OP t1_jadravq wrote
Where there are state troopers who would actually respond to such a thing.
2pacalypso t1_jaefb99 wrote
Driving the cars with blurred/no tags.
Dryheavemorning t1_jadsu0u wrote
You'd think that would be fairly representative of the State. Would be interested to see what the results are on the speeding cams on Roosevelt Blvd, probably would be closer to NYC levels.
Brraaap t1_jadtbvs wrote
It's representative of the state, not the city
Dryheavemorning t1_jadvfow wrote
Yes, that is exactly what I said. And that's also why I said it would be useful to know the Roosevelt Blvd numbers. Ben Franklin Bridge toll evaders would be too.
Fattom23 OP t1_jae541f wrote
I don't see too many driving with no tags, just parked. Are you seeing a lot of cars driving around without tags?
Unpopular_couscous t1_jaed6rt wrote
I probably see one every other day or so
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peetahvw t1_jadxdmz wrote
Yes its about 1% (1.8 million Turnpike transactions out of a total of 169 million transactions in 2020 for example) - but I wouldn't say its "negligible" the turnpike comission itself showed this was $104 million uncollected - https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-technology-laws-only-on-ap-carlisle-a2c9f6845ef5d8e1ce53f7a533ce0733
Scumandvillany t1_jaduqlm wrote
I think its probably a higher incidence in NYC because they have so much automated enforcement for traffic. So people are looking to get away with it. Especially cops. There's lots of twitter accounts dedicated to exposing this. In general, with more automated enforcement, there will be a need to enforce rules on parked vehicles spotted with obscured tags.
Away_Swimming_5757 t1_jaef6yf wrote
Lots of people probably avoid major camera-heavy state owned highways to lower risk and less footage
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