Baltimore Pockets $2.8 Million Extra In Fines Due Traffic Cameras Wrongly Charging Motorists

Baltimore's speed cameras likely charged motorists for thousands more erroneous tickets than previously disclosed, according to data from a secret audit conducted for the city last year and obtained by The Baltimore Sun.

Consultant URS Corp. evaluated the camera system as run by Xerox State and Local Solutions in 2012 and found an error rate of more than 10 percent — 40 times higher than city officials have claimed. The city got those findings last April but never disclosed the high error rate, refusing calls by members of the City Council to release the audit.

The city issued roughly 700,000 speed camera tickets at $40 each in fiscal year 2012. If 10 percent were wrong, 70,000 would have wrongly been charged $2.8 million.

Car4Life - 1/24/2014 4:29:43 PM

+1 Boost

Baltimore is not the only one, big cities are most likely wrongfully charging hand over fist

skytop - 1/25/2014 7:29:28 AM

+1 Boost

NEVER trust an politician. The smile at you while picking your pocket.