http://www.escortradar.com/school-recent-articles.php Radar detector and traffic enforcement news. http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/32/3208.asp Pennsylvania governor sees new taxes, tolls, fees and cameras as the key to shoring up the state budget. Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell is struggling in his latest budget with the desire to spend more money while lacking tax revenue due to the economic recession. Nonetheless, the $28 billion budget for 2011 expends $200 million more than the previous year. Rendell yesterday testified before the state Senate Transportation Committee about how he intended to hit up motorists to make up much of that amount. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:00:00 EST http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/32/3208.asp http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/31/3193.asp Avis, Budget, Hertz, Advantage inform on their customers to American Traffic Solutions to boost photo ticket profit. At least four of the country's top rental car firms sell information on their customers to a photo enforcement firm. American Traffic Solutions and its subsidiary, ATS Processing Services, signed contracts through which Avis, Budget, Hertz and Advantage agreed to hand over information on renters so that ATS can collect extra money on photo tickets. Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:38:00 EST http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/31/3193.asp http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/31/3172.asp Bipartisan group of Ohio state senators hope to fire a legislative message of disapproval at the supreme court over speed ruling. A bipartisan effort to overturn a controversial Ohio Supreme Court ruling garnered the support of twelve of the state Senate's thirty-three members in just four days. Senators Tim Grendell (R-Chesterland) and Capri S. Cafaro (D-Hubbard) jointly introduced legislation on Thursday that would forbid police from issuing speeding tickets based solely on the officer's best speed guess. Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:30:00 EST http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/31/3172.asp http://www.escortradar.com/pr_Subaru-061010.php ESCORT Radar, maker of the world's best automotive driving accessories and radar and laser detectors, will be presenting its latest Drive Smarter products at the nation's largest Subaru car enthusiasts show, the Wicked Big Meet in Princeton, Massachusetts, June 13. At the show ESCORT will be discussing how their award winning Passport 9500ix GPS-enabled windshield mount and the Passport 9500ci Custom Installed GPS-enabled radar and laser detectors can help Subaru enthusiasts Drive Smarter. "Like other national events where we work with drivers, at the national Wicked Big Meet we want to help Subaru enthusiasts learn about advanced driving solutions," said Ron Gividen, ESCORT's Media/Marketing Manager. "Drivers in general and driving enthusiasts in particular, understand that the number of tickets being issued is increasing. We're here to show automotive enthusiasts products that help protect them from being targeted and ticketed." Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:00:00 EST http://www.escortradar.com/pr_Subaru-061010.php http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/31/3165.asp Private company to set up network of cameras to track Oklahoma drivers and issue insurance tickets to generate $95 million a year. Oklahoma is preparing an unprecedented statewide deployment of automated ticketing machines designed to generate $95 million in revenue. Instead of using red light cameras and speed cameras, the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety (DPS) is preparing to sign a contract with a for-profit company that will track all passing motorists with a network of at least twenty automated license plate recognition (ALPR, also known as ANPR) cameras. The devices would also "generate significant additional revenues" by issuing $250 citations for expired insurance using the Oklahoma Compulsory Insurance Verification System (OCIVS) database that went live in July 2009. Tue, 8 Jun 2010 13:00:00 EST http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/31/3165.asp http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/31/3151.asp Proposed Michigan law would require speed limits be set according to engineering, not budgetary principles. Between 2004 and 2009, Michigan's tax on license points -- primarily from speeding tickets, generated $400 million in revenue. The National Motorists Association has documented speed traps throughout Michigan responsible for generating a large portion of these fines. The group named the Detroit suburbs as among the worst in the country for targeting drivers. The traps are located in areas where the speed limits do not match the flow of traffic, despite a 2006 state law that set the proper method for setting limits Tue, 25 May 2010 12:00:00 EST http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/31/3151.asp http://www.escortradar.com/pr_DIS-051810.php ESCORT Inc., a leading manufacturer of premium automotive electronic accessories and the world's best performing radar and laser detectors, announced its first ever highly integrated national sales and marketing event in concert with ESCORT distributors, dealers, in-house direct sales and big box stores including Best Buy. The "Drive Into Summer Event" will be campaigned at all sales levels including national, regional and local outlets. "Our goal with this integrated event is to educate consumers to Drive Smarter during their summer road trips," said Dave Smidebush, ESCORT's Vice-president of Marketing. "By raising awareness of our industry leading products, we plan on expanding our ESCORT family of protected consumers," he added. Tue, 18 May 2010 11:10:00 EST http://www.escortradar.com/pr_DIS-051810.php http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/autos_content_landing_pages/1419/top-10-states-for-speeding-tickets/ If you're feeling the need for speed, we've got a list of states you might want to avoid. Driverside.com has put together a list of what it calls the "Top Ten Speediest States." Because they count speeders by the number of speeding tickets issued, we think it's more like the 10 states with the busiest traffic police. After all, are there more fast drivers where the police issue a lot of tickets, or where they issue very few? Maybe these are just the top 10 states where speeders are likely to get caught. At any rate, they're the states with the most speeding tickets issued per capita. Wed, 5 May 2010 13:00:00 EST http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/autos_content_landing_pages/1419/top-10-states-for-speeding-tickets/ http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/31/3122.asp Virginia governor creates new type of ticket camera, expands red light cameras and approves shortening of yellow lights for profit. Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell (R) signed into law last week a proposal that would create an entirely new form of automated ticketing machine, an "airport business" camera. The move followed his approval last month of legislation designed specifically to revive his state's moribund red light camera program. Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:00:00 EST http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/31/3122.asp