Traffic light camera footage 'not valid' for fining drivers
Tuesday, January 9, 2018 @ 11:20 AM
CAMERAS at red traffic lights designed to catch and fine drivers who cross them are 'illegal' and any penalties imposed as a result are null and void, according to the Supreme Court.
The highest contentious audience in Spain rejected an appeal by the town council of Catarroja (Valencia province) against a verdict from November 2014 which annulled the €200 fine and loss of four licence points suffered by a driver who jumped a red light and was caught on camera.
With the appeal being unsuccessful, Catarroja town council has been ordered to pay legal costs totalling €2,000.
According to the local authority, the original court decision was 'erroneous' and 'seriously damaging for the general interest'.
But traffic light cameras are not under State control as no Spanish law covers them, makes them obligatory or regulates their presence.
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