"Streetsblog has been consistently exposing super speeders who endanger our children by driving recklessly through school zones. The goal, of course, is to get state lawmakers to see the massive scale of the problem caused by a tiny number of recidivists speeders who simply will not slow down, no matter how many of the $50 camera tickets they get."
"Transportation Alternatives alerted us the other day that its famous annual super-speeder census only includes vehicles registered as passenger cars. But if you include all cars, you discover that lots of vehicles caught on city speed cameras are registered as 'rentals,' which carry the registration code OMS. When you include those cars, you find a lot of bullshit."
"An OMS-plated Toyota - LHW5598 - has 457 speed- and red-light tickets since mid-2024. An OMS-plated car - KXM7078 - has 506 speed- and red-light tickets since late-2024. An OMS-plated Mitsubishi - KWC3138 - has 342 speed- and red-light tickets since mid-2023."
Streetsblog has been documenting reckless drivers who repeatedly violate traffic laws in school zones despite receiving camera-issued tickets. While previous investigations focused on individual speeders and state officials with multiple violations, a new analysis reveals that rental vehicles registered with OMS codes represent a major blind spot in traffic enforcement. Several rental cars have accumulated hundreds of speed and red-light camera tickets since 2023 and 2024, yet continue driving dangerously. The current system fails to address this problem because camera-issued tickets do not carry license points, and rental vehicle accountability remains unclear, allowing dangerous driving patterns to persist unchecked.
#rental-vehicle-enforcement #traffic-safety #school-zone-violations #camera-ticket-accountability #reckless-driving-patterns
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