A group of motorists have launched a challenge to the Bluff City, Tennessee speed camera program. Earlier this month the class action suit was transferred to the US District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. It alleges that not only is the ticketing automated but the adjudication process is as well.
"Defendant Bluff City virtually lends its municipal authority to [American] Traffic Solutions, paying little or no other significant role in the operation of the speeding enforcement cameras other than reaping the benefit of the fines," attorney Robert L. King wrote in the original complaint. "Defendant's photo enforcement systems represent a mockery of justice and due process in the legal forum in which most Tennesseans come into contact with the state's court system."
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