When a bus runs a red light with a camera...
... what happens to the ticket? Does the driver pay it? Does Tri-Met? A reader who saw a bus run a camera-equipped red light and set off the telltale flash the other night wants to know. Maybe Al Our Palster can fill us in.
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Comments (8)
No one pays the fine but if the city finds the bus parked on the street they will attach a boot.
Posted by reader | January 31, 2013 10:45 AM
When a person operating a GSA vehicle gets a traffic ticket the induhvidual is repsonsible for paying it, not the agency.
They may also be subject to administrative actions for the violation.
Posted by tankfixer | January 31, 2013 11:41 AM
They are public employees, so zero accountability.
Like a cop or other LEO shooting somebody in the back. Or a tax dodging pedophile Mayor. Or Fireman Randy and his sauna permits. Zero accountability.
Posted by Harry | January 31, 2013 2:40 PM
Driver pays it, and all fines they get while on duty
Posted by al m | January 31, 2013 4:45 PM
Fair question, but a good followup is if the driver is responsible, does the city go through the bus #s and times to determine the identity of the driver?
Posted by Kent Mulder | January 31, 2013 6:47 PM
Come on Peeps this is old news. Business and especially gubmint agencies are exempt.
http://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/article/33798
see : the 6th question
Q: What if the citation is issued to my business or public agency?
A: Oregon Law authorizes the citation issued to your business or public agency to be dismissed if you complete the Affidavit of Non-Liability identifying the driver.
Move along especially nothing to see here.
Posted by BoBo | January 31, 2013 8:08 PM
Fair question, but a good followup is if the driver is responsible, does the city go through the bus #s and times to determine the identity of the driver?
~~~>commercial drivers are allowed so many 'points' before their license is removed. I think its four. I think that's for one year.
Different violations are assigned different points. Not sure what a red light weighs but think its one.
Posted by al m | January 31, 2013 8:26 PM
Seems the underlying question still hasn't been answered. Does a citation even get issued, or do busses quietly get exempted?
Posted by JMS | February 1, 2013 7:13 AM