When you bring up blitz-cameras (speed cameras) in Germany, it will immediately start a conversation with just about every single working-class German. Few are positive about them.....most have sharp and critical opinions.
I noticed this morning in regional news from HR (our public TV network in Hessen) that a court case came up.
Up in Kassel (about two hours north of Frankfurt).....the local authority had hired this German guy as a review official for blitz-camera tickets. After the camera shot the pictures.....this guy had to personally review the data and picture, then issue the ticket. It's a dream job for a guy.....walk into an office each morning....review a hundred potential tickets over the whole day, and collect a pay-check.
So this one government official had this job.....controlling pictures from five cameras. He basically just issued blank tickets to the blitz camera company....analyzed zero pictures, and just rubber-stamped them all the way through.
This got into court activity and the guy was convicted this week.....getting 15 months of probation. The city says 17,000 of these speeding charges are invalid now. Creating a massive mess? Well....each person over the past six years who got a ticket via these five cameras....probably should get their money back.
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