Category Archives: Scameras

Red-light tickets pile up

Sherry D. Matthews swears she stops at every red light. The cameras say different. They’ve disagreed 41 times since March of last year, according to Knoxville City Court records - sometimes as often as five times in a month. Matthews, who lives in West Knoxville, hadn’t paid a single ticket as of [...]

Questions for the AG

State House Representative Tony Shipley has sent a few questions to our Attorney General concerning Red Light Cameras or as we lovingly refer them, Scameras. If you would like to check it out head over to The Show and take a look see. Also, for a general sense of where this is heading one should also [...]

Mumpower joins the scamera fight

Drivers who don’t want to smile for speed and red light cameras have found a sympathetic ear in the Tennessee General Assembly.
On Monday, House Majority Leader Jason Mumpower, R-Bristol, introduced legislation seeking to regulate how Tennessee localities use the cameras or do away with the devices.
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