Peggy Lucero was nabbed by a speed camera in a 30-mile-per-hour zone
on Route 355 in Gaithersburg. Instead of paying the $40 fee like most
Maryland motorists, Lucero dug up records on camera maintenance and
asked the State Highway Administration to validate the area’s speed
limit.…
Maryland law requires police to test speed cameras for proper
functioning daily. But Lucero discovered the camera that ticketed her
wasn’t tested the day it photographed her license plate.…
She brought the camera logs and speed study to court, and the judge
promptly tossed her ticket.
“I devoted five months of my life to unearthing the contradictory and
circuitous path of trying to find justice in this mess,” Lucero said.
That’s some dedication. Read the full story here.
