Florida Appeals Court Upholds Red-Light Camera Program

SCOTTSDALE, AZ-- The state of Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s decision to dismiss a challenge to the constitutionality of red-light safety cameras in the case of Salvatore Altimari vs. the State of Florida and the City of West Palm Beach. Altimari, who received a red-light running ticket from the city of West Palm Beach, challenged the constitutionality of the Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Act in his petition to Florida’s 15thJudicial Circuit Court. However, when the city later dismissed Altimari’s ticket for insufficient evidence, the city asked the