Bring the system to a screeching halt… MAKE THEM SERVE YOU (and be scarce).
Pirosko, who has fought photo- radar shenanigans since the beginning and once got a judge to suspend Denver’s system until it was reformed, told me, “The public is sick of cities using them as an ATM machine. I’m telling people to follow the law. Make them serve you personally.” And if you do, don’t answer the door to strangers for awhile. In the tickets it mails to motorists, Denver does say they won’t be reported to the state. But the only hint of the personal service mandate is the warning that the assessment “may be served to you” if you don’t pay by a particular date. When Fox 31’s Heidi Hemmat did a report on photo radar in April, Denver police brushed off her questions about personal service — as well they might, since ignorance is the best assurance of docile payment. Make no mistake: Docile payment is the right call if you were speeding recklessly. If not, though, it seems you have an option.
