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San Carlos Documents

Some of San Carlos' tickets can possibly be ignored.  If your "ticket" does not have the Superior Court's name and address on it, it is what I call a "Snitch Ticket."  For more details, see the Snitch Ticket section on the Your Ticket page.

San Carlos Docs Set # 1
Ticket Counts

Total Violations, Notices Printed [4]

New, 1-3-11

This table made by highwayrobbery.net, using official reports provided by the City under the California Public Records Act.

Official reports, 2008 - 2010

[  ] indicates a footnote.
[1]  Totals are as provided by the City.
[2]  YTD = Year-to-date total.
[3]  The City reversed/refunded the tickets issued up to Jan. 29, due to the yellow light having been set too short.
[4]  Any figures in red type (or, if you are looking at this table in black and white, the upper figure when there are two or more figures in a cell) are what RedFlex calls Total Violations, or all incidents recorded by the cameras, and due to time limitations may have been posted here only for selected months or locations.  If there is sufficient public interest, the remaining months will be posted.  The figures in black type are what RedFlex calls Notices Printed, and represent the sum of genuine citations issued (those filed with the court) plus any Nominations mailed (not filed with the court, a.k.a. Snitch Tickets).
[5]  Monthly data was requested on....
[6]  The camera enforcement is believed to be on traffic on the first-named street, but the direction of enforcement (north, south, east, west, thru, left, right) is not yet available.
[7]  Includes enforcement of posted "no turn on red" signs.

San Carlos Docs Set # 2
"Late Time" Graphs

The City provided bar graphs of Late Times, etcetera.
These graphs track violations recorded, not tickets issued.
Where there is a large number of long Late Time violations in a curb lane, it is believed to indicate heavy ticketing on right turns.
(The curb lane will be the lane with the highest lane number.)


The picture above is an example from another city.

Dec. 2008
Jun. 2009
Dec. 2009

Bar graphs are available for more than forty other cities - see the list in the expanded version of Defect # 9.

San Carlos Docs Set # 3
The Contract, Etc.

2007 Contract

The city council approved San Carlos' contract with RedFlex in Nov. 2007.  Because of very low ticket volume and the resulting monthly deficit, on Apr. 12, 2010 the city council voted to ask staff to negotiate with RedFlex to end the program early, before the contractual Oct. 2011 expiration date.  Staff report.  The council's final decision was to let the program continue until the contract expired in Oct. 2011.

The contract did not include a "cost neutrality" clause, but did include a clause that required the City to enforce on right-hand turns. (See Defect # 9 - B.)

The contract also said:  Definitions.  "Warning Period" means the period of thirty (30) days after the Installation Date of the first intersection approach.  (Emphasis added.)  See Defect # 6.

This list of contracts and amendments may not be up-to-date - there could be a contract or amendment later than the ones listed above.

San Carlos Docs Set # 4
Info on City's Website

During much of the time the camera was in operation, there was red light camera program info at the police department's website.
 However, effective Nov. 2010 the City closed its police department and contracted with the San Mateo County Sheriff to provide police services to the City, and the red light camera info disappeared.
Here is an archive of the original page.

San Carlos Docs Set # 5
More Coming

There may be some more San Carlos information posted in the next few weeks.  Mark your calendar to remind you to come back here and look!

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