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Baker Police photo enforcement camera

Posted on 3/13/17 at 8:34 pm
Posted by SCndaBR
BR
Member since Dec 2015
517 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 8:34 pm
Does any OTers know about speeding tickets from photo enforcement from Baker? Received one for 8 over and it got lost in the mail. Now I owe the late fee.
What are my options and are these the same as the BTR redlight cameras?
This post was edited on 3/13/17 at 9:23 pm
Posted by jbgleason
Bailed out of BTR to God's Country
Member since Mar 2012
18901 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 8:38 pm to
I got two there. I wrote the Mayor and told him to stuff them up his butt. I had brought some employees into town for a function and they hit me with that crap. I will never spend another dime of company money in Baker city limits. BTW, got two or three threatening letters and nothing since.
This post was edited on 3/13/17 at 8:39 pm
Posted by Walt OReilly
Poplarville, MS
Member since Oct 2005
124349 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 8:39 pm to
Don't worry about paying it
Posted by bountyhunter
North of Houston a bit
Member since Mar 2012
6330 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 8:42 pm to
Ignore the letters. If they put it against your credit file a dispute with the 3 major credit bureaus and it goes away. You never agreed to pay anything so they have no right to bill you.

Don't let people guilt you into paying it either. If they want to get my money pay for patrols so that at least someone local has a job. These cameras are managed by out of state companies that simply process the payment. The city gets like half of the fine.
This post was edited on 3/13/17 at 8:46 pm
Posted by MUMFORD
Houston
Member since Nov 2008
1754 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 8:44 pm to
Is this on LA-19 just north of Lavey Lane, or along other routes in Baker as well?

I only go to Baker on occasion when I visit home. Would hate to get a crap ticket while getting gas or heading to Zachary.
Posted by Franktowntiger7
Ponchatoula
Member since Dec 2010
2719 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 8:46 pm to
I got one from there and a few days before it was due my house flooded. I called a week later to the company up north who handles the payments and was told even though it now had a $150 late fee to pay and write a note explaining my situation. Well, a note was written back stating I owed the ticket and the late fee. Needless to say, I couldn't? care less about Baker.
Posted by TIGERBAIT2020
The Red Zone
Member since Aug 2004
802 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 8:47 pm to
I rec'd 2 photo tickets (15 min apart) from Baker last year.

I ignored the fines.

They added late fees.

Threatened to turn me over to collections.

Got a threatening letter from collections lawyer in like Wisconsin or something .

I never paid a dime. It did not affect my credit score & I stay away from Baker.
Posted by bayoubengal225
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jan 2009
5268 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 8:51 pm to
Some here - got two of them. Don't pay them a fricking dime. I speed through there on purpose now. The police are laid up eating donuts and they let a robot take a picture and send a bill to you from Arizona. frick them.
Posted by Tiger Paw Paw
Lakeland, La.
Member since Mar 2008
1718 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 8:52 pm to
Got a ticket about 3 yeas ago in my company vehicle. People said, ahh don't pay it. Later got a notice from our fleet company to pay it AND the late fee. Sucked it up and paid it to make it go away. I will drive on fumes and hungry before stopping in Baker and spending any money. I know, don't speed, no ticket. They are birddogging...
This post was edited on 3/13/17 at 8:55 pm
Posted by SCndaBR
BR
Member since Dec 2015
517 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 8:59 pm to
On Baker Blvd off 19.
Posted by CapperVin
Member since Apr 2013
10542 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 9:00 pm to
don't pay it. It can't go on your credit report either because they don't have your social security number.
Posted by I am GLORIOUS
On Tanden's Pond
Member since Oct 2016
3128 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 9:05 pm to
I received one a few months ago, never paid. frick them.
Posted by PapaPogey
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
39467 posts
Posted on 3/13/17 at 9:12 pm to
I've gotten 2 or 3 over the last few years. Shredded both tickets as soon as I got them and never heard anything again. frick Baker
Posted by SCndaBR
BR
Member since Dec 2015
517 posts
Posted on 3/14/17 at 10:41 am to
Since it wasn't certified mail, how do they know I even received them? Also how would I search to see if they were filed on drivers license?
Posted by terd ferguson
Darren Wilson Fan Club President
Member since Aug 2007
108740 posts
Posted on 3/14/17 at 10:44 am to
quote:

Also how would I search to see if they were filed on drivers license?



They're not. I got one a few years back. They'll send you letters from some out of state law office but eventually they realize you're not going to pay it and they stop. I've had my license renewed since and no issues. It's all just a money grab... if you don't pay nothing will happen to you.
Posted by DirtyMikeandtheBoys
Member since May 2011
19419 posts
Posted on 3/14/17 at 10:46 am to
I drive past both of them twice a day. Been hit a couple times. Never paid it. I slow down to 50 passing the cameras though. Do about 70 between them they really make you drive slow through Baker
Posted by Will Cover
St. Louis, MO
Member since Mar 2007
38533 posts
Posted on 3/14/17 at 10:49 am to
quote:

Since it wasn't certified mail, how do they know I even received them?


They don't. They can't prove that the letter demanding payment was actually sent via mail since it was not registered or certified.

quote:

Also how would I search to see if they were filed on drivers license?


It's a civil offense. It is not reported to the DMV or your insurance company.


This post was edited on 3/14/17 at 10:50 am
Posted by whit
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2010
10998 posts
Posted on 6/10/19 at 6:58 pm to
I just got one of these. frick em???
Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
19512 posts
Posted on 6/10/19 at 7:39 pm to
quote:

how would I search to see if they were filed on drivers license?


The tickets are issued against vehicles, not drivers.

In order to legally issue camera tickets, the towns that have them have to create a new class of violation equivalent to a non-moving violation so it can be issued against the vehicle. Otherwise anybody could say they weren’t driving at the time the ticket was issued.

Don’t pay it.
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
48836 posts
Posted on 6/10/19 at 8:23 pm to
They have 4. Two normally on 19 just as you are getting out of town, one on 19 just past McDonalds and one on Plank Road. They have another that is a floater and apparently it’s on Baker Blvd now. The little tan suv is one. Black guy in a Dodge Ram is always working on them and I just honk and give him the finger.

I’ve not had any in a few years but I’ve had a few and never paid them.
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