In conclusion, the traffic camera ticket companies in Arizona use a semi-official means of extorting money from the weak-willed, raking off a large profit from those who pay, and often get thrown out of the court if you bother to show up and contest the ticket in front of a judge. (See the "more than one car in the photo" issue in the posts above.)

The municipalities that started using these companies are generally not fully satisfied with their performance, as revenue goals weren't reached and speeding wasn't eliminated. Here in Scottsdale they tore out the stationary cameras on the Pima and Frank Lloyd Wright.

The courts don't like them either, as the legal process is truncated / violated because there is no human witness of a crime, the companies often foul up the paperwork, etc.

And of course the Arizona citizenry see them as just another officious boondoggle to scrape the pockets of the people of Arizona twice - once through fines and once through fees paid by tax dollars.