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Administrative hearing upholds most red-light camera citations as drivers say signage was obscured
Summary
At an administrative red-light camera hearing, several drivers contested tickets from the 83 & Riverside intersection, saying a sign was upside down or blocked by shrubbery; the hearing officer upheld multiple citations, dismissed at least one for mismatched plate records and granted leniency in one case.
At an administrative red-light camera hearing, the clerk upheld several citations issued at the 83 and Riverside intersection while drivers said they missed posted warnings because a sign was upside down and another was obscured by shrubbery.
Gloria Ortiz told the clerk she returned to the intersection after receiving a notice and photographed the site, saying, “the sign is upside down and then also there was like a shrubbery in front of it.” The clerk reviewed the video with Ortiz and explained that under Illinois law a driver may make a right turn on red only after making “a full stop behind the line,” and that the camera…
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