Postal Service claims immunity from local traffic laws

[Precocity]

Well I can see that is how LA handles it. That article doesn't say the law is invalid, just that the LA court doesn't enforce it.

I admit I'm not a lawyer though.

[cool_chick]

He posted about 4 different cities throughout this thread.

[dontworrybehappy]

I do think it varies by city, but in very few cities does a civil photo ticket become anything more. But I guess it can happen. It seems almost across the board there is nothing they can do about it.

[Precocity]

I am not going to disagree with you guys. It does appear that there's a growing trend to get rid of photo ticketing because it's either not being enforced or clearly a means of revenue generation, in the guise of public safety, which is upsetting a lot of people.

My only point is what the lawyer said. He didn't single out photo ticketing in his response. He clearly said that the USPS was immune from state and local ordinances imposing fines and/or penalties and there is no statutory basis for doing so.

In other words, because the federal government didn't create a law saying that the federal government is required to abide by state/local ordinances that gives them immunity from them. At least that's the way I read it but maybe I'm wrong.

I realize I'm delving into the long time argument of legal powers between the federal government vs. states/municipalities and that is a monstrous debate subject that's probably been going on for decades.

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[Precocity]

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