Originally Posted by
agent pombero
It is called a citizens citation and here in Oregon it falls under § 153.058¹ Initiation of violation proceeding by private party.
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This law is exactly why I'm going to be getting a GoPro camera. My goal is to ride around and capture drivers on cell phones and issue them tickets. If I can successfully ticket 2 people my camera basically paid for itself! Every subsequent ticket is pure pleasure, lowering the cost even further...
I read the links you provided and I have the same question as ILTB. Did I miss something? I didn't see anywhere that the person filing the citation gets any compensation for issuing it. The only compensation eluded to at all was for a citation issued by a party that had sustained injury or property damage in an accident. While it doesn't sound like what you are proposing is illegal, it smacks of cop wannabe turned video vigilante. It would be one thing to use your GoPro as supporting evidence for a citation when a driver on a cell phone right hooks you. It is quite another to actively prowl the streets looking to "collar some perps". I see by your signature and its links that you feel you should be able to violate laws that you don't agree with or see benefit in, but you want to profit by holding others to a law they obviously don't agree with. Keep it up and soon we'll have video vigilantes in cars following cyclists around writing citations for every red light or stop sign rolled. My guess is that it won't take long before you find yourself on the receiving end of a citation when someone gets video of you rolling a red light while you're trying to get video of somone driving and calling. Just sayin' . . . You might as well get a jersey with a bullseye on the back.