Originally Posted by
urbanknight
Not that I'm taking sides on this, but a parking ticket is presented by a human being, just not to a human being.
To be fair, in general when you get a ticket based on a red light camera, somebody looks at the picture and makes the determination that a ticket should be sent out.
If you're in a cop car, no ticket. If you're moving to get out of the way of a fire truck and the fire truck is visible and it's pretty clear that this is what happened, probably no ticket, etc.
Ultimately, it's a person who decided to ticket you, not a camera or a computer. Not sure what difference this makes, but there it is. (I don't know what the credentials of this person are. I assume they've had some training on the relevant law, but I doubt they're an actual police officer. They might not even be an official meter maid.)