Louisiana Updates

12/9/08

Jefferson Parish red light cameras write 143,999 tickets in first year

In their first year as automated enforcers, flashing and snapping the license plates of cars slipping through red lights, Jefferson Parish's traffic cameras generated 143,999 tickets and more than $11 million in fines, with their shutter clicks slowing after a prolific start.
Some say the roadways are safer, while others say the new system's not fair.
"...they're basically trampling people's constitutional rights," says one lawyer.
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