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Since Feb., New Orleans traffic cams issuing tickets at lower speeds; change unannounced
Posted on 4/1/19 at 10:02 pm
Posted on 4/1/19 at 10:02 pm
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New Orleans officials have lowered the speeds that trigger traffic camera tickets, ensnaring an unknown number of drivers who thought they were abiding by well-publicized rules for what to do to avoid getting busted.
The change, which apparently went into effect in February, was not announced by Mayor LaToya Cantrell's administration.
Cantrell had made eliminating the city's traffic cameras a key promise of her mayoral campaign in 2017, arguing they were "nickel-and-diming" residents. She scaled back that plan once in office, however, limiting it to the removal of most cameras outside of school zones as part of a plan that ended up generating fewer tickets and therefore less money than the city expected.
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The city always has allowed drivers a cushion of a few miles per hour over the posted speed limit before the cameras are activated. It's that cushion that has been cut back.
Asked about the change on Monday, an administration official did not say when the city officially reduced the cushion and did not say what speeds now result in a ticket. The administration also did not answer questions about whether the decision was made before or after it became clear the city was missing out on more cash than officials had estimated.
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Since 2012, drivers could travel up to 26 mph before being ticketed in school zones and up to 10 mph over the speed limit elsewhere without seeing a traffic camera's flash.
By lowering those thresholds without notice, the city essentially has been ticketing drivers who had taken officials at their word about what speed would result in a citation.
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Despite the reduction in tickets in January, finance officials last month told the City Council's Budget Committee that the camera program was bringing in $2 million more than it had the previous year.
When Councilman Joe Giarrusso asked how that could be, since the city had taken down many of the cameras, Chief Financial Officer Norman White did not mention any change in policy.
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Posted on 4/1/19 at 10:04 pm to SPEEDY
The reason's to live in NOLA grow less and less by the hour.
Posted on 4/1/19 at 10:08 pm to SPEEDY
Nobody pays this shite anyways. Goes straight in the trash.
Posted on 4/1/19 at 10:12 pm to SPEEDY
Just one more reason that the NorthShore is the GOAT.
This post was edited on 4/1/19 at 10:12 pm
Posted on 4/1/19 at 10:14 pm to JimmyMcGoo
Only if you don’t have to work on south shore. If you do, nobody envies you.
Posted on 4/1/19 at 10:18 pm to ScaryClown
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Nobody pays this shite anyways. Goes straight in the trash.
Unless you want to find an unexpected boot on your car
Posted on 4/1/19 at 10:23 pm to ScaryClown
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Only if you don’t have to work on south shore. If you do, nobody envies you.
There are people living so far north on the north shore that they're in Mississippi who commute to New Orleans
Posted on 4/1/19 at 10:27 pm to Jim Rockford
Lots of people in Hancock County, MS commute to New Orleans.
Posted on 4/1/19 at 10:28 pm to SPEEDY
Frick.New.Orleans.
The city is trying to destroy our industry for an easy payday on the backs of its people and oil companies.
The city is trying to destroy our industry for an easy payday on the backs of its people and oil companies.
Posted on 4/1/19 at 10:28 pm to Jim Rockford
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There are people living so far north on the north shore that they're in Mississippi who commute to New Orleans
Anything longer than 30 minutes sounds miserable to me
Posted on 4/1/19 at 10:29 pm to BRgetthenet
That’s not that bad of a commute. Only thing that sucks is driving through the east in the morning.
Posted on 4/1/19 at 10:32 pm to ScaryClown
quote:enjoy your boot bruh
Nobody pays this shite anyways. Goes straight in the trash.
Posted on 4/1/19 at 10:32 pm to ellishughtiger
Don’t park your car illegally downtown and you won’t get booted
Posted on 4/1/19 at 10:33 pm to SPEEDY
I got one in Harvey. I can pretty easily avoid Harvey for the rest of my life, so I'll take my chances not paying. Got another notice that unless I pay someone in Arizona, bad things will happen.
Posted on 4/1/19 at 10:35 pm to slackster
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I got one in Harvey. I can pretty easily avoid Harvey for the rest of my life, so I'll take my chances not paying. Got another notice that unless I pay someone in Arizona, bad things will happen
I got a jaywalking ticket in Vancouver, BC when I was 19. I was spending a summer in Bellingham with my uncle at the time. I guess I can't go back there. I wonder what my fine is 22 years later?
Posted on 4/1/19 at 10:36 pm to ScaryClown
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Don’t park your car illegally downtown and you won’t get booted
Or legally.. if you ever, at all, plan to park on a street in Orleans Parish, then you should pay the ticket.. anywhere else in the country, you can ignore photo tickets but in NOLA, though they’ll never increase your insurance or affect your credit or result in a warrant for your arrest- you WILL get booted and then have to pay whatever you owed for ticket(s) plus various and sundry fees and charges.
Posted on 4/1/19 at 10:36 pm to ScaryClown
What do you mean park illegally? Like on the street, that’s perfectly legal. You know they drive around scaning vehicles license plate to find cars with unpaid tickets, right? Regardless if you’re parked legally or illegally on the street.
Posted on 4/1/19 at 10:46 pm to SPEEDY
So, you're FOR people speeding through school zones?
Posted on 4/1/19 at 10:49 pm to SPEEDY
Ten over speed limit is pretty high
7 seems like a good ticket range imo
not sure why they can't just announce the number
7 seems like a good ticket range imo
not sure why they can't just announce the number
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