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New Orleans is owed $135 million in traffic cam tickets and is struggling to collect
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:12 pm
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:12 pm
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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) -- The City of New Orleans is owed $135,002,518.56 in traffic camera ticket fees, money that could go to addressing the city’s needs.
A Fox 8 investigation found that money is spread across 994,323 collectable tickets dating back to late 2010.
The city uses traffic cameras to enforce speed limits in school zones and catch drivers running red lights. The license plates of alleged violators are caught on camera, then used to issue traffic tickets and fees.
The fees, if paid, flow into the city’s general fund. That money could be used for any number of issues facing the city.
New Orleans’ Chief Administrative Officer Gilbert Montaño told Fox 8 the city is limited in its ability to collect the ticket fees. He said the city relies on booting the offending vehicles when citations are not paid and sending the tickets to collections.
If drivers can dodge both, he said there’s not much more to be done.
“I can’t anticipate money coming from these people that have chosen a whole different path in life and in their financial world,” he said. “I don’t think we’ll ever see that money and that’s called a sunk cost.”
A Fox 8 analysis of city records shows only 63 percent of the traffic tickets issued from 2019-23 have been paid. That’s just over a million tickets.
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Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:14 pm to John88
Funny some high-ranking ppl owes to... Including the OT's Favorite TEEDY!!!
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:15 pm to John88
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“I can’t anticipate money coming from these people that have chosen a whole different path in life and in their financial world,” he said.
Weird comment
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:15 pm to John88
Weren’t these deemed unconstitutional or something and that’s why no one pays them?
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:16 pm to John88
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That money could be used for any number of issues facing the city.
This post was edited on 5/8/24 at 1:17 pm
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:18 pm to John88
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63 percent of the traffic tickets issued from 2019-23 have been paid
Expose them!
God bless the 37% of Patriots refusing to bow to this scam.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:19 pm to John88
Damn, do I feel like a sucker?!?!
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:19 pm to John88
I have like 3 unpaid...
frick the City Of New Orleans.
If they can't take a report for a broken car window, then they don't get my money for going 4 over on Tchoup.
frick the City Of New Orleans.
If they can't take a report for a broken car window, then they don't get my money for going 4 over on Tchoup.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:21 pm to John88
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money that could go to addressing the city’s needs.
Could, but wouldn’t. Because New Orleans.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:24 pm to John88
Might as well throw the gif in here since y'all have the sentiment covered
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:25 pm to John88
This is another giant shakedown. Hopefully, Seabaugh's bill to ban traffic cams will pass.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:27 pm to John88
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“I don’t think we’ll ever see that money
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that’s called a sunk cost.
much like the salaries of most politicians
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:28 pm to John88
I’m thrilled that NOLA lost lots of money on their attempt at fleecing people instead of protecting and serving.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:31 pm to John88
Those ticket cameras can kiss my arse. Lived in New Orleans for 6 years. Those cameras are all over the place. They don't have much of a police force and they've got more important things to worry about that traffic violations.
It really is a lawless society when driving on the roads. No one obeys the laws when driving. It's also safer to just run red lights, especially at night, because it lowers your chance of getting car jacked.
New Orleans sucks.
It really is a lawless society when driving on the roads. No one obeys the laws when driving. It's also safer to just run red lights, especially at night, because it lowers your chance of getting car jacked.
New Orleans sucks.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:40 pm to John88
oh. They were serious about that??
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:45 pm to John88
What traffic cam ticket? I have never received a ticket. I do let friends and family use my vehicle from time to time but I never go to New Orleans and have never received any citations.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:48 pm to John88
Apparently you can also roll through Texas toll roads without a tag and they wont try to send you to collections until your bill gets up to $1000
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:48 pm to John88
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A couple living on Filmore Avenue owes more than $116,000 across 700 tickets. The woman spoke with Fox 8 Chief Investigative Reporter Lee Zurik in 2019.
“What do they want me to do, sell my house and pay tickets?” she asked Zurik in 2019, after she admitted to speeding regularly.
Best part of the article
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:49 pm to John88
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“I don’t think we’ll ever see that money and that’s called a sunk cost.”
A sunk cost? I'm sure they've made some money back, and I'd be willing to bet that it has covered the cost of these cameras.
The term sunk cost honestly sounds like they are relying on this money for something- probably to line their own pockets. They should not be relying on this money for anything.
Also frick them cameras.
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