Plug Pulled on Red Light Cameras
All red light traffic cameras around Los Angeles will officially be unplugged.
In a 10-3 vote, the Los Angeles City Council voted to shut down the remaining cameras around the city.
The red light camera program ended July 31 after a unanimous vote from Police Commission and a vote from the city council.
The council voted to get rid of the 32 cameras after learning that the Los Angeles Superior Court would not enforce the $400 tickets given to those who run red lights. The court said they will not charge these drivers because they do not sign the tickets agreeing to appear court.
However, four cameras remained functioning to monitor newly enacted safety measures around the city.
"Enough is enough," Councilman Bill Rosendahl said at the meeting. "We have debated this over and over again and it's time to finally end this. The courts won't enforce it and it's a nuisance on drivers."
Instead of the red lights, the city council proposed to the Department of Transportation to look at lengthening yellow lights at intersections.
Some council members wanted a few cameras to remain active in order to monitor the success of lengthening yellow lights.
Councilman Paul Koretz disagreed with that proposal. "It doesn't make any sense, it costs us money and we should just end it," Dailybreeze.com reported that Koretz said at the meeting.
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