Traffic Cameras

Drivers are taking new routes to avoid the traffic-cameras. Travelling 5mph over the speed limit is costing motorists frequently. Speeding tickets are issued between $75.00 and $140.00. In both Orleans and Jefferson Parish, the red light cameras have generated millions in revenue for government projects.

 

Streets and intersections where traffic-cameras are located in New Orleans:

 

Gentilly area:

Northbound Paris at Crescent

Southbound Franklin at Wisteria

 

Lakeview area:

Northbound Canal at French

Eastbound Florida at Rosemary

 

Mid-City area:

Eastbound Earhart at S. Carrollton

Northbound S. Carrollton at Banks

Southbound City Park at Canal

Eastbound Canal at S. St. Patrick

Eastbound Bienville at N. St. Patrick

Westbound Canal at N. Olympia

Eastbound Bienville at N. Olympia

Southbound N. Carrollton at Canal

Eastbound Canal at S. Carrollton

Southbound S. Carrollton at Palmetto

Southbound S. Carrollton at Earhart

 

Downtown/ French Quarter/ Bywater area:

Eastbound Poydras at Loyola

Westbound Poydras at Carondelet

Eastbound Poydras at St. Charles

Westbound Poydras at Magazine

Eastbound N. Rampart at Esplanade

East and Westbound Chartres at Gallier

 

1 at S Claiborne and Louisiana 

1 at Bienville and N Saint Patrick 

2 on Esplanade between Marais and N Rampart

2 on Jackson at Chestnut and Coliseum 

2 on Henry Clay at Coliseum and Perrier 

3 on Poydras at Carondelet Loyola and Tchoupitoulas

4 on Canal at City Park, S Carrollton, and 2 at S Olympia

4 on St. Charlesat Jena, Louisana, Washington, and MLK Jr 

5 on S Carrollton at Willow, Earhart, Palmetto, Palmyra, and Cana

 

 

These tickets may keep tourists from returning! For example, Betsy Owens spoke highly of her New Orleans vacation until she got her mail delivery, she explains, " I received a $75 ticket from your "Photo Safety Program." A traffic camera had recorded my car -- brace yourself -- going a death-defying 33 mph in a 25 mph zone. According to the instructions in the citation, I am to mail my check to "ViolationInfo.com," a private company located in Tempe, Ariz., that presumably gets a cut of the action." 

 

Furthermore, peoples identities have been stolen from "traffic cop" phone calls asking them to pay their fraudulent fines. Scare tactics of warrants for an arrest or a jail sentence convince these people to give their credit card number, SS#, billing address, et al..  

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