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Jaywalking has become a revenue center for the City of Los Angeles. The city is over $400 million in deficit and this looks like a good way to raise money. Jaywalking is a $191 ticket.
"However, the cost of tickets in Los Angeles has, "become an issue as officials increasingly turn to parking and traffic violations as a way to boost their depleted coffers," says the LA Times. "The ticket for an expired meter in Los Angeles jumped from $40 in 2008 to about $50 last year, and "fix-it" tickets for minor moving violations such as broken tail lights more than doubled."
LA looks like a city to avoid if possible--Mayor Phony Tony needs the money, regardless of how he gets it.
What is the cost of a jaywalking ticket in your city?
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"However, the cost of tickets in Los Angeles has, "become an issue as officials increasingly turn to parking and traffic violations as a way to boost their depleted coffers," says the LA Times. "The ticket for an expired meter in Los Angeles jumped from $40 in 2008 to about $50 last year, and "fix-it" tickets for minor moving violations such as broken tail lights more than doubled."
LA looks like a city to avoid if possible--Mayor Phony Tony needs the money, regardless of how he gets it.
What is the cost of a jaywalking ticket in your city?
More...