RIO RANCHO, N.M. — Officials in a New Mexico city are reconsidering a red light camera and speed van program after discovering thousands of people who never paid fines from those tickets.
KOAT-TV reports that Rio Rancho's automated traffic system has sent out 90,000 tickets and brought in more than $1.4 million between 2011 and 2015.
The city says 35,000 people have ignored red light or speed van tickets over the last five years, however, costing the city around $3.7 million.
Rio Rancho leaders say they will take those numbers into account when deciding whether to keep the program when the contract runs out at the end of the year.
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Information from: KOAT-TV, http://www.thenewmexicochannel.com/index.html
