Fading out red light cameras

With widespread public refusal to pay the traffic fines, a city panel recommended on Monday phasing out the red-light cameras at 32 Los Angeles intersections. Daily News

The City Council's Budget and Finance Committee asked for a report on how the city can end the long-disputed program and how citations issued under the program should be handled.

Councilman Mitch Englander, newly elected from the north San Fernando Valley, proposed that no new tickets be written to motorists photographed running red lights, although the 65,000 outstanding citations would be processed.