redflex

If you haven't paid your tickets from Redflex, the company that once operated the speed cameras in Lafayette, you may soon be hearing from a debt collector.

Letters from Redflex suggesting cars will be booted for traffic violations are incorrect according to Lafayette Consolidated Government lawyer.

As of last May, there were more than 11,900 unpaid parking tickets, and the city is trying to recover more than $3 million in unpaid traffic-camera violations.

If a driver notices a speed trap and flashes his lights to warn oncoming motorist has he broken the law himself? A Federal Court has made a decision on that question and the results just might surprise you.

The Lafayette City-Council has voted to amend its contract with Redflex ahead of the planned amnesty period and subsequent pursuit of citizens with unpaid fines.

While council members could have voted on the ordinance tonight, they chose to defer on a decision pending the outcome of a proposed amendment to the RedFlex contract which would ask the red light program company to pay for 40 percent of collections fees in exchange for 40 percent of base fines and late fees.

By the end of tonight's meeting of the council we should know one of two things. There will be more Redflex cameras in operation around Lafayette or there will be NO Redflex cameras operating around Lafayette.