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<\/br> Naughty drivers are paying more for their infractions.<\/p>\n Local and state officials are turning to parking and traffic tickets to boost recession-hit coffers.<\/p>\n Revenue from red-light cameras is also on the rise, doubling in L.A. The And officials are now hatching new ideas to bring in even more money from naughty motorists.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/br><\/p>\n L.A.
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\nfrom $200,000 a month in 2007 to $400,000 a month at the end of 2009,
\naccording to estimates prepared by the Los Angeles County Superior
\nCourt, which processes ticket payments. The city more than doubled the
\namount charged for motorists who make rolling right turns against red
\nlights from $156 to $381 in 2008, bringing it in line with other cities.
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\ncosts, including traffic school fees, often add to the price drivers
\npay. Last year, the state increased the fines for traffic tickets and
\nused the proceeds to help renovate courthouses. The changes included a
\n$35 surcharge on traffic tickets.<\/p>\n
\nticket for an expired meter in Los Angeles jumped from $40 in 2008 to
\nabout $50 last year, and "fix-it" tickets for minor moving violations
\nsuch as broken taillights more than doubled.
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\nand other cities are urging the Legislature to allow them to place
\nwheel boots on cars that have as few as three unpaid parking tickets.
\nCurrently, the law allows the boot only after a driver accumulates five
\nparking tickets. In L.A. alone, officials estimate the change would
\nhelp them recover overdue parking citations totaling as much as $61 million. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants cities and counties to install speed
\nsensors on red-light cameras to catch speeding cars. Fines would range
\nfrom $225 to $325, and state officials estimate the change would
\ngenerate more than $300 million for the state through the end of 2011.<\/p>\n