New Orleans + Camera = Murphy's law
If things couldn't look any worse for New Orleans and their publicly managed camera initiatives, MSNBC reports that funeral procession drivers will get tickets when they proceed through red lights.
Weeks later, a ticket from the red-light camera at that intersection made it to Rittenberg's home and she attempted to dispute it with the City's Public Work's Department.
"They said all I needed was a letter from the funeral director saying there was such a procession," said Rittenberg.
She contacted the Funeral Director Billy Henry with Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Funeral Home.
"I felt quite sure that if I verified that she actually attended the funeral — was part of the procession, and there were police escorts — they would waive her fine," Henry said.
However, after the Public Work's Department reviewed the letter and the traffic tape, Rittenberg was still considered at fault.
Public Work's Director Robert Mendoza said there are quirks in the traffic camera system, and this is one of them.
Mendoza said under a city law, once an officer stops monitoring traffic at a given intersection for any event, the traffic laws go back into effect.
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