Red-light camera offenders could have avoided online surcharges

<p>New Rochelle drivers caught on red-light cameras have been slapped with online ticket surcharges they could have been avoiding for more than a year.&nbsp;</p>

News 12 Staff

Jul 12, 2017, 8:47 PM

Updated 2,805 days ago

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New Rochelle drivers caught on red-light cameras have been slapped with online ticket surcharges they could have been avoiding for more than a year.
The ticket itself says personal checks are not allowed, so many people went online, pleaded guilty to the charge and paid an extra $6 surcharge above the $50 fine.
When hearing about the issue, the city of New Rochelle said personal checks are allowed, but because it only instituted its red light cameras in 2016, a third-party vendor that runs the program failed to update the ticket form.
The city of New Rochelle wouldn’t say whether it would issue refunds to the people who paid those fines, but they did promise to fix the form and allow personal checks for red-light tickets.