The AM/DM podcast: Do I have to pay my traffic ticket?
There are more than 225 traffic cameras around Memphis, including 30 that were installed in school zones last September. (M. Spencer Green/AP File)
There are more than 225 traffic cameras around Memphis, including 30 that were installed in school zones last September.
The cameras catch people speeding or running red lights and then those people — or the owners of the car they were driving — get citations in the mail.
But if a driver gets a traffic camera ticket, do they really have to pay it? That was the question in this week’s Ask the Memphian, and reporter Jody Callahan ran down the answer.
Spoiler alert, in many cases, it’s no. But it also depends on the circumstances of your ticket and how risk-averse one might be.
Join us for the conversation.
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AM/DMMary Cashiola
Mary Cashiola has been a Memphis journalist for nearly two decades, beginning her career covering city government and local neighborhoods at the Memphis Flyer before being hired by Memphis Mayor A C Wharton’s administration.
Before joining The Daily Memphian, she was the managing editor of the Memphis Business Journal, which was named one of the top 10 Best Designed Newspapers in the world by the Society of News Design while she was there.
She also has a background in advertising, with a focus on higher education and the hospitality industry.
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