Nassau to Throw Out $2.4M in Speed Camera Tickets

Nassau County officials are throwing out more than $2 million in tickets given to residents caught on traffic cameras, according to multiple reports.

“I don’t have a high confidence level that the cameras were operating at statutory levels,” County Executive Ed Mangano said Friday, according to Newsday. “So we are declaring amnesty with all tickets issued this summer.”

The camera installation has outraged countless families and residents who frequent the areas.

A Facebook group, NS School Traffic Camera Error Page, was created Friday for residents to share their run ins with the cameras.

“Users of Glen Cove Avenue in Glen Head - the new Nassau County traffic initiative has begun with a camera at the entrance of the HS/MS. Some communities are reporting serious errors in ticketing. Let’s be sure, at the very least, we aren’t getting ticketed when we shouldn’t be,” wrote the group.

Cameras have been installed in 26 of the 56 school districts in Nassau County, according to News 12.

Cameras at five different locations reportedly malfunctioned and spouted tickets when school was not in session, according to the report.Mobile speed cameras malfunctioned in school zones in Hempstead, North Merrick, Bethpage, Levittown, Hicksville, and Elmont.

Fines that have already been paid will be refunded and unpaid tickets will be dismissed, said the report.

According to Newsday:

In total, the county issued 30,108 valid citations at the five schools, totaling more than $2.4 million. Another 9,807 citations had been issued in error because of incorrect enforcement dates, totaling $784,560 in fines, said Mangano spokesman Brian Nevin.

They include 7,676 tickets from a fixed camera location where summer school ended before the program went live. Another 2,130 tickets were mistakenly issued from mobile units that incorrectly recorded nonenforceable hours or days of the week, Nevin said.

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