PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Rhode Island court was flooded with people contesting speeding tickets Monday after a new school zone speed camera program resulted in 12,000 tickets in 33 days.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Rhode Island court was flooded with people contesting speeding tickets Monday after a new school zone speed camera program resulted in 12,000 tickets in 33 days.
WPRI-TV reports more than 2,600 tickets were on the docket at Providence Municipal Court, which usually has about 300 people on the daily docket. The courtroom holds 90 people.
A court spokesperson said not everyone is expected to show up, although hundreds of people did. They filled the waiting areas outside the courtroom at the Providence Public Safety Complex and snaked out the door and around the building Monday morning to get into court.
Municipal Court Judge Frank Caprio, who presided over a morning session, dismissed many of the tickets because of errors, according to The Providence Journal . The errors included different notices with conflicting information, such as one notice saying the posted speed limit was 30 mph and another saying it was 20 mph.
“The city has to get it right the first time,” Caprio said.
The station reported last week that the city issued 12,193 tickets between Jan. 16 and Feb. 22 from five new speed cameras. The tickets cost $95 each and can be issued when a vehicle is caught traveling at least 11 miles per hour over the posted speed limit at certain times.
