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Posted at 1:55am on Apr. 24, 2008 New Orleans: Parking Enforcement Goes High Tech While Murderers Walk Free

By Vladimir

If not for the human tragedy involved, the dysfunctional mess of a city called New Orleans would be comical. [Emphasis added throughout.]

City unveils new weapons against parking scofflaws

The city has outfitted two parking-enforcement vans with cameras emitting yellow strobe lights that can scan both sides of the street, taking a digital image of license plates on parked cars and instantly checking the tag numbers against a database of vehicle owners with long-overdue parking fines.

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The innovations will help New Orleans enforce its parking ordinances and collect more revenue, officials say. Public Works Director Robert Mendoza said the new system will translate into $1 million more in parking fine collections each year, not counting the boot fees.

Parking can be a problem in the Big Easy. I'm just not convinced that it's the biggest problem.

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