Cantrell on speed camera changes: "I don't care if someone's going one mile over"

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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell says the decision to change how much buffer drivers would get before automated traffic enforcement systems issued tickets was her call, and she wouldn't change a thing.

"That was the decision I made, and I stand by it 100 percent," Cantrell said in a Facebook video posted Wednesday. "I hate to have the pushback on it, but...I'm looking at it from a parent's perspective."

When the red light and speeding cameras were first set up, the city wouldn't issue fines until a vehicle was caught going ten miles an hour over the speed limit, or six miles an hour over the limit in an active school zone, and that fact was made public. Cantrell changed it to eight miles an hour over the limit and four miles an hour for active school zones. The New Orleans Advocate reported the city received a study that said it would make millions more dollars in fines with the switch, which was made unannounced.

Cantrell said she wishes she could issue fines if drivers go even one mile over the limit.

"If I could reduce it to 20 (miles an hour), I would," Cantrell said. "I don't care if someone is going one mile over, four miles over, eight miles over. They're over the speed limit."

The mayor also talked about the increase in fines for motor vehicles parked in bicycle lanes, and efforts to make sure party bus operators have the necessary permits and follow other rules that apply to their business.

You can watch the video below: