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Drivers who fail to pay fines face losing access to gas and WATER as town resorts to desperate measures over budget crisis

An industrious town in New Mexico is upping the ante against traffic violators, threatening to shut off the utilities of those who don’t pay their fines.

Las Cruces’ unpopular decision came after they installed cameras at intersections and watched as $2 million dollars in fines just drove off into the distance.

‘Over time we were looking at various options, various ways to recoup that money,’ Udell Vigil, the communications director for the [...]

Red light camera company ATS sues city of Knoxville because it is losing money since the city stopped issuing tickets for cars that turn right on red, claiming the right turn law is unconstitutional because it discriminates against traffic camera companies.

Tennessee: ATS Sues City Over Right Turn Ticket Money
Red light camera company sues a city because it is losing money without right on red citations.

Automated ticketing vendor American Traffic Solutions (ATS) filed suit Tuesday against Knoxville, Tennessee for its failure to issue tickets for turning right on a red light — and that is costing the company a lot of money. A state law took effect in July banning the [...]

Soon to be released: New camera lets you focus photos after you shoot

(CNN) — An auto-focus camera? Not new. Not exciting.

A camera that lets you focus after you’ve already taken the photo? And lets you focus anywhere within the image you want? That’s got people talking and, according to its creator, is the start of “a picture revolution.”

Oh yeah — it can also transfer a regular photo to 3-D.

Lytro, a company launched Tuesday by 31-year-old entrepreneur Ren Ng, [...]