- New York has several ‘super-scofflaws’ who owe the state over $200,000 in unpaid tickets.
- An Audi A6 driver in NYC accumulated 563 tickets in 2024, totaling $58,149.57 in fines.
- Most of these violations are recorded by cameras, so drivers avoid points on their licenses.
Speed cameras, red light cameras, and even noise cameras. If you’ve been in New York City, you’ve seen them. They’re practically as ubiquitous as overpriced coffee shops at this point. Last year, these cameras handed out thousands of tickets, and get this: more than 500 went to a single driver who has racked up over $50,000 in fines over the past few years.
And no, that’s not an isolated case. It turns out many drivers seem to think the rules of the road don’t apply to them, and the city’s cameras don’t seem to be doing much to stop it.
NYC’s StreetsBlog reviewed publicly available data, including information from How’s My Driving NY, to assess how well the city’s camera systems are working and to gauge how dangerous the streets truly are. It turns out, the measure of danger is often how many people are breaking the law. By that metric, the aforementioned Audi A6 driver is the worst offender, hands down…