Following up on previous posts on Urbana's Fix-It ticket program that offers folks pulled over for situations like a busted tail light a way to get it resolved rather than punished. From the News-Gazette today:
Urbana's 'Fix-It Tickets' saved drivers $419.40 in first monthMore at the full article here.
Mayor Diane Marlin on Monday announced results from the first month of Urbana's new program to help drivers with broken car lights.
Called "Fix-It Tickets," the program has police distributing payment vouchers to drivers pulled over for broken head- and taillights. Each voucher has a price limit of $25, can be redeemed at Urbana's Advance Auto Parts and expires in 60 days.
Marlin told the city council that in July, 73 vouchers were issued, and 52 — or 71 percent — were redeemed. That saved drivers a total of $419.40 in repairs.
That money was covered instead by the program's funding — a $2,500 allocation of existing funds from the city's Human Relations Division.
About 20 percent of Urbana traffic stops are equipment violations, Marlin said. The city will continue the program on a pilot basis until the funding runs out and decide what to do next after that.
When the vouchers are offered, drivers are free to decline them.
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