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Not so fast: DeKalb raises traffic tickets fees

Solicitor Janet Newburg (right) speaks with traffic violators before court begins at DeKalb State Court’s Traffic Division on Jan. 13. The price of traffic tickets increased by $25 last month. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL
Solicitor Janet Newburg (right) speaks with traffic violators before court begins at DeKalb State Court’s Traffic Division on Jan. 13. The price of traffic tickets increased by $25 last month. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL
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Aug 5, 2016

Steeply discounted traffic tickets were too good to be true in DeKalb County.

A $25 court cost fee on each ticket has been reinstated after revenue plunged over the last year.

Even with the fee, traffic tickets are still cheaper than they were a year ago after the court lowered fines for offenses from speeding to aggressive driving.

But the court cost fee is back. With 90,000 traffic tickets issued a year, the fee could raise about $2.25 million annually.

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