Metro buses using AI cameras to issue parking tickets

LOS ANGELES - Artificial intelligence will soon be helping LA Metro buses to issue parking tickets to vehicles parked in bus lanes - no police officer even necessary.

The camera-based automatic ticketing system will monitor bus lanes for blockages. The system scans the license plates of cars and sends information to the LA Department of Transportation. 

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The person will then verify the information and mail out a ticket. 

There will be a 60-day grace period when the cameras launch.

Fines will range from around $300 for a first offense to $400 for repeat offenders.