Traffic engineers were out Wednesday in South Jersey, counting cars and timing traffic to see if red-light cameras could meet a new state rule that has forced a temporary ban on some traffic tickets.
And irate motorists were calling local officials and police, seeking refunds for $85 fines already paid for allegedly running the lights.
The state Department of Transportation on Tuesday ordered 21 towns, including four in Camden and Gloucester Counties, to stop ticketing motorists while the lights were checked.
The state wants to know if the signals have a sufficiently long yellow phase to meet requirements under a pilot program that permitted 25 towns to install red-light cameras.
