Traffic Ticket? GOP Lawmaker Says No Problem, Just Burn It

In this April 12, 2012, photo, Rep. Andy Holt, R-Dresden, speaks on the House floor in Nashville, Tenn. Holt is the main House sponsor of a bill seeking to encourage horse slaughter facilities to operate in Tennessee... In this April 12, 2012, photo, Rep. Andy Holt, R-Dresden, speaks on the House floor in Nashville, Tenn. Holt is the main House sponsor of a bill seeking to encourage horse slaughter facilities to operate in Tennessee. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig) MORE LESS
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Republican Tennessee lawmaker says getting a traffic camera ticket isn’t a problem — he just burns them.

State Rep. Andy Holt set such ticket ablaze on Wednesday and posted the video to Facebook. A news release issued in conjunction with the Facebook video urges others who are issued traffic camera tickets in Tennessee to ignore them.

Holt is a longtime critic of traffic camera tickets and has previously called for banning them.

Knoxville Police Chief David Rausch said in an email Thursday to the Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/1TH1DkL) that Holt’sadvice is unsound.

Rausch says ignoring or burning a ticket “does not make the violation and accountability go away.”

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