# LA couple slapped with automatic $293 parking ticket — but their dashcam tells a very different story

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/la-couple-slapped-with-automatic-293-parking-ticket-but-their-dashcam-tells-a-very-different-story/
- Published: 2026-11-13T22:31:18+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T23:35:44+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/13/us-news/la-couple-fights-293-bus-lane-ticket-with-dashcam-video/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Couple dispute a $293 bus-lane ticket with dashcam footage.
- City video ends before their turn into a garage.
- LA issued over 115,000 bus-lane citations in 2025.

## Summary

Chris Orsi and Sarah Haruko are challenging a $293 Los Angeles bus-lane ticket, saying they entered the lane to reach a garage and stopped briefly for pedestrians and the garage door. Their dashcam shows them turning into the garage seconds after a bus passed, while the city’s footage ends before that turn, leaving out context they say is crucial.

The couple say they were told their appeal could take six to eight months. Metro says an LADOT traffic officer reviews camera evidence before tickets are issued; the programme, which began ticketing in February 2025, issued more than 115,000 citations in Los Angeles during 2025, raising about $19.6 million in gross revenue. A first offence costs $293 and repeat violations cost $406; separate scrutiny of street-sweeping tickets has also raised questions about how errors are identified and corrected.

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