If you can't track down the checkpoints

The next best thing, of course, is smash a traffic camera.

New Orleans - Traffic camera vandals have struck again in the same area of the city and this time they've taken out three cameras.

FOX 8 first told you about some vandalized traffic cameras in late December. All are on busy streets in Lakeview, just blocks apart.

Somewhat related. About a week ago, I was driving home late at night from the Quarter when NOPD pulled me over in order to give me a friendly warning about maybe slowing down a bit. It kind of freaked me out when the officer addressed me by my name without first having seen or asked for any ID. Do they just run people's plates as a matter of course?