NYC expands crackdown on bus lane blockers

If you're caught blocking some bus lanes in Manhattan you'll soon have to pay up.

The MTA's fleet of M15 Select Bus Service vehicles are getting equipped with bus-mounted cameras.

Drivers who are in the way and caught breaking the rules will get hit with fines.

This is an expansion of a program already in place on a few other lines.

The cameras capture your license plate number and send fines in the mail.

The MTA is getting the word out about this on social media, with a video showing a city bus snapping a photo and appearing to vaporize cars in its path.

Jokes aside, this is a serious push to speed up one of the city's slowest bus routes with cameras that can take video and pictures of offending vehicles.

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