The Nashville City Paper has reported that the City of Lakewood ended its operations with over $450,000 of traffic fines receivable. According to the story, once the city ceased to exist as a political entity, there was nobody to collect the unpaid fines. As a result, many of the drivers may currently be unknowingly driving on suspended licenses. Here is a link to the story. I do not know how long the City Paper keeps its links active.

In 2009, I investigated theft from traffic fines in Lakewood. Here is a link to the first part of the case study that I wrote about it.