KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Lawyers lined up Friday at the city's Traffic Violations Bureau, trying to fix last-minute speeding tickets for clients.

"Six times more attorneys than you would normally see," attorney Mark Ferguson told KMBC's Jim Flink.

Ferguson said he has more than 100 speeding tickets to take care of. Beginning Saturday, he can no longer plea down the summonses. The city attorney is not offering to deal anymore.

"It could be that I stop the procedure forever, but this action is not a permanent result," city attorney Galen Beaufort said.

Beaufort said that he took the action out of concern for safety and at the suggestion of some municipal judges. The thinking is that too many drivers were abusing the plea-bargain process.

But a line of lawyers told Flink Friday that is an overreaction.

"The answer is not to punish all the people who have gotten one ticket. If you want to deal with that, fine," lawyer Bob Knapp said.

The lawyers said that changing the system will be costly in time and money. Beaufort said that is not his concern.

"Giving tickets ... the goal isn't to make money. It just happens to be the result," Beaufort said.

Fixing abuses may not be simple either, Flink said.

The city attorney has accepted pleas for more than 25,000 cases. One judge told Flink privately that the city courts are already overwhelmed with cases and this action won't help.