Judge deals blow to Ohio village's use of speeding traffic cameras

[Hal-9000]

One guy jumped out into the middle of the street yelling at me.....PULL OVER, NO SEAT BELT AND SPEEDING!!!!

after I nearly knocked him off the road he only wrote me the speeding ticket...never did find out why I didn't get the belt ticket


then I thought about it and I was pulling out from a parking lot, turned and that's where he said I was doing so much over the limit....my Grand Am can't do what he claimed I did




still....like the photo ticket, he provided no proof that I was speeding...in fact I've never seen a cop display a gun reading to a motorist after a stop....

[Pony]

my point is simple - if a cop hands you a ticket and the end result is the same (not being able to even look at the gun with your alleged speed reading), as a photo ticket....it all falls out exactly the same way. You have to appear in court at your time and expense.

That's the problem right there. With a photo camera you get mailed the ticket and a envelope for the fine to mail in. No court date. If you don't mail it in they issue a warrant. It's very difficult and expensive to get a court date on a speed or red light camera. You might as well hire a lawyer and plan on missing multiple days of work. Even if you are innocent for whatever reason it will cost you 10x the fine just to have your day in court.

When an officer gives you a ticket your court date is set on the spot.

[Hal-9000]

That's the problem right there. With a photo camera you get mailed the ticket and a envelope for the fine to mail in. No court date. If you don't mail it in they issue a warrant. It's very difficult and expensive to get a court date on a speed or red light camera. You might as well hire a lawyer and plan on missing multiple days of work. Even if you are innocent for whatever reason it will cost you 10x the fine just to have your day in court.

When an officer gives you a ticket your court date is set on the spot.

and thus the difference rears it's ugly head


up here...and I could be wrong since it's been a while for me, I think we had a contingency on the back of the photo radar statement in case you wanted to dispute it.

[FBD]

when anarchy breaks, those cameras are getting shot the fug out