Speeding camera ticket in Ohio?

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by detroiter

Well lately I've been driving a lot more in Ohio (Cleveland to be exact) and notice something that we DON'T have in Michigan..speed cameras. I don't think one got me (I was driving at night and might have been one or two over the posted limit because I was unfamiliar with the area) but I didn't see any flashes go off. But now when I'm driving, they make me super paranoid, especially article upon article of how many city official flat out say they are nothing more than a money maker. Speeding, yes you should be punished but I think they need better postings of the speed limits. The roads there change so much and speeds change like a woman changes clothes, but you're hardluck to find a posted speed limit, especially around the camera traffic intersections (coincidence?).

My question is, if you were driving at night..is it pretty noticeable if one of those cameras got you? My other question is, if it's a speeding offense...i don't understand how it's treated like a parking ticket or any other non-moving violation, that it doesn't go on record or your driving license...basically once it's paid for, you never hear about it again.

One last question is, can it give a ticket if you drive too slow? lol I've been doing at least 5 under in the posted areas and in the areas that might be 35, I do 25 just to be safe until I see a posted sign.


I know we have some Ohio drivers on this forum who can help me out with these questions, thanks in advance!

LOL. Many parts of my county are like Cleveland re scarcity of signs. I drive almost exactly as you describe you drive on surface streets. I do so to maximize MPG, and because we have so Many LEOs driving around -- I want to do as much as I can to not get a ticket. My zip code has a very low crime rate, we just have a lot of LEOs because we have LEOs from 4 different agencies driving around (County Constable's Office, Sheriff's Office, Police from the ISD (many school districts in Texas --- even good ones --- have their own police departments and they can give a ticket anywhere in the state, not just on school grounds), and DPS (the state 'Highway Patrol'). I've wondered the same thing -- Am I going too slow? -- when I can't find a sign to confirm the speed limit. . I've never been pulled over for that. I've only been pulled over for my plate light being burnt out.

I would guess that one of the reasons MIGHT be, aside from the complaints, that the violation doesn't go on your record (no potential to be 'criminal'), is that the burden of proof would be on the government to prove it was you. The ticket I got (mentioned on my previous post) = viewing my car from the rear. You couldn't see who was driving. There was a section on my ticket that would be an affidavit where the addressee could state they weren't driving the car. This p****d me off. This isn't 18th Century France (Yet ), with the Napoleonic Code. IMO, the burden of proof should be on the government. I shouldn't have to state anything or swear to anything.