Speeding camera ticket in Ohio?

[detroiter]

Yeah, I think thats how they explained it to me too. Something about when you go to renew your plates, that it won't let you renew them until it's paid. Something about sending it to a credit bureau as well. Kind of find it rediculous that a corporation is running the speed cameras, taking a percentage of the tickets paid and yet, somehow they enforce it. They are NOT the law and I don't see any reason why there should be any upholding of the offenses at all. It would be no different than if I stood on a corner with a little speed gun in my hand and my digital camera, taking pictures of people I thought were breaking the law and then turning in my evidence to the police.

I'm not law enforcement and I don't have legal power to enforce the laws either. Neither should some corporation.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by detroiter

Yeah, I think thats how they explained it to me too. Something about when you go to renew your plates, that it won't let you renew them until it's paid. Something about sending it to a credit bureau as well. Kind of find it rediculous that a corporation is running the speed cameras, taking a percentage of the tickets paid and yet, somehow they enforce it. They are NOT the law and I don't see any reason why there should be any upholding of the offenses at all. It would be no different than if I stood on a corner with a little speed gun in my hand and my digital camera, taking pictures of people I thought were breaking the law and then turning in my evidence to the police.

I'm not law enforcement and I don't have legal power to enforce the laws either. Neither should some corporation.

Do you know if they were recording your conversation? It is beginning to sound like they may have run your plates through a company that sells and matches information and matched your car plates to your social security number. Then when someone calls, and can quickly rattle off that social security number, they'd have the credibility of that fast id, plus your voice on tape. I know in the 1990s, businesses in Ohio could record conversations with their customers if they obtained the customer's permission. I don't know if that has changed or not, or if that would apply to you, as you aren't really buying a product.

I'm glad the county is doing this near me, rather than a private company. South of me, the City of Houston really created a mess with an outside private contract....sounds like Cleveland has a similar arrangement.