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Traffic cameras bring tiny Ohio village to a stop
Associated Press ^ | Jun. 29, 2013 12:50 PM EDT | Dan Sewell

Posted on 06/29/2013 2:44:33 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Each day, thousands of cars—sometimes as many as 18,000—rolled along Elmwood Place’s streets, crossing the third-of-a-mile town to get to neighboring Cincinnati or major employers in bustling suburbs or heavily traveled Interstate 75. Many zipped by Elmwood Place’s modest homes and small businesses at speeds well above the 25 mph limit. Bedeviled by tight budgets, the police force was undermanned. The situation, villagers feared, was dangerous.

Then the cameras were turned on, and all hell broke loose.

Like hundreds of other U.S. communities big and small, Elmwood Place hired an outside company to install cameras to record traffic violations and mail out citations.

In the first month after the cameras began operating, late last year, 6,600 tickets went out—more than triple the village’s population. Before some unsuspecting drivers realized it, they had racked up multiple $105 citations they would learn about when their mail arrived weeks later. …

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: elmwoodplace; excessivefines; redlightcameras; traffictickets
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To: mistfree

Believe me, It catches on quick after first few are shot out; then becomes the local national past time; and shows the masses how little power the elite really have once the people wake up and say no more for you guys.


21 posted on 06/29/2013 5:47:09 PM PDT by Eska
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To: Olog-hai
Housing stock deteriorated to the point where you can buy a two-bedroom fixer-upper for less than $60,000.

That's a palace in some cities.

10322-Adams-Ave_Cleveland_OH_44108

Now this here is the best deal in my old neighborhood. It's not one of those crappy $1 houses. This looks pretty nice. It's even got glass in the windows. Today.

22 posted on 06/29/2013 7:47:41 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: Right Wing Assault

Forgot to mention. Monthly payment is $5 if someone is stupid enough you give you a 30-years loan.


23 posted on 06/29/2013 7:51:25 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: Right Wing Assault

The sad thing is that many of these older houses that are rotting away are of better construction and materials than the ones being built today.


24 posted on 06/29/2013 7:58:24 PM PDT by grania
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To: Darren McCarty

A way to address that would be to give the vehicle owner 30-60 days to prove innocence/identify the driver before entering the owner record. But I doubt they provide that much leeway.


25 posted on 06/29/2013 8:18:47 PM PDT by SgtHooper (The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
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To: mistfree

So, when is open season on traffic cams?


One week after the open season on scofflaw speeders and red light saints.


26 posted on 06/29/2013 9:38:41 PM PDT by S.O.S121.500 (Any law repugnant to the Constitutuon is null and void.....ENFORCE THE BILL OF RIGHTS! It's the Law.)
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To: Marie

Then put a real cop there...


27 posted on 06/29/2013 11:45:45 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad (Impeach Sen Quinn)
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To: Marie
If you want to fight such a machine-generated ticket, how do you cross-examine the "witness" against you?

Red light cameras are about revenue, not safety.

28 posted on 06/29/2013 11:53:25 PM PDT by sargon (I don't like the sound of these here Boncentration Bamps!)
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To: grania
better construction and materials than the ones being built today

Real 2x4s, slate roofs that last 100 years.

29 posted on 07/01/2013 3:10:29 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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