I got a traffic camera ticket last month driving on Harvard Ave.  36 in a 25.  I paid it.  Mentioned it to a co worker and he was adamant that those tickets are illegal and you don't have to pay them, they wont' come back & suspend your license or put a ding on your credit etc.  I had never heard that.  Ticket was $150.  

 

Anyone have any experience with this either way?  Just curious now...

I don't think they can put anything on your license.  But I tried not paying a Linndale traffic camera ticket a year or so ago, and they certainly try to convince you that they will put a ding on your credit.  I don't know the truth of it, but I ended up paying because it just wasn't worth the risk.

38 minutes ago, gottaplan said:

I got a traffic camera ticket last month driving on Harvard Ave.  36 in a 25.  I paid it.  Mentioned it to a co worker and he was adamant that those tickets are illegal and you don't have to pay them, they wont' come back & suspend your license or put a ding on your credit etc.  I had never heard that.  Ticket was $150.  

 

Anyone have any experience with this either way?  Just curious now...

Newburgh has an officer sit next to the camera which is a "loophole" in the law. Mayfield Village is looking to do something similar on 271. 

1 hour ago, freefourur said:

Newburgh has an officer sit next to the camera which is a "loophole" in the law. Mayfield Village is looking to do something similar on 271. 

It is interesting that the city would want to spend the resources on the cameras given they need to pay an officer time to monitor it on location and then have to pay the camera company a hefty fee. It may be a loophole, but it is designed to make is quite uneconomical for the department to run the cameras

 

25 minutes ago, Brutus_buckeye said:

It is interesting that the city would want to spend the resources on the cameras given they need to pay an officer time to monitor it on location and then have to pay the camera company a hefty fee. It may be a loophole, but it is designed to make is quite uneconomical for the department to run the cameras

 

The cop doesn't have to pull anyone over though.  They just sit there and multiple citations can be issued in the time that the officer would issue one. 

1 hour ago, freefourur said:

Newburgh has an officer sit next to the camera which is a "loophole" in the law. Mayfield Village is looking to do something similar on 271. 

that's different.  That's the guy who sits right alongside 77, i see him all the time...  this was up on Harvard, a couple blocks east of 77....  there was no officer around

The ticket said "Notice of Responsibility"....  no ability to plead not guilty from what I could tell and nothing in there about court costs...

1 minute ago, gottaplan said:

that's different.  That's the guy who sits right alongside 77, i see him all the time...  this was up on Harvard, a couple blocks east of 77....  there was no officer around

If there is no cop then it is illegal, however, i probably would've just paid it too.  

When you get the ticket in the mail how would you know whether or not a cop was sitting there at the time of the incident?  If a cop is there SOMETIMES, then a city could claim a cop was there at ANY time (or all times). Is the way to contest it to go to court and see if the cop shows up? And even if he does, can't he just be saying it? This all seems very shady.

6 minutes ago, Pugu said:

 Is the way to contest it to go to court and see if the cop shows up? And even if he does, can't he just be saying it? This all seems very shady.

I've fought traffic tickets before like that when I was younger and had a lot of tickets....  this didn't have an option to appear in court

1 hour ago, gottaplan said:

I've fought traffic tickets before like that when I was younger and had a lot of tickets....  this didn't have an option to appear in court

 

if no such option, then any city could claim a cop was present, no? where is the accountability and law in this?