Speeding camera ticket in Ohio?

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by edmscan

Here I believe they set their radars to 16 km (10 miles) above the posted speed limit. So if you get a photo radar ticket .. you deserve it. I have never received a ticket as well I just don't speed. It isn't hard, you just have to make a decision to drive at a reasonable speed. I have no compassion for those that say it is a cash grab .. it really isn't as they leave you lots of room to drive above the posted limit before you get a ticket.

I may have asked you this last year (if so please indulge me) -- Do you find that there are enough speed limit signs during your normal driving in Alberta to allow you to always obey the speed limit? I notice there are MANY fewer speed limit signs along a given stretch of road in Texas (especially in my county and adjacent ones) when compared to a like stretch of road in California (in addition to many fewer roads with shoulders). I wonder if this is the byproduct of being a low tax, low service state or if it is intentional to help create revenue. A friend of mine, also a native Californian, moved here about 6 years before I did (I didn't know him then). He was driving on a road here that changes speed limits 3 times within about 10 miles. He knows exactly where the speed limit changes, and at each limit changed his speed so he would stay one mile an hour under the speed limit. A cop pulled him over and asked why he was driving likr he was driving. My friend explained his driving as I just did to the cop. The cop said "People around here don't drive like that" . No matter what my friend said during the rest of the brief conversation, the cop gave that same answer. At the end of the conversation, the cop gave him a written warning for 'driving suspiciously' .

Within the last week or so I was watching a TV show that had a 'TX vs. CA' segment. One difference they illustrated was the approach to property seizure on the roadways. In Texas, the local jurisdiction gets 90% of the 'pie' and in California 65% of the 'pie'. More importantly, in California the burden of proof of the officer's assertion lies with law enforcement. In Texas this burden of proof is on the stopped driver to disprove the LEOs assertion. If the LEO in Texas feels you are carrying too much cash (this has happened with as little as $900.00) he can assume that it came from Drugs, etc. and seize it along with your car. This might explain why, albeit anecdotally, I see cops pulling over expensive cars at a much higher rate than I've noticed in California. I also see (here) many more stickers indicating that drivers have contributed to various LEO charities than in California.