Ohio Contemplates Photo Enforced Speeding Tickets

Ohio state House votes to use speed cameras to issue $250 -$300 tickets to freeway drivers. Ohio  passed sweeping legislation that would impose new penalties on motorists, including a statewide speed camera program. State Representative Peter S. Ujvagi (D-Toledo) inserted the controversial proposals into a “must pass” $7.6 billion transportation funding measure to avoid individual discussion of the merits of the many programs rolled into the 361-page bill. Anyone failing to pay the $250 ticket  will have his license suspended, or, in the case of out-of-state drivers, be banned from operating a motor vehicle in Ohio.   This bill will also make not wearing a seatbelt a primary offense, which means you can be stopped for not wearing your seatbelt even if you have committed no other offense.      Read House Bill 2 http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_2_PH_N.html