Canton Red Light Cameras

There will be a special meeting of the Ross County Board of Elections at 8 p.m. Wednesday September 2, 2009 at the Ross County Service Center’s large conference room, 475 Western Ave.

If you value your rights as Americans, you need to attend this meeting. There needs to be a packed house ad corrupt politicians are trying to take away your rights. Chillicothe Citizens have spoken. They followed the law and submitted signatures on ballots to pass a law banning red light cameras and speed cameras. Show your support and attend the meeting on Wednesday!

The reason for this meeting is that Redflex and City Council in their greed, are trying to remove the initiative from the ballot that will remove the red light cameras and speed cameras from Chillicothe. This is just a ploy to try to collect more revenue from the citizens of Ross County. The City and Redflex are planning on fighting this in court to help delay the vote and collect more money from the cameras until the courts rule (and they will) in favor of the citizens of Chillicothe.

All that the Residents want is a chance to vote on the cameras. If City Council thinks that the red light cameras are so great, then let the issue go on the ballot. If voters agree, they will keep red light cameras and speed cameras. City Council and the Mayor know that they have sold their soul to Redflex and that the cameras are gone, and so are they. This is just a power play to grab a few more bucks on the way out.

I find that several people arrive at this sight daily searching for “What happens if I do not pay” Redflex’s ticket (followed by Heath or Chillicothe). The short answer is Redflex doesn’t get their money.

I am not a lawyer, and I do not pretend to be a lawyer. I have heard from several people who have received tickets in Chillicothe, Ohio that have not paid their red light camera tickets. The way that they explain it is the fine is $95 so they say it is not enough to get reported to credit bureaus. Several people have had rather aggressive collections notices sent to them, but again they say it cannot be reported on your credit. I do not know this to be fact. If you have any questions, I would contact a lawyer and ask if this is fact (I have contacted a lawyer in the past and got free advice over the phone, believe it or not).

As I understand it, traffic tickets from red light cameras and speed cameras in Heath, Ohio are $100 and may be reported on your credit history if not paid. Again, you may want to contact a lawyer and ask if this is true.

Whether an unpaid red light camera ticket or speed camera ticket can be reported on your credit history or not has not stopped a huge number of people from not paying them. Some say it is easily worth 7 years of a minor blemish on their credit to keep from paying Redflex. Redflex has actually reported a decrease in profits, due in large part to motorists who refuse to pay their automated enforcement tickets.

Again, If you have any questions about your red light camera ticket or speed camera ticket, call a lawyer and ask questions. The very worst a lawyer can tell you is that they do not give legal advice over the phone (or for free). If one lawyer tells you that they will not talk to you, call another lawyer.

A new group has been formed on Facebook to support the efforts of Citizens Against Photo Enforcement. The Facebook group is located at Ban Red Light Cameras in Chillicothe and is intended to support the efforts of the C.A.P.E. website at http://www.myrosscounty.com

Join the facebook group if you support the removal of Redflex’s red light cameras and speed cameras in Chillicothe, Ohio. If you have received a ticket from the red light cameras or speed cameras, leave a comment and let me know how you were treated at your “hearing.”

Do you live in a city that has Speed Cameras and Red Light Cameras. Does your city hand out speeding tickets using technology like photo radar? Speed Cameras are popping up all over the world as cities feel the pinch financially from the sagging economy. Speed camera vendors promise riches beyond a mayor’s wildest dreams. Speed cameras hand out speeding tickets that are impossible to defend, as the city does not have to prove that you were driving a car, simply owning the car is enough to convict you EVEN IF YOU CAN PROVE YOU WERE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY. Tickets from speed cameras in Ohio usually require that you pay a fee just to have the right to fight your ticket in a hearing held by the very people that stand to benefit financially if you are convicted.

If speed cameras and red light cameras are a nuisance to you, there is help. Trapster is an application that you run on your GPS enable mobile phone. Trapster allows you to report the location of speed cameras, red light cameras, active speed traps, and places where police usually hide. Trapster is legal in all states, as it is not a radar detector, or text messaging.

Trapster works as drivers pass a speed camera, speed trap, red light camera, or frequent police hiding spot, the driver hits a button on the phone reporting the speed trap. The location and type of threat is uploaded to the Trapster database. All other drivers passing the speed camera or other threat will be notified with a voice warning and will see the threat on the moving map.

Trapster can be updated by users on their PCs at home too. If you pass a speed trap on the way home and cannot update from your phone, you can still let other drivers know about the speed trap.

If you drive in the area of speed cameras, photo radar, red light cameras, or areas where speed traps are a problem you should run Trapster on your mobile phone. It is free, information is kept current, and it is much cheaper than a speeding fine, attorney fees, and experiencing the miscarriage of justice that speed cameras dish out daily.

Trapster Official Website

Well, it looks like the panic is setting in at Redflex and they are paying huge amounts of money to fight the ballot initiative in Chillicothe to remove the red light cameras and speed cameras. This company will stop at nothing to maintain the ability to steal from the citizens of the USA.

CantonRedLightCameras.com will be devoted to helping the citizens of Chillicothe fight the propaganda from Redflex and the City of Chillicothe until the red light cameras and speed cameras are successfully removed.

There will be an meeting with the board of elections to discuss the initiative to remove the red light cameras and speed cameras. The city has scheduled this meeting during a time when most Americans are at work, so that it will appear that this initiative has no support. Details are below.

NEED EVERYONE THAT PAYS CHILLICOTHE TAXES TO SHOW UP NOON MONDAY AUG. 24, 2009 CONFERENCE ROOM B AT BOARD OF ELECTIONS

Redflex along with the City of Chillicothe has filed to stop the red light cameras from going on the ballot. But why wouldn’t they ? They are taking money out of our pockets to benefit them , there is no safety concerns.

They are angry because citizens are speaking up and not allowing them to do as they please. Citizens are demanding a VOTE.They are angry because when this passes the Mayor and Council will not be able to vote Redflex or traffic cameras back into town. They will still able to vote on issues JUST NOT THE CAMERAS AGAIN.

Donations needed: Make checks payable to CAPE and mail to treasurer at 1060 South Fayette St. Washington Court House ,Ohio 43160
Or call 740-505-0811 for cash donations

Thank Citizens for your support, we speak for freedom to VOTE.

Our law enforcement will still be able to use radar , but to use this, there must be an officers present or at the location. This assures our law enforcement a job.

America stand together ! We are getting people from everywhere donating money to fight this. Everyone help speak up for your rights.

Be here Monday Aug. 24Th 12 noon at the board of elections, conference room B ,Chillicothe. Everyone from everywhere show up to express your concerns and opinion. Make it a Huge turn out; take the day off to make sure your rights remain, the big company’s from out of town/country do not take over our town.

WE DEMAND OUR RIGHT TO VOTE, EVEN IF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL DO NOT CARE ABOUT US, WE MUST CARE

Donations needed: make checks payable to CAPE and mail to treasrer at 1060 South Fayette St. Washington court House, ohio 34160
Or call 740=505-0811 for cash donations
Citizens thank you for your support, CAPE standing up for freedom and demanding A VOTE.

Do not let the city get away with this. Show up at the meeting and speak up for your rights. The organizers of the petition drive have been required to follow Ohio law in obtaining signatures. The City is required to follow Ohio law and place the initiative on the ballot. I believe that the City is engaged in stall tactics, knowing they will lose a court challenge, but if it allows them to collect illegal fines for six more months until a new election is held, then they do not care what the law says. Citizens of Chillicothe, show up for this meeting and let the City know you will not allow them to disregard the voters’ wishes!

For more information on the fight to remove red light cameras in Chillicothe, see the Citizens Against Photo Enforcement forum.