Good Citizens of Canton, you read the headline right. With Canton’s plans to install red light cameras coming up for a vote, it is important that you call your councilman and voice your opposition to these devices. Not only do these red light cameras and speed cameras rob you of your money, but also your constitutional rights.
The people of Arizona did not fight the red light cameras and speed cameras initially, as they were only going to issue civil fines. No points would be issued and the violation would not show on a person’s driving record. Does this sound familiar? It should, it is the same thing that Redflex and the City of Canton are proposing. People of Canton, you need to know something. It turns out that the Attorney General of Arizona now wants people JAILED for red light camera tickets and speed camera tickets. Get a ticket for doing 46 in a 25 by a speed camera and look out. Your are guilty until proven innocent as in the Chillicothe Recording (if you listen to this, the hearing officer states that the burden of proof is on the appellant, or accused). If Canton allows these cameras, it is only a matter of time until they start giving points on your license, and maybe the threat of jail time for a red light camera ticket or speed ticket.
Politicians and Redflex promise that the cameras will only hand out tickets resulting in fines, no points, and no threat of criminal action. Once they get the cameras installed, they begin taping 24 hours a day, keeping track of movements of motorists, and then threatening jail for a simple ticket generated by a machine. With the violations of Constitutional rights that have been documented by Redflex and the cities who invite the Trojan Horse of red light cameras in, I want no part of this. I have made my voice heard. I hope that you will contact your Council member and tell them to vote no on red light camera tickets. The vote is set to take place this Monday 3-9-09. Show up and make your voice heard. We do not want Redflex and the fraud and organized crime they bring.
March 8th, 2009 at 6:52 am
I think that, especially since this is an election year, that the City Council might actually get forced to do the right thing and will vote to not create a civil fines for traffic violations section in the city ordinances.
What’s really scary and infuriating is that the State Legislature has voted to ticket motorists with photo enforcement on all of Ohio’s highways. This cannot stand. On Monday I will be contacting every anti-camera group, every business association, every political party, and even the ACLU and NAACP to see about banding together to get a state wide ballot initiative started. I probably do not have the skills to head this effort, and we will need lawyers to draft the petition language, but I think we can fight and win back our freedom from surveillance NOW!
Here’s the story: TTAC Ohio House votes to implement freeway photo radar
March 8th, 2009 at 7:30 am
Nick,
I agree with you 100%. People need to call their state senators and flood the phone lines with calls. Let them know that if they vote yes on these speed cameras on freeways, they will not be reelected. I know that I will support a statewide ballot initiative to remove these cameras. I will donate space on my site to the cause. I will gladly circulate petitions for the removal of speed cameras, but I am like you in that I do not have the skills to head up this effort. Let me know how your calls go.