Speeding cameras Options

[last337]

I am not sure if anyone has brought this up before but they have been implementing speeding/red light cameras down here for some time now and unfortunately I have been nabbed several times (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

Every time I get one I am always tempted to go fight it but seeing as it doesnt hit your record or you insurance it is usually just easier to log on to the website and pay the darn thing.

I have always heard of people getting out of them by sending letters saying that there is no violation of contract between you and the ticketing company (in my case photonotice.com) and siting that the company itself is not a legal entity and the ticket was never issued correctly by a ticketing officer. I also always want to question the most recent calibration records for said camera.

Anyways, has anyone ever had luck with this? I am not against paying the price of breaking the law and I dont normally speed excessively but I hate speed traps in little towns designed just to do that, trap you. Also, if I am going to pay something I would like to speak with an officer and at least ask to see his radar gun and check his calibration sticker.

[ednosnaws]

I was in Cleveland a few years back on business. We were at a Browns game, and afterward asked some cops where to get some dinner. They told us to head east towards little Italy I think it was called. Doesn't every city have one of these? Anyway the cop told me to "watch out for speed traps" on the street we were heading out on. So we start cruising to our destination, and I'm carefully minding my speed. There is no traffic at all where we are, and I come upon a signal that is changing. For whatever reason, I decide to cruise on through as it turns red. Flashes go off, and of course the coworkers I'm with start busting up. I forgot about it for a couple months, and then get the ticket in the mail. Rental company ratted me out. But I look at the picture, and there is no shot of my face, only a shot of the plate. I call the number on the ticket, and the guy tells me in Ohio, they can't show faces....how stupid! Also, it's like a parking ticket, it doesn't count against your record....and it's only 100 bucks. Still, I don't want to pay it, and for sport want to get out of it. Seems to me they have no way of knowing its me anyway, so I blame it on the valet at the hotel....which just happened to be near the scene of the crime. I got off. I would say if you live in Ohio, always fight it! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)