Red-light cameras turned off in Heath, Chillicothe

Now red light cameras should be removed in Columbus.

I wish they'd put it up for a vote in Columbus as well.

Erik, the "they" you reference, in the case of Heath, was a small group of 5-6 people who organized the entire effort to put the measure on the ballot. I attended a couple of their meetings. 2-3 of them worked long hours organizing the petition drive with help from a few others on a more limited basis. That's "all" it takes is the commitment of a core group and then people like you will, given the chance, vote against the cameras. There is a lot of help out there now too for those trying to organize against the cameras. Hope someone in Columbus takes up the cause.

Watched the silly woman interviewed on the TV news yesterday. She likes the cameras because she has a minor child who will be a new driver. She wants nanny gov to protect her kid by infringing on everybody's privacy. This mentality is prevalent nowadays. Thanks to government indoctrination and mass media brain wash.

Great! The cameras were working in Health during July-I received my $100 ticket. I wonder how much of my contribution will go towards removing the cameras. I hope the expense of installing and removing them is worth the expense.

Heath and Chillicothe now need to assign a patrol car to every lighted intersection and speed zone similar to Woodville. The citizens have spoken by vote for removal of traffic lights and speed limits. Until they actually remove the limits, law enforcement needs to be re-assigned from protecting the public to enforcement of traffic laws. Safe alternative? At least in Michigan we have minimal intelligence, more so than Heath.

LMAO @ law breakers getting their way!

Okay Columbus, lets get busy and do the same thing. These things are too much like
"Big Brother" is watching. Lets hope Columbus can put them on the next ballot and
get rid of them.

I'm so glad that the Survielance System for the Government in Heath is Gone. Burned me for 100 bucks and then got burned in the rinky dink court set up.(Hearing Officer) Can you hear me now Officer. I'm going to go to town and shop immediately after the word is out that they are down, not just off!

CameraUnhappy wrote:

I'm so glad that the Survielance System for the Government in Heath is Gone. Burned me for 100 bucks and then got burned in the rinky dink court set up.(Hearing Officer) Can you hear me now Officer. I'm going to go to town and shop immediately after the word is out that they are down, not just off!

Shame on that camera for punishing you for breaking the law! Shame Shame!

Officer Dirk, Why not give us your real name?

CameraUnhappy wrote:

Officer Dirk, Why not give us your real name?

No officer, simply a person who doesn't run red lights, is it that hard to follow that simple law?

Dirk Diggler

Sorry Mayor Dirk,

Didn't know that was you! And by the way, it was speeding, and I wasn't.

As many tickets that was issued, its obvious that people don't obey the law. Heath should just sit an officer out there in a chair have him issue the tickets. Of course raise the fines until people understand that Red means stop.

Police either get paid from taxes or fines. Since I don't break the law, I'd like them to get paid from fines. Speeding should be a $500 fine for every 5 miles over the limit.

Let me get this right, drivers in Heath and Chillicothe don't WANT camera's giving proof that they are exempted from following the laws and running yellow and red lights.

If these drivers properly followed the traffic laws, they should not worry of getting a "camera ticket" for breaking the law. Hmmmm!

Yeah to the citizens of Ohio for standing up to big brother traffic calming methods AND to Heath's Chief of Police for coming up with a better solution. Study after study show that the radar speedcheck signs that Shepherd will be trying to get for the city are highly effective at slowing cars, cost effective for cities that use them and unobtrusive or invasive to drivers that are targeted by them. There are links to about a dozen government research reports at www.informationdisplay.com that show speedcheck signs - those displays that tell passing drivers their actual speed - really do work at getting motorists to slow down. Best of all, they don't use Big Brother Is Watching tactics to do it.

Does anyone know if citations issued before the vote to ban photo radars in Chillicothe are still legal?

Jeff wrote:

Does anyone know if citations issued before the vote to ban photo radars in Chillicothe are still legal?

They were never "legal" persay, they were civil matters. If you don't pay, you don't get points on your license, your credit rating gets dinged.

I noticed that people avoided the cameras as much as possible in Chillicothe, taking a different route when it was available. I'm glad to see the cameras go. We have to draw the line somewhere.