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Bill Requires Signs Posted at Highway Exits re. Traffic Cameras

Sue Altmeyer, Electronic Services Librarian, sue.altmeyer@law.csuohio.edu | January 23, 2008 - 13:26

Red Light CameraH.B. 30 , if passed, would require cities to post signs at highway exits indicating that the city is using red light cameras and/or speed cameras. The bill would also require the timing of the lights at traffic-camera- monitored intersections to conform to the Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices.

The Ohio cities currently using red light cameras are: Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Middletown, Northwood, Springfield, Sylvania Township and Toledo; and the cities using speed cameras are: Akron, East Cleveland, Northwood and Toledo. Source: Jonathan Nawn, "Legislator Seeks to 'Raise Awareness' of Traffic Cameras", The Daily Reporter, Jan. 17, 2008. (Thanks to Marie Rehmar for this article.)

A bill from the previous Ohio General Assembly, HB 56 would place restrictions on traffic cameras, such that it would be impractical for cities to use them. Governor Taft vetoed HB 56. See Legislature Passes Traffic Camera Bill, Veto Uncertain, Cleveland Law Library Blog, Dec. 13, 2006.

The Ohio Supreme Court is reviewing whether cities have the power under the home rule provision of the Ohio Constitution to impose civil penalties for speeding and running red lights. Mendenhall v. The City of Akron, Case No. 2006-2265 Court docket & briefs , Oral argument preview, Argument video. A federal court submitted the question to the Ohio Supreme Court. After the Ohio Supreme Court decides the submitted question, there may be due process issues left for the federal court to decide.



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