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GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio - More than 900 drivers who received tickets from speed cameras in Garfield Heights are getting their money back.

The city is reimbursing about 980 drivers who were ticketed $100 for going exactly 10 miles per hour over the posted speed limit. Any driver caught going 11 miles per hour or more over the limit by a speed camera is issued a ticket.

Law Director Tim Riley says a miscommunication with the Garfield Heights officer reviewing the tickets led to the mix-up.

"There was a certain amount of people that called and said I understood the limit was 11 miles over and I got one for ten miles an hour over, what are you going to do? The mayor made a statement that it was going to be 11 miles over and he wanted to make sure the people understood, so the only fair way to do this was to give back the money," Riley said.

Riley said the fines of nearly $100,000 will be sent back to drivers in the next two months.

Since the two roaming traffic cameras were put into use in June, Riley said they've sent out 11,000 tickets. He said the volume of tickets has gone down in the last month indicating drivers are slowing down.

Despite the fact that drivers ticketed unfairly will get their money back, the group Citizens for a Greater Garfield still say no tickets should be issued. They say the unmanned cameras violate state law.

"The question is whether or not these cameras are changing speed laws to encourage people to violate because now they think I'm not going to get a ticket until 11 miles over, I'm going to go 9 miles over," Ronald Finnerty said.

Finnerty and others led a petition drive to get the traffic camera issue put on the November ballot. A yes vote would ban the unmanned traffic and red light cameras in the city.

The two cameras are moved around the city, but right now have been focused on school zones. Drivers who are 7 miles per hour over the limit in a school zone will receive a ticket from the cameras

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