Taking on the Government OH. Call For Action: Ashtabula Traffic Camera License Plate Mix Up
Here is another "review". WHERE INNOCENT DRIVERS ARE TOLD TO PAY UP TO GREEDY CAMERA COMPANIES! Just like Opa-Locka! http://www.banthecams.org/201107061422/Opa-Locka-and-ATS-cite-Funeral-Procession-WITH-POLICE-ESCORT-Tickets-were-REVIEWED-.-WHAT-REVIEW.html
http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-cfa-ashtabula-camera-ticket-txt,0,5197253.story
Call For Action: Ashtabula Traffic Camera License Plate Mix Up
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By Lorrie Taylor
Call For Action Reporter
11:12 p.m. EDT, July 6, 2011
An Ohio veteran was stumped when he returned from an out of town trip to find he'd been ticketed by an Ashtabula traffic enforcement camera.
Bill Davis from Batavia, Ohio told Call For Action Reporter Lorrie Taylor the $100 citation showed a tan SUV with his license plate number.
According to Ashtabula police it was taken the first week of June when Davis was in Kentucky.
"I wasn't very happy to know that cause it's on your record. It's something you didn't do and I don't like being blamed for something I didn't do," he said.
Davis' personalized plate says 04USNR. It reads as one word while the tan SUV's plate features a space between the 04 and the rest of the lettering.
"I knew it wasn't me and my wife was working at the hospital," he said explaining the impossibility of his truck being in Ashtabula.
Davis said he tried to solve the problem by phone but was told the only officer who could help him was on vacation for a couple of weeks.
Appealing the citation required payment of the $100 fine before anyone would consider his case, so he Called For Action instead.
Taylor showed pictures of Davis' plate to Ashtabula Police Chief Bob Stell so he could compare it with the picture on the citation that had been issued to the Ohio vet.
"His position was, 'Why should I have to pay $100 and then take my chances on getting my money back when I've done nothing wrong to begin with?'" Taylor said to Chief Stell.
The chief responded by saying "Right, that's typically how we handle somebody that disputes a ticket."
Stell said closer inspection revealed the plate in question was from Pennsylvania and not Ohio. He offered to waive the rules of appeal so Davis would not have to pay the $100 fine or make a ten hour round trip to plead his case.
He also threw out the ticket.
"I agree with you and I agree with this gentleman," said the chief. "This was something different and he shouldn't have to go through all that and he didn't have to ultimately."
Davis told Taylor this is one Call For Action he's glad he made.
"You get a hold of the right people at the right time, there's gonna be somebody out there that's gonna help with this here and I'm so proud to be an American and serve the country and have you folks like that."
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