- Jurisdiction
- Ohio
Hoping someone here can help me with some advice! Thanks in advance.
I received a traffic citation for speed from a speed camera. My father was driving the car and I was not present. Here's some background/details:
This is an extra car, I store it in my Dad's garage during winters (rear wheel drive.) He would drive it on nice days which is fine by me as he is doing me a favor. He was driving the car, the citation was issued in February.
I'm in Ohio. I thought we had zero cameras and this wasn't allowed here, but apparently there are some very small towns doing this. I also believe there are some rules (i.e., they can't hit you with points or hit your credit score, etc.) In this case, the citation was issued by "Newburgh Heights Police Department."
I received a letter/citation with a picture of the car, speed, etc. 78 mph in a 60 mph zone. My father likes to argue these things and I don't. On the reverse of the form there was a section I completed saying I was not in possession of the car and to list who was. I filled this out with my fathers name, DOB, and address and mail it back. I think this is over and he can deal with them how he sees fit.
Get a second notice. I assumed these crossed in the mail and they hadn't processed my response yet. The second notice was nearly identical to the first and they did not recognize that I sent them anything or that there may be a problem with my response (more on this later.) I toss this out.
Get a third "final" notice (dated 4/17) and called them. I actually left messages for two days straight, got no return call, and finally got a human on the phone today. I believe I'm talking to someone at a private company that is managing this for multiple jurisdictions but did not verify that (my impression.)
Representative tell me that they received my response, but it was not signed and/or notarized as directed. I can't imagine I didn't sign it, but I know I didn't notarize it. I guess I missed this detail. Therefore, the transfer of responsibility was not completed. I offered to resubmit something and he says the deadline was 30 days and it has passed. I'm supposed to either pay this ($230.00) or go into collections.
The next step I'm considering is calling the PD itself but am not sure this is the right thing to do. I work in another town more than an hour from the location of the citation and was at work during the time/date of the citation. I can prove I wasn't driving the car but unfortunately I don't know who to prove this to.
Any advice appreciated.
I received a traffic citation for speed from a speed camera. My father was driving the car and I was not present. Here's some background/details:
This is an extra car, I store it in my Dad's garage during winters (rear wheel drive.) He would drive it on nice days which is fine by me as he is doing me a favor. He was driving the car, the citation was issued in February.
I'm in Ohio. I thought we had zero cameras and this wasn't allowed here, but apparently there are some very small towns doing this. I also believe there are some rules (i.e., they can't hit you with points or hit your credit score, etc.) In this case, the citation was issued by "Newburgh Heights Police Department."
I received a letter/citation with a picture of the car, speed, etc. 78 mph in a 60 mph zone. My father likes to argue these things and I don't. On the reverse of the form there was a section I completed saying I was not in possession of the car and to list who was. I filled this out with my fathers name, DOB, and address and mail it back. I think this is over and he can deal with them how he sees fit.
Get a second notice. I assumed these crossed in the mail and they hadn't processed my response yet. The second notice was nearly identical to the first and they did not recognize that I sent them anything or that there may be a problem with my response (more on this later.) I toss this out.
Get a third "final" notice (dated 4/17) and called them. I actually left messages for two days straight, got no return call, and finally got a human on the phone today. I believe I'm talking to someone at a private company that is managing this for multiple jurisdictions but did not verify that (my impression.)
Representative tell me that they received my response, but it was not signed and/or notarized as directed. I can't imagine I didn't sign it, but I know I didn't notarize it. I guess I missed this detail. Therefore, the transfer of responsibility was not completed. I offered to resubmit something and he says the deadline was 30 days and it has passed. I'm supposed to either pay this ($230.00) or go into collections.
The next step I'm considering is calling the PD itself but am not sure this is the right thing to do. I work in another town more than an hour from the location of the citation and was at work during the time/date of the citation. I can prove I wasn't driving the car but unfortunately I don't know who to prove this to.
Any advice appreciated.
