- Ohio cameras still generate millions despite anti-profit laws.
- School-zone exemptions keep automated fines profitable.
- Some towns cash in while others barely issue tickets.
Ohio lawmakers worked hard to strip the profit motive out of automated ticketing to give drivers a fair ride, but plenty of towns are still quietly cashing in. New filings show that 15 Ohio communities are running traffic cameras and pulling in millions of dollars every year, even though the law is meant to make doing so financially pointless.
For every dollar a city earns from camera fines, the state claws back a dollar from its Local Government Fund allocation. In theory, that should make traffic cameras a zero-sum game.
School Zones Are a Goldmine…