Tt post july 7, 2017 - b

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A couple years ago, the Toledo Blade ranted about Woodville's proclivity to dole out speeding tickets.

• February 2015 - Toledo Blade - A Blade Investigation - Welcome to Woodville: You’re busted - Village’s volume of citations reinforces speed-trap reputation

• February 2015 - Toledo Blade - Featured Editorial - Ticket trap

• February 2015 - Toledo Talk discussion

But were some of Woodville's tickets given to motorists who obeyed the law like in Toledo? And did Woodville's government attempt to hide the error like in Toledo?

The February 2015 Blade featured editorial even called for a boycott of Woodville's businesses.

The Village of Woodville has abused northwest Ohio motorists for far too long with its blatant use of speed traps. If a boycott of the town’s businesses is needed finally to get the attention of its public officials, so be it.

This week's news stories by the Blade were good, but will the Blade editorial board pound Toledo government for its abuse the way the board did, regarding Woodville?

And what does the Blade editorial board think about Toledo's traffic enforcement cameras? Here are two opinions from 2015.

• February 2015 - Toledo Blade - Featured Editorial - Keep traffic cameras

• March 2015 - Toledo Blade - Featured Editorial - Keep the traffic cameras

Here is what the Blade editorial board believed in 2015:

... in Toledo, where the cameras have been used responsibly to enforce traffic laws in high-risk areas.

Most communities that use cameras, including Toledo, do so for valid law-enforcement purposes.

If Toledo is engaging in the cash grab ... [ If ?? ]

Toledo, which raises millions of dollars from camera citations each year, must be particularly careful not to become dependent on the cameras for revenue.

Hah. Too late for that.

Excerpts from justread's February 2015 comment :

Had to chuckle when a newspaper that defends automated speed and red light traps in Toledo goes after Woodville that writes an average of 3.2 tickets per day. The people in Woodville are like, yeah... and your roads suck too.

2015, that's long before the high use of the handheld cameras in Toledo.

Has the Blade editorial board's opinion changed? I don't think so.

• June 2017 - Toledo Blade editorial (not a featured one) - Traffic fines vs. taxes

But aside from any who are ticketed by mistake — who can dispute the tickets — these are people who violated the traffic laws. If they did not want to pay traffic tickets, they should not have earned them.

Teaching drivers to expect traffic cameras, even when they can’t see them, could improve their behavior on all the roads.

And those who don’t learn can pay more toward government services, so that law-abiding citizens can pay less.

Unless the cameras are used in Toledo, Ohio where it's possible for law-abiding citizens to be ticketed.