Grievingcouple favors cameras

Cameras are coming to Cleveland soon.
COLUMBUS (AP) -- A couple who lost a daughter when her car was hit by a driver who ran a red light urged state lawmakers Tuesday to reject a bill aimed at preventing the installation of cameras at intersections.
Paul and Sue Oberhauser of Somerset told how their 32-year-old daughter Sarah was killed in the January 2002 accident at an intersection near Oxford in Butler County.
The Oberhausers said the cameras would save lives.
The bill sponsored by state Rep. Jim Raussen, R-Springdale, would require a police officer to witness the violation for a ticket to be issued using a camera.
In or coming in
Cameras are already in place in Cincinnati, Dayton, Norwood and Toledo and are planned by year's end in Cleveland and Columbus.
Other witnesses testified that the way some cities use the cameras isn't fair.
Chad Baus of Archold told of how their van was pictured running a light when they had lent it to friends. Baus got the ticket. When Baus wouldn't pay the fine, the nonpayment went on his credit report, where it remains, four years later.