Speed camera plaintiffs want Ohio judge to rule

CINCINNATI (AP) — People suing a Cincinnati-area village over speeding tickets generated by a camera system want a judge to rule in their favor without trial, pointing out that he has already compared the camera enforcement to a con game.

Their motion for summary judgment was filed Tuesday with Judge Robert Ruehlman of Hamilton County Common Pleas Court. The judge ruled recently that the original 2012 lawsuit can be expanded to all drivers who paid speeding tickets received over the six months before he ordered a halt to Elmwood Place’s camera enforcement in March.

The motion states that the facts of the case are clearly on the plaintiffs’ side.

It notes that Judge Ruehlman already has said the village’s speed-camera system was like a high-tech version of a con artist card game, describing it as “a scam the motorists can’t win” in his March ruling that the village ordinance was invalid and unenforceable.

Judge Ruehlman will hear arguments in the case Dec. 10.