4,000-plus get speeding citations in 3 months of Youngstown program
YOUNGSTOWN
The number of people cited by police for civil speeding violations has exceeded 4,000 in less than three months of enforcement.
In comparison, city police ticketed 960 people for speeding all of last year.
Since the program began Aug. 18, 4,006 people have been cited for speeding based on an ongoing weekly count by The Vindicator.
Only 119 had filed for appeal hearings as of Friday, including none during the past week, said Lt. William Ross, head of the city’s traffic unit, which operates the speed-gun program.
About 20 to 25 of those who filed objections to the citations will be at the first appeals hearing Wednesday, starting at 6 p.m., in Youngstown Municipal Court in front of Magistrate Eugene Fehr, hired by the city to hear these matters, Ross said.
Read more about the program in Saturday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.