He also wants additional signs put up to warn drivers when the speed limit is going to be reduced ahead.
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Boccieri said existing law is not specific enough about when a posted speed limit takes effect, which he believes could lead to legal battles between law enforcement and people who are ticketed, according to a news release issued by his office.
“I’m learning there is a lot of confusion after asking motorist and police officers, which sometimes give different answers,” Boccieri said in the news release. “It’s just common sense - the speed limit should begin at the sign.”
The original version of the bill would have specified that the speed limit began at the point a driver saw the sign, but that was a mistake in wording which was contrary to Boccieri’s intent, said Julia Wynn, his legislative aide.
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Boccieri proposed House Bill 219 after talking to a constituent about a speed camera installed outside Youngstown last year.
Earlier this year Dayton officials said the city would reinstate red light and speed cameras in five locations after the Ohio Supreme Court struck down restrictions imposed by the state legislature.
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Boccieri’s bill keeps in place provisions allowing a law enforcement officer to stop a driver for speeding if the person is driving faster than is “reasonable or proper having due regard to the traffic, surface and width of the street or highway and any other conditions regardless of the posted speed limit,” according to a legislative analysis of the bill.
The bill is assigned to the House Transportation Committee.
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