North Hampton, OH is a notorious speed trap. The village uses the police department as a tax/revenue collection agency instead of a safety / service agency. It is unfortunate that the Republican controlled OH legislature does not do more to control these communities that misuse the safety and traffic laws. Often the outcome is motorists will avoid the these towns as much as possible, thus hurting the local businesses, which then hire less employees, etc... Yes the local community will collect some fines, but when motorists avoid the community, or if they need to drive thru in the future, but avoid spending money at local businesses, then the community is worse off economically. Part of being a business friendly community, is being visitor friendly, even when visitors exceed the speed limit by 10 or 20 mph. Note: many towns have a main street speed limit of 35 or 45 mph. So it is not odd that an otherwise safe driver might travel at those speeds and miss seeing in a 25 mph sign. Often in these situations, records will indicate, the town that is after revenue will have many citations written for 10 to 20 mph over the posted limit. There is nothing wrong with local police stopping and informing motorists of the speed limits - issuing warnings/cautions; checking for OVI or other public safety issues. There are other communities that use automated speed warning devices that show you your speed - next to the posted limit. They operate 24 hours a day and do more to help with safety. Towns that are concerned about safety install them, but towns that are concerned about revenue use speed cameras and local police as revenue collectors.