Washington DC Family - Stop sign cameras, $100 each???
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The district
One more reason to avoid going into DC.
This is criminal....
Damn
Facts, I don’t even go into DC. Potholes, bumpy roads, no parking this way, that way, $100 dollar speed cameras. Where in MD it’s $40 for a speeding ticket. Side swiping your whip, or backing into it, seen some Honda Accords on Bricks.
Drivers Owe DC Nearly Half a Billion Bucks in Unpaid Tickets
Here’s which states’ drivers owe the most, and why they’re not paying up.
www.nbcwashington.com
AAA: DC issued $1B in parking, traffic tickets over 3 years
D.C. issued $1 billion in traffic and parking tickets from 2017 to 2019, setting a new record for fines levied in each of the past three years, AAA said.
www.wusa9.com
Reached out dosent mean it’s going down..look at congestion pricing.. it’s been halted…. So right now it’s just the district
And who’s paying those fines? Probably the natives.Drivers Owe DC Nearly Half a Billion Bucks in Unpaid Tickets
Here’s which states’ drivers owe the most, and why they’re not paying up.
AAA: DC issued $1B in parking, traffic tickets over 3 years
D.C. issued $1 billion in traffic and parking tickets from 2017 to 2019, setting a new record for fines levied in each of the past three years, AAA said.
Cool. Lemme me when they halt renting you losers shoebox size apartments for 4 grand. Be blessed.
Honestly, it is not hard to ask people to actually stop at a stop sign
Yeah this shit is bad....There is one on the intersection of Bladensburg RD and South Dakota Ave and that shit gets people all the damn time....The one on New York Ave. and Bladensburg is a fucking money maker also....
What's crazy, even if you stop and go over that white line...TICKET!
What they didn't say is if you don't pay it within 30 days, that shit will double...Out of towners will get a ticket also....
What's crazy, even if you stop and go over that white line...TICKET!
What they didn't say is if you don't pay it within 30 days, that shit will double...Out of towners will get a ticket also....
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Yes, ask people, but don't penalize them with some computer program. This is surveillance taken to the next level.
Even AAA called them out a few years ago
The traffic enforcement in Washington, D.C., has crossed the line into predatory behavior, according to a report from AAA.
The nation’s capital raked in more than $1 billion from traffic violations in 2019. The record-breaking amount caught the attention of AAA, an insurance provider, who deemed the city’s enforcement of moving violations and parking tickets “predatory.”
“I don’t know another local jurisdiction in the entire nation that has generated as much money from traffic tickets, parking tickets, and moving violations,” John Townsend, a public relations manager for AAA Mid-Atlantic, told WJLA. “That tells us that things are out of control and out of hand in the District of Columbia.”
D.C. has the 20th largest population in the United States but managed to surpass all other cities in traffic citation revenue. Townsend said the disparity in revenue between D.C. and other cities stems from the much larger fees assessed to drivers in the city. He argued that the high fees, which were passed under the guise of safety, don’t actually make residents safer.
“We’ve looked high and low. We looked across the globe, and we have not found one major study that proves there is a link between the amount of the fine and compliance,” Townsend said.
WJLA requested records from the city to review whether the high fines resulted in fewer accidents or deaths, but city officials claimed they did not track that data.
The fines from traffic citations surpassed the combined revenue raised from taxes on alcohol, cigarettes, fuel, vehicles, licenses, permits, property, and estate taxes. Parking citations alone brought in $375 million.
Townsend said AAA would likely change the city’s ranking from “strict enforcement zone” to a “traffic trap.” He added, “It is predatory ticketing. That’s precisely what it is. And I defy the District to say otherwise.”
He also noted AAA would be revoking its support for the city’s automated enforcement program, which is a system of traffic cameras that can issue citations. Typically, the revenue from traffic cameras tapers off as more residents become aware of the location of the devices and start driving safely in the area. However, in D.C. revenue has remained steady, leaving Townsend to believe the cameras are just being used to surprise drivers and rake in revenue, rather than changing drivers’ behavior.
He said, “No one really believes this is about traffic safety any longer, which is the reason we’re withdrawing support for the automated enforcement program in the District.”
DC deemed ‘predatory’ after raking in more than $1B in traffic fines
Madison DibbleFebruary 21, 2020 8:20 pmThe traffic enforcement in Washington, D.C., has crossed the line into predatory behavior, according to a report from AAA.
The nation’s capital raked in more than $1 billion from traffic violations in 2019. The record-breaking amount caught the attention of AAA, an insurance provider, who deemed the city’s enforcement of moving violations and parking tickets “predatory.”
“I don’t know another local jurisdiction in the entire nation that has generated as much money from traffic tickets, parking tickets, and moving violations,” John Townsend, a public relations manager for AAA Mid-Atlantic, told WJLA. “That tells us that things are out of control and out of hand in the District of Columbia.”
D.C. has the 20th largest population in the United States but managed to surpass all other cities in traffic citation revenue. Townsend said the disparity in revenue between D.C. and other cities stems from the much larger fees assessed to drivers in the city. He argued that the high fees, which were passed under the guise of safety, don’t actually make residents safer.
“We’ve looked high and low. We looked across the globe, and we have not found one major study that proves there is a link between the amount of the fine and compliance,” Townsend said.
WJLA requested records from the city to review whether the high fines resulted in fewer accidents or deaths, but city officials claimed they did not track that data.
The fines from traffic citations surpassed the combined revenue raised from taxes on alcohol, cigarettes, fuel, vehicles, licenses, permits, property, and estate taxes. Parking citations alone brought in $375 million.
Townsend said AAA would likely change the city’s ranking from “strict enforcement zone” to a “traffic trap.” He added, “It is predatory ticketing. That’s precisely what it is. And I defy the District to say otherwise.”
He also noted AAA would be revoking its support for the city’s automated enforcement program, which is a system of traffic cameras that can issue citations. Typically, the revenue from traffic cameras tapers off as more residents become aware of the location of the devices and start driving safely in the area. However, in D.C. revenue has remained steady, leaving Townsend to believe the cameras are just being used to surprise drivers and rake in revenue, rather than changing drivers’ behavior.
He said, “No one really believes this is about traffic safety any longer, which is the reason we’re withdrawing support for the automated enforcement program in the District.”
You right straight BS. You can contest and go to court but who has time to do all that shit.
The most expensive one is on 44th and fessenden or some shit. Theres whole Tik Toks about that one in particular
Losers would be outta staters like you.. only transplants living in certain areas paying that much.. I got a 3 bedroom for under 1500 in Harlem.. if it was located downtown they would charge cacs and transplants prob 7000 or above.. it’s nice not being born a gullible cac or transplant… to bad that isn’t the same case for dc when it comes to stop signs, dogs getting walked on black campuses, getting invaded by cacs, and having your music silenced
For this reason I hate Muriel Bowser.
Trust, when that ticket comes it will have a front and back photo.
At this point those ticket profits are calculated into the yearly budget
Money grab all day
Absolutely. They boot your car after 3 tickets. You can't renew your registration or license without clearing any tickets, at least that how it used to be. folks that live in MD or VA that actually pay any of those fines are just gravy.