Why does the DC Council (Charles Allen) not want the MPD doing any traffic enforcement?

[Anonymous]

I have emailed CM Allen several times and he always dodges the question and just talks about "Vision Zero"

[Anonymous]

Well, you need some traffic enforcement to reduce injuries and fatalities. It should be data based -- enforcement in the highest injury areas.

But most liberal politicians don't want traffic enforcement because it disproportionately impacts drivers of color.

Personally, I'd rather get a ticket than end up in a wheelchair. Or worse. But his mileage may vary.

[Anonymous]

Because the police are too busy not solving crimes....

[Anonymous]

Police disproportionately pull over BIPOC for “speeding”, while ignoring white people who speed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Police disproportionately pull over BIPOC for “speeding”, while ignoring white people who speed.

Two-thirds of DC police are BIPOC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Police disproportionately pull over BIPOC for “speeding”, while ignoring white people who speed.

Two-thirds of DC police are BIPOC

Because BIPOC can never be racists against other BIPOC, right?

https://youtu.be/wPHY4G-PN0M?t=42

Congratulations, today you learned what the "systemic" part of "systemic racism" means.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Police disproportionately pull over BIPOC for “speeding”, while ignoring white people who speed.

Two-thirds of DC police are BIPOC

Because BIPOC can never be racists against other BIPOC, right?

https://youtu.be/wPHY4G-PN0M?t=42

Congratulations, today you learned what the "systemic" part of "systemic racism" means.

Sigh. "Racism" is not a synonym for "things I don't like."

[Anonymous]

Traffic cameras disproportionately hit black drivers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Police disproportionately pull over BIPOC for “speeding”, while ignoring white people who speed.

Two-thirds of DC police are BIPOC

Because BIPOC can never be racists against other BIPOC, right?

https://youtu.be/wPHY4G-PN0M?t=42

Congratulations, today you learned what the "systemic" part of "systemic racism" means.

Sigh. "Racism" is not a synonym for "things I don't like."

Sigh. "Police disproportionately pull over BIPOC for 'speeding', while ignoring white people who speed" is both racism and a thing I don't like.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Police disproportionately pull over BIPOC for “speeding”, while ignoring white people who speed.

Two-thirds of DC police are BIPOC

Because BIPOC can never be racists against other BIPOC, right?

https://youtu.be/wPHY4G-PN0M?t=42

Congratulations, today you learned what the "systemic" part of "systemic racism" means.

Sigh. "Racism" is not a synonym for "things I don't like."

Sigh. "Police disproportionately pull over BIPOC for 'speeding', while ignoring white people who speed" is both racism and a thing I don't like.

Does this mean we can get rid of traffic cameras too?

https://www.dcpolicycenter.org/publications/predominately-black-neighborhoods-in-d-c-bear-the-brunt-of-automated-traffic-enforcement/

[Anonymous]

The answer to every question about why Charles Allen does or does not do something is always the same: he is an idiot.

[Anonymous]

DC has bigger problems than traffic violations

[Anonymous]

Enforcement is a pretty inefficient way to make things safer and also can be racist.

Building the roads so that people drive at safer speeds is far more effective. That can mean things like narrower lanes.

If you've ever driven on a wide straight lane with few stop lights, you naturally go faster. I just drove on a country back road that had a 60 mph limit, but I was at my limit around 40 mph for most of it because it was narrow and didn't have a safe shoulder to provide margin.

[Anonymous]

This is wild!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Enforcement is a pretty inefficient way to make things safer and also can be racist.

Building the roads so that people drive at safer speeds is far more effective. That can mean things like narrower lanes.

If you've ever driven on a wide straight lane with few stop lights, you naturally go faster. I just drove on a country back road that had a 60 mph limit, but I was at my limit around 40 mph for most of it because it was narrow and didn't have a safe shoulder to provide margin.

Translation: We're going to take away car lanes, turn them in bike lanes and that will make traffic for drivers so terrible that no one will be able to move, let alone speed. Talk about inefficient.