New DC Speeding Enforcement

[Anonymous]

So y'all asked for more tickets to catch all those commuters then get mad when it's you getting the reckless driving charge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So y'all asked for more tickets to catch all those commuters then get mad when it's you getting the reckless driving charge.

Not me. I obey the speed limit.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This feels like a troll.

+1. MPD is not enforcing the new limits until greater public knowledge. This sounds like a bike lane sock puppeteer.

Or someone who was hoping to gin up a lot of outrage FROM bike lane supporters for entertainment purposes.

Yup. One or the other.

[Anonymous]

The one exception I can imagine is a big highway -ish road that goes through a town and the limit goes from 50 to 35 very quickly. I drive on one of these on Baltimore suburbs almost every day.

Also if the speed limit was like 45 (where going 55 might be fine) and dropped to 25 unexpectedly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cop gave me a ticket yesterday for hitting 54 in what is apparently now a 25. Good reminder it is no longer pandemic and need to slow down. Have been driving in DC for over a decade and never even been pulled over or given a ticket. Cop mentioned arresting me no less than 3 times. WTF? Any advice on what to do if you are arrested in a situation like this? Why would they do this? Gave me a $500 ticket and let me go, acting like he was doing me a favor. And no, was not speeding near any pedestrians, was on a bridge and hit that high momentarily as was passing another car.

Unless otherwise posted the speed limit is 25. I live in DC and going 32 will get you a ticket. Downtown is really tough with the new bike lanes. You have to watch in the streets for cars, trucks, busses, groups of motorcycles, scooters, electric bikes, bikes, skaters, runners, and walkers. It’s is crazy. Between the walkers who put their head down and walk in to the street thinking the crosswalk protects them and the cyclists weaving through traffic it is very hard to go above 30. You will injury and kill someone. I have seen a lot of very close calls lately.

It seems the walkers and cyclists have become more aggressive appearing where you do not except them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So y'all asked for more tickets to catch all those commuters then get mad when it's you getting the reckless driving charge.

Not me. I obey the speed limit.

No you don’t. Nobody does. The issue is how far over is acceptable. 30 over is a lot. Depending on time of day, road design, conditions, traffic, etc., 10 might or might not be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So y'all asked for more tickets to catch all those commuters then get mad when it's you getting the reckless driving charge.

Not me. I obey the speed limit.

No you don’t. Nobody does. The issue is how far over is acceptable. 30 over is a lot. Depending on time of day, road design, conditions, traffic, etc., 10 might or might not be.

No, I really try to do the speed limit. 25 mph on most streets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:this is fake. this is the bike lobby trying to manufacture outrage.

Hahaha

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cop gave me a ticket yesterday for hitting 54 in what is apparently now a 25. Good reminder it is no longer pandemic and need to slow down. Have been driving in DC for over a decade and never even been pulled over or given a ticket. Cop mentioned arresting me no less than 3 times. WTF? Any advice on what to do if you are arrested in a situation like this? Why would they do this? Gave me a $500 ticket and let me go, acting like he was doing me a favor. And no, was not speeding near any pedestrians, was on a bridge and hit that high momentarily as was passing another car.

Wow. Nothing more entitled than a driver angry that he got a speeding ticket for going twice over the limit on dense city streets. I wish he would have arrested you. I bet you were running your mouth like a typical driver ahole.

You would have deserved it. But thanks for telling us! I enjoyed shltting on you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Unless otherwise posted the speed limit is 25. I live in DC and going 32 will get you a ticket. Downtown is really tough with the new bike lanes. You have to watch in the streets for cars, trucks, busses, groups of motorcycles, scooters, electric bikes, bikes, skaters, runners, and walkers. It’s is crazy. Between the walkers who put their head down and walk in to the street thinking the crosswalk protects them and the cyclists weaving through traffic it is very hard to go above 30. You will injury and kill someone. I have seen a lot of very close calls lately.

It seems the walkers and cyclists have become more aggressive appearing where you do not except them.

Who GAF? It's YOUR job to drive your two ton death mobile in a manner that is safe for vulnerable road users. You are searching for sympathy that driving in a dense city like DC is not easy, painless and carefree. You are a loser.

[Anonymous]

I have a very long commute home to VA, which is made even longer by DC's ridiculously low speed limits. And now overzealous and probably discriminatory enforcement by DC cops. NO THANK YOU!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a very long commute home to VA, which is made even longer by DC's ridiculously low speed limits. And now overzealous and probably discriminatory enforcement by DC cops. NO THANK YOU!!!

Really? Discriminatory? Hah!

Just slow down and obey the traffic laws. Or take metro.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cop gave me a ticket yesterday for hitting 54 in what is apparently now a 25. Good reminder it is no longer pandemic and need to slow down. Have been driving in DC for over a decade and never even been pulled over or given a ticket. Cop mentioned arresting me no less than 3 times. WTF? Any advice on what to do if you are arrested in a situation like this? Why would they do this? Gave me a $500 ticket and let me go, acting like he was doing me a favor. And no, was not speeding near any pedestrians, was on a bridge and hit that high momentarily as was passing another car.

Which bridge?

I'll bet it was Michigan Avenue.

And yes, in Brookland there has been increased enforcement and ticket writing since a little girl was killed in a crosswalk last year.

People drive like Michigan Avenue is a race track when it's actually a residential street with many schools along it.

Not possible. There are too many lights and stop signs to get to that speed. And where were all the other cars that would have prevented OP from making that speed on active Michigan Avenue

[Anonymous]

Probably on the bridge where Connecticut Ave goes over the park. Taft Bridge, is it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So y'all asked for more tickets to catch all those commuters then get mad when it's you getting the reckless driving charge.

Not me. I obey the speed limit.

No you don’t. Nobody does. The issue is how far over is acceptable. 30 over is a lot. Depending on time of day, road design, conditions, traffic, etc., 10 might or might not be.

DP

I do. I do it *just* to irritate the everliving sh!t out of everyone around me on the road. It’s a hobby of mine, and I meticulously obey the speed limits everywhere I go in DC, just to piss people off.