Dc making car theft victims pay speeding tickets of car thieves

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait, so we’re now taking some post on Reddit as the gospel truth about some judge making someone pay a ticket when their car stolen??? That’s what this thread is about?

Too many of us have experienced similar BS

You’ve been forced to pay the speeding tickets incurred AFTER your car was stolen? Seriously? I’ve lived in DC for 30 years and have never heard of this happening to anyone.

Congratulations for being one of those narcissistic people who believe that if it hasn’t happened to you that it never happens.

There is no end of these stories.

https://www.wusa9.com/amp/article/news/investigations/dc-hasnt-forgiven-tickets-car-got-when-it-was-stolen/65-d6b951e8-5ccd-4eb8-af35-2d46ed924b25

https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/money/car-stolen-owner-sent-speeding-tickets-dc-womans-plea-amid-skyrocketing-car-thefts/amp/

https://wjla.com/amp/features/i-team/investigations/draft-carjacking-victims-told-to-pay-speeding-tickets-from-criminals-who-took-their-car

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone has to pay the ticket. DC needs the revenue because the workers haven't come back to downtown.

Oh come on. I hope that comment was parody.

This "someone has to pay the ticket" talk apparently doesn't apply where it comes to the BILLIONS in uncollected revenue from all of the outstanding tickets from MD and VA drivers. THAT is who they should be cracking down on and going after for revenue, not people who have been victimized.

There is no reason for out of state drivers to pay fines that DC refuses to judiciously adjudicate these cases. Why should any government voluntarily subject their citizens to this abuse of power? DC needs to be more responsible about ATE enforcement before there can be any talk about unpaid out of state fines. What they are doing right now is a joke and makes the city look very unserious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC can't make out of state drivers pay speeding or parking tickets but it's going to make someone whose car was stolen pay a ticket for the person you stole their car.

Ok. I love it here.

In states like Iowa and Nebraska, the farm bloc is very powerful with elected officials. In DC, some politicians openly cater to the "cell block."

Not to mention, "someone's gotta pay the ticket" may be seen by certain DC Council members and government bureaucrats as advancing "equity."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait, so we’re now taking some post on Reddit as the gospel truth about some judge making someone pay a ticket when their car stolen??? That’s what this thread is about?

Too many of us have experienced similar BS

You’ve been forced to pay the speeding tickets incurred AFTER your car was stolen? Seriously? I’ve lived in DC for 30 years and have never heard of this happening to anyone.

Congratulations for being one of those narcissistic people who believe that if it hasn’t happened to you that it never happens.

There is no end of these stories.

https://www.wusa9.com/amp/article/news/investigations/dc-hasnt-forgiven-tickets-car-got-when-it-was-stolen/65-d6b951e8-5ccd-4eb8-af35-2d46ed924b25

https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/money/car-stolen-owner-sent-speeding-tickets-dc-womans-plea-amid-skyrocketing-car-thefts/amp/

https://wjla.com/amp/features/i-team/investigations/draft-carjacking-victims-told-to-pay-speeding-tickets-from-criminals-who-took-their-car

Has anyone fact checked these stories? These don't seem like real news organizations. /s

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I knew this was going to happen https://twitter.com/bangs_drums/status/1643792477931831298?s=46&t=Rw_jX1uyupQwvEwsjuQulQ

The car owner likely has more money, so it is more equitable that they pay the ticket.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I knew this was going to happen https://twitter.com/bangs_drums/status/1643792477931831298?s=46&t=Rw_jX1uyupQwvEwsjuQulQ

Even worse than this story is how many people have posted stories about their own cars being stolen. It’s totally bonkers how much car theft is allowed in this city with seemingly little consequence.

Meanwhile, the number of traffic cameras are set to triple. Expect these stories to go exponential.

I am pro-traffic camera (but would very much like them to get reciprocity so that the out-of-state speeders have to pay -- these cameras don't do anything if simply having VA or MD plates means you can speed with impunity).

However I agree with you on the car theft issue. A neighbor of mine had her car stolen for joyriding -- stolen from right in front of her house, so she had video surveillance of the to thieves with faces visible. Car was found the next day about a mile away. Smelled like smoke inside but otherwise unharmed. Both the cops and her insurance told her that since she got the car back intact, there was nothing they could do -- police didn't even open an investigation into it. She's not looking for blood or anything, but it's super disconcerting to realize that someone can just come take your car whenever they want and as long as they don't crash it or commit a crime while using it, and you get it back, it's like it never happened.

And of course, the peopel who stole her car are aware of this. Cool, if you can get into and start a car, you can drive it! Forget ride share, this is the true "wheels when you want them."

That’s the only way to keep crime stats down. Didn’t you watch The Wire?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait, so we’re now taking some post on Reddit as the gospel truth about some judge making someone pay a ticket when their car stolen??? That’s what this thread is about?

Too many of us have experienced similar BS

You’ve been forced to pay the speeding tickets incurred AFTER your car was stolen? Seriously? I’ve lived in DC for 30 years and have never heard of this happening to anyone.

Congratulations for being one of those narcissistic people who believe that if it hasn’t happened to you that it never happens.

There is no end of these stories.

https://www.wusa9.com/amp/article/news/investigations/dc-hasnt-forgiven-tickets-car-got-when-it-was-stolen/65-d6b951e8-5ccd-4eb8-af35-2d46ed924b25

https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/money/car-stolen-owner-sent-speeding-tickets-dc-womans-plea-amid-skyrocketing-car-thefts/amp/

https://wjla.com/amp/features/i-team/investigations/draft-carjacking-victims-told-to-pay-speeding-tickets-from-criminals-who-took-their-car

Has anyone fact checked these stories? These don't seem like real news organizations. /s

Our local CBS and ABC networks aren't real organizations?

[Anonymous]

This happened when my license plate was stolen. Thrives put it on a stolen car, racked up speeding tickets that were then sent to me. I sent police reports that were not accepted as proof. It was an ordeal. I always felt the mentality in DC was to avoid inconveniencing people who broke the law but shrug when victims are inconvenienced by crime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This happened when my license plate was stolen. Thrives put it on a stolen car, racked up speeding tickets that were then sent to me. I sent police reports that were not accepted as proof. It was an ordeal. I always felt the mentality in DC was to avoid inconveniencing people who broke the law but shrug when victims are inconvenienced by crime.

*thieves

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait, so we’re now taking some post on Reddit as the gospel truth about some judge making someone pay a ticket when their car stolen??? That’s what this thread is about?

Too many of us have experienced similar BS

You’ve been forced to pay the speeding tickets incurred AFTER your car was stolen? Seriously? I’ve lived in DC for 30 years and have never heard of this happening to anyone.

I eventually got it dismissed but had to do the whole take multiple days off work, be told it was impossible and continue to be a pain in the ass for months on end to resolve it.

[Anonymous]

Well, the thieves are probably from VA or MD. Everyone knows THEY don't have to pay their tickets!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, the thieves are probably from VA or MD. Everyone knows THEY don't have to pay their tickets!

DC and PG.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The city makes it very clear every day that it relies on SUCKERS to follow the law and pay the freight for the winners who don’t bother. You see it on the metro and the courts every day.

Pretty much every city seems to operate like this. I’ve lived in DC, Detroit, Chicago, and Atlanta.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The city makes it very clear every day that it relies on SUCKERS to follow the law and pay the freight for the winners who don’t bother. You see it on the metro and the courts every day.

What's on the metro? Scofflaws? Thugs? Both?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait, so we’re now taking some post on Reddit as the gospel truth about some judge making someone pay a ticket when their car stolen??? That’s what this thread is about?

Too many of us have experienced similar BS

You’ve been forced to pay the speeding tickets incurred AFTER your car was stolen? Seriously? I’ve lived in DC for 30 years and have never heard of this happening to anyone.

Aren't you special. How many times in your 30 years have you been told "everything is not about YOU."