Idea for lack of ticket reciprocity between DC, MD, and VA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one can try to place a collections notice on a traffic violation. You can only send debts that arise out of a written contract to collections.

Congress would never approve the plan you suggest, anyway.

What is there for Congress to approve? Pretty sure this can be done through administrative powers of the Mayor.

Congress can strike down any DC law it wants. Read the constitution.

[Anonymous]

I used to get a ton of DC tickets when I lived in the city with my Maryland plates. I would just tell Maryland I lost my plates and get new ones so DC could not boot me. In your face DC! Overly aggressive ticketing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to get a ton of DC tickets when I lived in the city with my Maryland plates. I would just tell Maryland I lost my plates and get new ones so DC could not boot me. In your face DC! Overly aggressive ticketing.

I live and drive in DC and don't get many tickets. Why are you such a sh*tty, dangerous driver? Follow the law, criminal.

[Anonymous]

I just put fake paper tags on my car.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just put fake paper tags on my car.

DC needs to crack down on this too

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just put fake paper tags on my car.

DC needs to crack down on this too

Yeah, these cars need to go to impound. parking scanner indicates a car has over $1000 in tickets, boot and call for a tow. Fake paper tag? Boot and call for a tow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just put fake paper tags on my car.

Follow the law, criminal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the naysayers live in MD or VA.

I like the idea OP. It's abhorrent that we have a system that lets fragrantly awful drivers accrue thousands in tickets without repercussion.

You're suggesting that MD and VA drivers smell? And therefore they should be ticked. I'm all for tough on crime, but that's a bit too far, PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If MD and VA won't acknowledge DC camera tickets, why doesn't DC just "debit" any tickets received by DC residents in VA or MD against their respective states' balances with the DC government?

For example, I am a DC resident and I get a $40 parking ticket in VA. I should be able to take my ticket to the DC government and they will reduce the amount owed by VA residents in unpaid tickets to DC. Further, DC will not add any points to my driving record that VA and MD try to add until such time VA and MD residents' balances are paid in full (or reciprocity is agreed between the three jurisdictions).

Can the state of VA or MD try to place a collections notice on an out-of-state individual for an unpaid ticket?

Why isn't DC fighting fire with fire on this issue? Let us offset any tickets incurred in VA or MD!

Ain't nobody got time for this non-issue, Holmes.

There's nearly a billion dollars in outstanding unpaid DC traffic violation tickets going back a decade plus.

How cute of you to call a billion dollars a "non-issue" - if it's such a non-issue then maybe you can just write the city that billion dollar check out of your own checkbook, Mr. Moneybags?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just put fake paper tags on my car.

DC needs to crack down on this too

Yeah, these cars need to go to impound. parking scanner indicates a car has over $1000 in tickets, boot and call for a tow. Fake paper tag? Boot and call for a tow.

Fake tags should be impounded immediately. Pointless to ticket them because there's nobody to send the ticket to.

For less than 2% of the amount of unpaid DC tickets, DC could equip and staff a fleet of tow trucks 5x bigger than what they currently have to impound every vehicle with fake tags and/or more than 3 unpaid red light and/or speeding violations and we'd be recovering millions.

And give them no more than 90 or 120 days to make good on their obligations to get their car out of impound. After that, the car goes to auction and the proceeds go to the DC treasury.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just put fake paper tags on my car.

DC needs to crack down on this too

Yeah, these cars need to go to impound. parking scanner indicates a car has over $1000 in tickets, boot and call for a tow. Fake paper tag? Boot and call for a tow.

Fake tags should be impounded immediately. Pointless to ticket them because there's nobody to send the ticket to.

For less than 2% of the amount of unpaid DC tickets, DC could equip and staff a fleet of tow trucks 5x bigger than what they currently have to impound every vehicle with fake tags and/or more than 3 unpaid red light and/or speeding violations and we'd be recovering millions.

And give them no more than 90 or 120 days to make good on their obligations to get their car out of impound. After that, the car goes to auction and the proceeds go to the DC treasury.

OP of this thread:
All of this. Bowser seems to have completely dismantled the enforcement mechanisms - very few cars get towed or booted.

I do feel sympathy for a low income individual who made one or two mistake while driving, can't afford the fines, and then late fees start stacking up. Give that person an online driving course and have them do 5 hours of community service to clear their record. I'm cool with that.

But there's so much low hanging fruit that is just contributing to the chaos - the fake paper tags, cars with no tags at all, no effort to tow or boot serial offenders with thousands in unpaid tickets, etc. Lots of these cars have egregious violations - lots of red light violations, not stopping at Stop signs, 15+ mph over the speed limit. They are dangerous drivers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to get a ton of DC tickets when I lived in the city with my Maryland plates. I would just tell Maryland I lost my plates and get new ones so DC could not boot me. In your face DC! Overly aggressive ticketing.

I live and drive in DC and don't get many tickets. Why are you such a sh*tty, dangerous driver? Follow the law, criminal.

+1000

I've lived in DC for 14 years and have never gotten a single ticket. Obey traffic laws and pay your tickets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just put fake paper tags on my car.

DC needs to crack down on this too

Yeah, these cars need to go to impound. parking scanner indicates a car has over $1000 in tickets, boot and call for a tow. Fake paper tag? Boot and call for a tow.

Fake tags should be impounded immediately. Pointless to ticket them because there's nobody to send the ticket to.

For less than 2% of the amount of unpaid DC tickets, DC could equip and staff a fleet of tow trucks 5x bigger than what they currently have to impound every vehicle with fake tags and/or more than 3 unpaid red light and/or speeding violations and we'd be recovering millions.

And give them no more than 90 or 120 days to make good on their obligations to get their car out of impound. After that, the car goes to auction and the proceeds go to the DC treasury.

This is a big issue in NYC....free tolls for fake tags too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one can try to place a collections notice on a traffic violation. You can only send debts that arise out of a written contract to collections.

Congress would never approve the plan you suggest, anyway.

What is there for Congress to approve? Pretty sure this can be done through administrative powers of the Mayor.

Congress can strike down any DC law it wants. Read the constitution.

Congress has 60 days to disapprove, if it's a crime-related bill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one can try to place a collections notice on a traffic violation. You can only send debts that arise out of a written contract to collections.

Congress would never approve the plan you suggest, anyway.

What is there for Congress to approve? Pretty sure this can be done through administrative powers of the Mayor.

Congress can strike down any DC law it wants. Read the constitution.

Congress has 60 days to disapprove, if it's a crime-related bill.

No, not just a crime-related bill. Congress can disapprove any D.C. legislation.