DC going after MD and VA drivers.

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It’s happening!

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Coincidence this happens right as Trump talks about home rule...

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License plate glitch leaves DC resident with thousands in traffic fines

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/dc-woman-fights-thousands-traffic-tickets-mistakenly-issued-her

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DC accused me being in a hit and run accident. They wanted me to bring my car down to dc police station so they can inspect it for damage. I didn't do it and told them they made a mistake. This went on for six months back and forth. Then my attorney said we are suing for fraud and extortion. When they got the judgement they called and said they made a mistake on the tags.

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Anonymous wrote:
I cannot understand this. Why do they have so few people booting cars?

Because drivers, especially suburban drivers, are the mayor's donor base.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I cannot understand this. Why do they have so few people booting cars?

Because drivers, especially suburban drivers, are the mayor's donor base.

Yep. Can't piss off those Ward 9 drivers.

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One of the guys DC is suing owes the state of Maryland tens of thousands of dollars in back taxes, in cases that are years old. He's clearly not going to pay a dime, and a good lawyer is going to have a field day with this type of lawsuit.

If DC really wanted to crack down, it would not allow its own residents who owe thousands in speeding tickets to renew their licenses and registrations. But they're allowed to, because Charles Allen and Brianne Nadeau think being poor is a valid excuse for being a dangerous driver.

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Anonymous wrote:Coincidence this happens right as Trump talks about home rule...

Yes they have been planning for Trump’s return for 2 years.

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Anonymous wrote:DC accused me being in a hit and run accident. They wanted me to bring my car down to dc police station so they can inspect it for damage. I didn't do it and told them they made a mistake. This went on for six months back and forth. Then my attorney said we are suing for fraud and extortion. When they got the judgement they called and said they made a mistake on the tags.

So you got away with a hit and run?

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If you thought crossing into Maryland and Virginia could get you out of paying those driving tickets you got in D.C., think again.

On Tuesday, the Strengthening Traffic Enforcement, Education and Responsibility (STEER) Act went into effect in D.C. to combat dangerous drivers who don’t live in the District.

Under the new law, Attorney General for the District of Columbia Brian Schwalb will be able to sue drivers who haven’t paid tens of thousands of dollars in traffic fines — even if they don’t live in the District. Prior to this, Maryland and Virginia drivers could rack up tickets in D.C. and not be held accountable.

“The Attorney General is hiring two attorneys who are going to work full time on this, and they’re going to be taking people who have these huge sums, and they’re going to take them to court,” said D.C. Council member Charles Allen.

https://wtop.com/local/2024/10/steer-act-cracks-down-on-dangerous-driving-in-dc/

Great move. Hope they take away the cars of these repeat offenders.

Driving frequently in DC has made me a better driver. Nobody needs to be speeding through people's neighborhoods. Hopefully, Trump won't negate traffic enforcement in DC.

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Anonymous wrote:One of the guys DC is suing owes the state of Maryland tens of thousands of dollars in back taxes, in cases that are years old. He's clearly not going to pay a dime, and a good lawyer is going to have a field day with this type of lawsuit.

If DC really wanted to crack down, it would not allow its own residents who owe thousands in speeding tickets to renew their licenses and registrations. But they're allowed to, because Charles Allen and Brianne Nadeau think being poor is a valid excuse for being a dangerous driver.

DC is coming after MD/VA drivers - that's fine. How about coming after DC drivers, too?

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Anonymous wrote:One of the guys DC is suing owes the state of Maryland tens of thousands of dollars in back taxes, in cases that are years old. He's clearly not going to pay a dime, and a good lawyer is going to have a field day with this type of lawsuit.

If DC really wanted to crack down, it would not allow its own residents who owe thousands in speeding tickets to renew their licenses and registrations. But they're allowed to, because Charles Allen and Brianne Nadeau think being poor is a valid excuse for being a dangerous driver.

DC is coming after MD/VA drivers - that's fine. How about coming after DC drivers, too?

THIS! There’s a woman in my DC neighborhood who gets speeding tickets every day. She parks her car illegally in our alley blocking trash pick up. Her first car had over 40k in tickets. Booted and towed after months of complaints. Literally days later, there was a new car parked in the alley. That tag got about 10k in daily speeding tickets, then she switched tags, and has over 30k on this third tag. All temp tags. DC knows who this woman is, where she lives, and where she parks her car, yet does absolutely nothing to stop her.

It’s ridiculous they think suing 3 Maryland residents should make us happy, when they’re not addressing criminally dangerous drivers who are right here in front of them.

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Anonymous wrote:DC accused me being in a hit and run accident. They wanted me to bring my car down to dc police station so they can inspect it for damage. I didn't do it and told them they made a mistake. This went on for six months back and forth. Then my attorney said we are suing for fraud and extortion. When they got the judgement they called and said they made a mistake on the tags.

Yeah, this totally happened.

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Anonymous wrote:One of the guys DC is suing owes the state of Maryland tens of thousands of dollars in back taxes, in cases that are years old. He's clearly not going to pay a dime, and a good lawyer is going to have a field day with this type of lawsuit.

If DC really wanted to crack down, it would not allow its own residents who owe thousands in speeding tickets to renew their licenses and registrations. But they're allowed to, because Charles Allen and Brianne Nadeau think being poor is a valid excuse for being a dangerous driver.

DC is coming after MD/VA drivers - that's fine. How about coming after DC drivers, too?

DC does - though I agree allowing people with unpaid citations to renew their license is absurd you cannot renew the registration on a DC plated car with unpaid citations so there is still something of a constraint on DC drivers and if you look at the stats DC drivers by far pay the highest percentages of their citations because they really don't have a choice.

So yeah nice try at deflection but you are wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:Coincidence this happens right as Trump talks about home rule...

Not everything is about Trump, weirdo. The council passed a law well before the presidential election and then it took a few months to hire people once the funding was in place, then conduct the investigations.