Anyone recently beat a DC speed camera ticket?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I appealed in early fall for a ticket received in a poorly-labeled work zone (295), based on the fact that I was below the regular posted speed limit (recorded going 53 in a 55; ticket was for going over 40 in a work zone, but no work/markers were evident in the speed camera image). I haven't heard back yet...

From unfortunately a LOT of experience - give it about 10-11 months.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious how this would even be possible. You also run the risk of points being assessed if you lose.

There are no points associated with the speed camera extortion rackets, yet.

Do you want to hear my one weird trick for not getting tickets from speed cameras?

Police hate him!

[Anonymous]

My husband won this month when he disputed a ticket where the picture didn't match the stated location. It took several months to hear back, though.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm curious how this would even be possible. You also run the risk of points being assessed if you lose.

There are no points associated with the speed camera extortion rackets, yet.

It is my understanding that the only reason that the points are not assessed for camera speeding tickets is they they can't prove who drove the car. If you go to court and admit you were driving and lose you could get points assessed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious how this would even be possible. You also run the risk of points being assessed if you lose.

There are no points associated with the speed camera extortion rackets, yet.

It is my understanding that the only reason that the points are not assessed for camera speeding tickets is they they can't prove who drove the car. If you go to court and admit you were driving and lose you could get points assessed.

Unfortunately this isn't true as the citations are civic citations and not criminal but it would be nice if this happened.

[Anonymous]

It wasn't recently but I got a camera ticket in DC and googled how to get out of a camera ticket. I was advised to protest the ticket if there was any part of another car in the picture, which there was. I wrote a letter stating that I knew I was driving the speed limit because I always drive the speed limit and the camera must have gotten the speed of the other car in the picture instead of mine.

It took months, maybe six to nine months, but I eventually got notified the ticket was dismissed. Don't know if this would still work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious how this would even be possible. You also run the risk of points being assessed if you lose.

There are no points associated with the speed camera extortion rackets, yet.

Do you want to hear my one weird trick for not getting tickets from speed cameras?

Do tell

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes - finally! I've had several (lead foot, not paying attention to my speed at times, and forgetting where the cameras are). I dispute almost all of them - if not for nothing more than to buy myself time to pay them. But once I was pretty sure that I wasn't speeding because I am hyper-aware of that particular camera. I disputed it and cited a recent article that said that somewhere in the area of 55% of all DC speed cameras have malfunctioned. Nearly a year later, and BOOM - ticket dismissed.

So the judge sees you have had "several" speeding tickets before and because you cite some article about cameras that have malfunctioned the judge just dismisses the ticket.

Yes. I'm not sure of what the judge sees in front of them at the time since there is no court hearing and they make a decision in your absence, but that is exactly what happened. Perhaps they checked the maintenance record on the camera?

Is it really a judge that reviews the disputes? It's not an actual violation. A person commits a violation. The camera can't prove who the person was.

I always imagined it was some low level paper pusher.

[Anonymous]

If there is more than one car in the photo/ video within 25 feet of your car the case can be dismissed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious how this would even be possible. You also run the risk of points being assessed if you lose.

There are no points associated with the speed camera extortion rackets, yet.

Do you want to hear my one weird trick for not getting tickets from speed cameras?

Do tell

Always driving at or below the speed limit.

Now you know!

[Anonymous]

With all the bellyaching from the mayor about how remote work is hurting her city, these tickets for super minor infractions don't seem very inviting.

[Anonymous]

No one has ever beaten a speed camera ticket in DC.

DC doesn’t allow electronic evidence of any kind to be presented. The fact that a citation was issued to you at all is prima facia evidence of guilt.

You CANNOT beat a DC speed camera ticket, by design.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If there is more than one car in the photo/ video within 25 feet of your car the case can be dismissed

Nope. That’s NOT how it works

Both are cited, and both will have to pay.