DC issued nearly one million tickets to drivers over six month period in DC

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According to the report, 973,431 tickets were mailed out to drivers between Oct. 1, 2023, and March 31, 2024. A majority of those tickets – 739,876 – were for speeding.
Maryland drivers made up most of the tickets, amounting to roughly 40%. Virginia drivers followed with 26% of the tickets. D.C. drivers received 21% of tickets.

During that time, $87,470,702 in Automatic Traffic Enforcement (ATE) program tickets were collected by the District. Meanwhile, 525,452 tickets remained unpaid.

Of the uncollected tickets, more than 350,000 of them belonged to Maryland and Virginia drivers.

https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/washington-dc/ddot-district-traffic-cameras/

It's really infuriating the degree to which dangerous drivers come into DC from MD and VA and make our roads less safe but then don't even pay their speeding tickets. The suburbs of DC just abuse this city while relying on it for jobs and entertainment -- it's such a screwed up relationship.

The suburbs get your carjackers and robbers, so it’s a fair trade.

Just looking for excuses to not obey the law? Criminal is a criminal whether it is carjacking or driving recklessly.

Maryland drivers gonna drive like Maryland drivers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

According to the report, 973,431 tickets were mailed out to drivers between Oct. 1, 2023, and March 31, 2024. A majority of those tickets – 739,876 – were for speeding.
Maryland drivers made up most of the tickets, amounting to roughly 40%. Virginia drivers followed with 26% of the tickets. D.C. drivers received 21% of tickets.

During that time, $87,470,702 in Automatic Traffic Enforcement (ATE) program tickets were collected by the District. Meanwhile, 525,452 tickets remained unpaid.

Of the uncollected tickets, more than 350,000 of them belonged to Maryland and Virginia drivers.

https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/washington-dc/ddot-district-traffic-cameras/

It's really infuriating the degree to which dangerous drivers come into DC from MD and VA and make our roads less safe but then don't even pay their speeding tickets. The suburbs of DC just abuse this city while relying on it for jobs and entertainment -- it's such a screwed up relationship.

The suburbs get your carjackers and robbers, so it’s a fair trade.

Just looking for excuses to not obey the law? Criminal is a criminal whether it is carjacking or driving recklessly.

Maryland drivers gonna drive like Maryland drivers.

Racist DC folks gonna be racist. The worst drivers in the city right now consistently have VA plates.

[Anonymous]

PLEASE PEOPLE - Slow down, stop at the yellow lights, and pay your tickets no matter where you get them or where you live.

Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I got 5 in 5 weeks. South Dakota Ave is a trap. I feel like DC puts million year old drivers in front of my driving super slow and I need to speed up to pass them.

I go down South Dakota Avenue daily and have never gotten a ticket. I think you're driving too fast.

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Anonymous wrote:I live in Maryland and I always pay camera tickets. Am I a fool? Should I just not pay them? I don’t get them often.

Your only risk -- and it's a minuscule risk -- is if they catch your car parked on a city street (DC cannot ticket on private property, including parking garages). Then they can call the tow truck, but even then it probably will take hours until one is available. Otherwise you can safely throw those tickets in the trash (not paying them will not ding your credit, because the credit agencies no longer consider debt that arises from parking tickets).

And now the DC attorney general can file suit against the owners of cars with unpaid tickets and put a lien on the car. The odds are against this happening to you, but if you have a job with a clearance or a bar membership or something, it seems wise to avoid that or just avoid getting tickets in the first place.

These suits will only be filed in truly egregious cases, like people owing tens of thousands of dollars. He's gonna gonna go after someone with like two unpaid tickets.

Well, I mean, better to use a program like WAZE that tells you where the cameras are and avoid the tickets, no? You never know how the laws or enforcement will change in the future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PLEASE PEOPLE - Slow down, stop at the yellow lights, and pay your tickets no matter where you get them or where you live.

Thank you.

No no no. It’s not enough to stop at yellow. Stop at green.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I used to consider DC's traffic cameras as predatory, but while I live in Maryland, I always pay my tickets. I have started working in DC and travel frequently down South Dakota Ave, where there are a number of cameras. I have become a better driver because I am following the 25 miles-per-hour speed limit. South Dakota Ave (and so many others) are busy streets, but they are neighborhood streets. This is where people live; we don't need to be tearing through people's neighborhoods.

Historically two of the highest revenue cameras in the city are the K St underpass and E St expressway. Pedestrians are not allowed in either location.

The K Street Underpass has pedestrian crossings either side of it. Tunnels in general are death traps. It’s completely understandable why the city wouldn’t want drivers flying along that stretch of road.

[Anonymous]

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According to the report, 973,431 tickets were mailed out to drivers between Oct. 1, 2023, and March 31, 2024. A majority of those tickets – 739,876 – were for speeding.
Maryland drivers made up most of the tickets, amounting to roughly 40%. Virginia drivers followed with 26% of the tickets. D.C. drivers received 21% of tickets.

During that time, $87,470,702 in Automatic Traffic Enforcement (ATE) program tickets were collected by the District. Meanwhile, 525,452 tickets remained unpaid.

Of the uncollected tickets, more than 350,000 of them belonged to Maryland and Virginia drivers.

https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/washington-dc/ddot-district-traffic-cameras/

It's really infuriating the degree to which dangerous drivers come into DC from MD and VA and make our roads less safe but then don't even pay their speeding tickets. The suburbs of DC just abuse this city while relying on it for jobs and entertainment -- it's such a screwed up relationship.

The suburbs get your carjackers and robbers, so it’s a fair trade.

Just looking for excuses to not obey the law? Criminal is a criminal whether it is carjacking or driving recklessly.

Hilariously doesn’t understand difference between a violent felony crime and a civil infraction. This is what DC victimhood doesn’t people’s brains.

Reckless driving is a felony in many jurisdictions and directly causes the deaths of thousands of people every year. It’s the very definition of a “violent felony crime”, you pelican.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

According to the report, 973,431 tickets were mailed out to drivers between Oct. 1, 2023, and March 31, 2024. A majority of those tickets – 739,876 – were for speeding.
Maryland drivers made up most of the tickets, amounting to roughly 40%. Virginia drivers followed with 26% of the tickets. D.C. drivers received 21% of tickets.

During that time, $87,470,702 in Automatic Traffic Enforcement (ATE) program tickets were collected by the District. Meanwhile, 525,452 tickets remained unpaid.

Of the uncollected tickets, more than 350,000 of them belonged to Maryland and Virginia drivers.

https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/washington-dc/ddot-district-traffic-cameras/

It's really infuriating the degree to which dangerous drivers come into DC from MD and VA and make our roads less safe but then don't even pay their speeding tickets. The suburbs of DC just abuse this city while relying on it for jobs and entertainment -- it's such a screwed up relationship.

The suburbs get your carjackers and robbers, so it’s a fair trade.

Just looking for excuses to not obey the law? Criminal is a criminal whether it is carjacking or driving recklessly.

Maryland drivers gonna drive like Maryland drivers.

Racist DC folks gonna be racist. The worst drivers in the city right now consistently have VA plates.

Are you okay? It’s not racist to say that Maryland drivers are bad. They are fking terrible drivers. Baltimore Parkway and 295 are filled with just speeding, no turn signal using idiots. Sorry you’re so neurotic and hyper vigilant.

[Anonymous]

All these things can be true:
-Drivers need to drive safer and slower.
-Many DC cameras are set up to maximize revenue and have little to do with safety
-That said, cameras can and do effectively change driver habits when deployed with safety in mind.
-If safety is the primary goal, big honking signs saying MANY SPEED CAMERAS AHEAD would be deployed. (Note: They are not.)
-Many DC speed limits are set artificially low in order to make the 10-over ticket-trigger lower. For instance, a speed limit of 25 mph on Conn. Ave in DC is a joke. 30 used to be the limit. But now, 35 will get you a ticket, not 40, so that's why it is set at 25.
-MD and VA drivers should pay their tickets. I paid my MD ticket (only one so far in 10 years!). Was last year in Rockville, and it was $40. Which brings me to my final point...
-DC's $100 fine is set too high and is obviously predatory. If deterrence --not revenue-- is the goal, make it $50. People will get the message!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

According to the report, 973,431 tickets were mailed out to drivers between Oct. 1, 2023, and March 31, 2024. A majority of those tickets – 739,876 – were for speeding.
Maryland drivers made up most of the tickets, amounting to roughly 40%. Virginia drivers followed with 26% of the tickets. D.C. drivers received 21% of tickets.

During that time, $87,470,702 in Automatic Traffic Enforcement (ATE) program tickets were collected by the District. Meanwhile, 525,452 tickets remained unpaid.

Of the uncollected tickets, more than 350,000 of them belonged to Maryland and Virginia drivers.

https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/washington-dc/ddot-district-traffic-cameras/

It's really infuriating the degree to which dangerous drivers come into DC from MD and VA and make our roads less safe but then don't even pay their speeding tickets. The suburbs of DC just abuse this city while relying on it for jobs and entertainment -- it's such a screwed up relationship.

The suburbs get your carjackers and robbers, so it’s a fair trade.

Just looking for excuses to not obey the law? Criminal is a criminal whether it is carjacking or driving recklessly.

Hilariously doesn’t understand difference between a violent felony crime and a civil infraction. This is what DC victimhood doesn’t people’s brains.

Reckless driving is a felony in many jurisdictions and directly causes the deaths of thousands of people every year. It’s the very definition of a “violent felony crime”, you pelican.

You think an ATE ticket = “reckless driving” and you like to call people names. You’re a sharp cookie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

According to the report, 973,431 tickets were mailed out to drivers between Oct. 1, 2023, and March 31, 2024. A majority of those tickets – 739,876 – were for speeding.
Maryland drivers made up most of the tickets, amounting to roughly 40%. Virginia drivers followed with 26% of the tickets. D.C. drivers received 21% of tickets.

During that time, $87,470,702 in Automatic Traffic Enforcement (ATE) program tickets were collected by the District. Meanwhile, 525,452 tickets remained unpaid.

Of the uncollected tickets, more than 350,000 of them belonged to Maryland and Virginia drivers.

https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/washington-dc/ddot-district-traffic-cameras/

It's really infuriating the degree to which dangerous drivers come into DC from MD and VA and make our roads less safe but then don't even pay their speeding tickets. The suburbs of DC just abuse this city while relying on it for jobs and entertainment -- it's such a screwed up relationship.

The suburbs get your carjackers and robbers, so it’s a fair trade.

Just looking for excuses to not obey the law? Criminal is a criminal whether it is carjacking or driving recklessly.

Maryland drivers gonna drive like Maryland drivers.

Racist DC folks gonna be racist. The worst drivers in the city right now consistently have VA plates.

Are you okay? It’s not racist to say that Maryland drivers are bad. They are fking terrible drivers. Baltimore Parkway and 295 are filled with just speeding, no turn signal using idiots. Sorry you’re so neurotic and hyper vigilant.

You now going to pretend that “Maryland driver” isn’t a racist dogwhistle. You should stop being so racist and get a life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to consider DC's traffic cameras as predatory, but while I live in Maryland, I always pay my tickets. I have started working in DC and travel frequently down South Dakota Ave, where there are a number of cameras. I have become a better driver because I am following the 25 miles-per-hour speed limit. South Dakota Ave (and so many others) are busy streets, but they are neighborhood streets. This is where people live; we don't need to be tearing through people's neighborhoods.

Historically two of the highest revenue cameras in the city are the K St underpass and E St expressway. Pedestrians are not allowed in either location.

The K Street Underpass has pedestrian crossings either side of it. Tunnels in general are death traps. It’s completely understandable why the city wouldn’t want drivers flying along that stretch of road.

The camera is intentionally at the bottom of the hill. It’s uphill both directions up. It’s nothing but revenue gimmick to catch commuters, like the cameras on New York Ave, and everyone knows it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All these things can be true:
-Drivers need to drive safer and slower.
-Many DC cameras are set up to maximize revenue and have little to do with safety
-That said, cameras can and do effectively change driver habits when deployed with safety in mind.
-If safety is the primary goal, big honking signs saying MANY SPEED CAMERAS AHEAD would be deployed. (Note: They are not.)
-Many DC speed limits are set artificially low in order to make the 10-over ticket-trigger lower. For instance, a speed limit of 25 mph on Conn. Ave in DC is a joke. 30 used to be the limit. But now, 35 will get you a ticket, not 40, so that's why it is set at 25.
-MD and VA drivers should pay their tickets. I paid my MD ticket (only one so far in 10 years!). Was last year in Rockville, and it was $40. Which brings me to my final point...
-DC's $100 fine is set too high and is obviously predatory. If deterrence --not revenue-- is the goal, make it $50. People will get the message!

+100

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

According to the report, 973,431 tickets were mailed out to drivers between Oct. 1, 2023, and March 31, 2024. A majority of those tickets – 739,876 – were for speeding.
Maryland drivers made up most of the tickets, amounting to roughly 40%. Virginia drivers followed with 26% of the tickets. D.C. drivers received 21% of tickets.

During that time, $87,470,702 in Automatic Traffic Enforcement (ATE) program tickets were collected by the District. Meanwhile, 525,452 tickets remained unpaid.

Of the uncollected tickets, more than 350,000 of them belonged to Maryland and Virginia drivers.

https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/washington-dc/ddot-district-traffic-cameras/

It's really infuriating the degree to which dangerous drivers come into DC from MD and VA and make our roads less safe but then don't even pay their speeding tickets. The suburbs of DC just abuse this city while relying on it for jobs and entertainment -- it's such a screwed up relationship.

The suburbs get your carjackers and robbers, so it’s a fair trade.

Just looking for excuses to not obey the law? Criminal is a criminal whether it is carjacking or driving recklessly.

Maryland drivers gonna drive like Maryland drivers.

Racist DC folks gonna be racist. The worst drivers in the city right now consistently have VA plates.

Are you okay? It’s not racist to say that Maryland drivers are bad. They are fking terrible drivers. Baltimore Parkway and 295 are filled with just speeding, no turn signal using idiots. Sorry you’re so neurotic and hyper vigilant.

You now going to pretend that “Maryland driver” isn’t a racist dogwhistle. You should stop being so racist and get a life.

There may be a racist aspect to it, but it seems there is something about living in Maryland that makes everyone a worse driver. Even people who move from VA/DC to Maryland note their driving becomes more "Marylandy" over time. Seems to apply to MoCo, PG, southern MD, Frederick, anywhere else within commuting distance. You have to get pretty far away from the urban areas of the state to find chill drivers again.