Speed Camera on Canal Road

[Anonymous]

dc is 25 unless otherwise posted

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Where is it on Canal?

I don't think I can stand paying more than $1000 to DC in camera speeding tickets this year and it is getting close.

And yet you reject the idea of simply driving with appropriate care at an appropriate speed?

I actually watch my speed quite carefully, I am one of thosee annoying drivers that slows down when rock creek parkway goes by the Kennedy Center and the speed limit drops to 25 mph (not sure what the safety reason is for that btw. I generally drive around 30 on commuter roads, slower on residential streets. My most recent "speeding" ticket was $125 for going 36 mph on Missouri, I did not realize the speed limit dropped when you cross Georgia Ave. Oh yes, and I received a $150 ticket when making a legal right turn on red when my front bumper crossed the line (completely empty street, sidewalk and crosswalk) when I stopped before turning.

If you really have close to $1k in tickets year, you are not as careful or as good of a driver as you think you are. Seriously, that's not normal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They get DC drivers, too.

Probably, but most of the drivers who speed through the city are suburbanites acting out of utter contempt.

Is it your impression that people in DC are not in much of a hurry? Or that they are inherently more law abiding? Or more civic-minded? OMG after reading the Snowpocalypse threads, it's Lord of the Flies out there.

It is indeed my impression that DC drivers are much more inclined to respect pedestrians, although we may be in a hurry. We're also less likely to be driving on these roads in fringe areas that suburbanites confuse with highways.

The people in their local neighborhood, maybe. The ones actually commuting are doing what everyone else does. Suburbanites know what a real highway looks like BTW.

Not what I see when assholes from MD and VA challenge me at crosswalks.

[Anonymous]

There are an equal number of bad drivers in DC, Md and Va. Don't complain about getting caught doing it. Slower speeds mean safer streets anywhere you are. Look it up and slow down.