DC traffic cameras issued 3.3 MILLION tickets last year

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Anonymous wrote:A circular tautology in other words.

+1. Saying that speed is a factor is like saying that driver error was a factor. Tells us absolutely nothing about what actually caused the accident.

Huh? If excess speed was a factor, it was a cause of the accident / fatality (there may have been other contributing causes also). No excess speed, no accident / no fatality. I'm not sure why this is so hard to grasp.

Your logic skills are poor. That's like saying the driver owning a car was the cause of the accident, since there couldn't have been an accident if the driver never had the car in the first place.

I’m not sure what you’re trying to argue here. It’s clear to the vast majority of people with at least a room temperature IQ that, while all instances of speeding does not result in fatal crashes, speeding significantly increases the probability of being involved in a fatal crash. Do you wish to identify yourself as someone who does not belong to that group of people?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I love it.

The cameras are mostly in poor areas, and tickets are disproportionately paid by black drivers. You love a blatantly racist policy?

Fatalities are mostly in poor areas and the people who die are disproportionately minorities. Is ticketing the drivers most likely to kill minorities in traffic accidents "blatantly racist" or is not ticketing such drivers "blatantly racist"? Which one is it? I'll wait.

Funny how few traffic cameras are in majority white neighborhoods. I guess you just know what's best for black people, right?

The traffic cameras don't record fatalities. That's an independent statistic, unless you believe traffic cameras create fatalities.

When you have cameras at intersections with zero history of being accident prone that are nevertheless issuing tens of thousands of dollars worth of tickets every single day of the year, you know this has nothing to do with safety.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A circular tautology in other words.

+1. Saying that speed is a factor is like saying that driver error was a factor. Tells us absolutely nothing about what actually caused the accident.

Huh? If excess speed was a factor, it was a cause of the accident / fatality (there may have been other contributing causes also). No excess speed, no accident / no fatality. I'm not sure why this is so hard to grasp.

Your logic skills are poor. That's like saying the driver owning a car was the cause of the accident, since there couldn't have been an accident if the driver never had the car in the first place.

I’m not sure what you’re trying to argue here. It’s clear to the vast majority of people with at least a room temperature IQ that, while all instances of speeding does not result in fatal crashes, speeding significantly increases the probability of being involved in a fatal crash. Do you wish to identify yourself as someone who does not belong to that group of people?

Sounds like you've conceded the point.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I love it.

The cameras are mostly in poor areas, and tickets are disproportionately paid by black drivers. You love a blatantly racist policy?

Fatalities are mostly in poor areas and the people who die are disproportionately minorities. Is ticketing the drivers most likely to kill minorities in traffic accidents "blatantly racist" or is not ticketing such drivers "blatantly racist"? Which one is it? I'll wait.

Funny how few traffic cameras are in majority white neighborhoods. I guess you just know what's best for black people, right?

Studies overwhelming show that cameras reduce traffic fatalities. Moreover, cameras provide a means of traffic enforcement that avoids the need for traffic stops, which can be deadly for police officers, drivers, and passengers.

Accepting the overwhelming evidence, should DC not place cameras in those locations where traffic fatalities are the highest?

Should the city just avoid these high crash areas and accept the high rate of fatalities there to ensure compliance with your warped notion of racial justice that argues that DC should avoid giving out too many speeding tickets in areas that are disproportionately black but not do anything to reduce the number of black people who suffer injuries and fatalities in traffic crashes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love it.

The cameras are mostly in poor areas, and tickets are disproportionately paid by black drivers. You love a blatantly racist policy?

Fatalities are mostly in poor areas and the people who die are disproportionately minorities. Is ticketing the drivers most likely to kill minorities in traffic accidents "blatantly racist" or is not ticketing such drivers "blatantly racist"? Which one is it? I'll wait.

Funny how few traffic cameras are in majority white neighborhoods. I guess you just know what's best for black people, right?

The traffic cameras don't record fatalities. That's an independent statistic, unless you believe traffic cameras create fatalities.

When you have cameras at intersections with zero history of being accident prone that are nevertheless issuing tens of thousands of dollars worth of tickets every single day of the year, you know this has nothing to do with safety.

I too enjoy making general claims with no examples or other supporting evidence to back them up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looks like Kenyan McDuffie wants to make the explosion in traffic camera tickets an issue in the mayoral race.

"We also don’t want to continue to prey on folks with traffic tickets and enforcement in ways that communities have been plagued by increasing costs. We know that there are folks in this city simply trying to figure out ways to get to work favorably, simply trying to figure out ways to make money, to take care of themselves and their families, and we want to lighten that load for them."

https://wtop.com/dc/2026/01/kenyan-mcduffie-announces-run-for-mayor-tells-wtop-why-hes-entering-the-race/

About a year and a half ago, a DC-licensed driver of a vehicle that had accumulated literally thousands of dollars in speeding tickets hit an elderly pedestrian as she walked across a crosswalk in my neighborhood.

The driver struck the elderly pedestrian with enough force to throw her about a hundred feet down the road, despite it being a 25mph zone.

Despite having thousands of dollars in unpaid fines, the driver had been able to re-register her vehicle, renew her license, and generally go about her business without any fear of suffering any consequences for her unpaid speeding tickets.

In just the past month, an MPD officer - Terry Bennett - and another pedestrian - Aaron Marckell Williams - were killed by drivers with extensive records of speeding tickets and another infractions.

For the complete lack of consequences enjoyed by sociopathic drivers in DC, we have council members like Kenyon McDuffie to thank.

But Kenyon Duffie is worried that folks are being preyed on by “traffic tickets and enforcement”.

Patricia Bollinger. Officer Terry Bennett. Aaron Marckell Williams. Mohamed Kamara. Jonathan Cabrera Mendez. Olvin Torres Velasquez.

All died at the hands of drivers that Kenyon McDuffie feels are being preyed upon on by “traffic tickets and enforcement”.

I can’t wait to ask him exactly what enforcement these drivers faced before they killed an elderly DC resident, a 26 year-old pedestrian from Southeast, an MPD officer who graduated from Ballou High School and Bucknell University, and three rideshare passengers. If anyone else has any insights, please feel free to share.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Looks like Kenyan McDuffie wants to make the explosion in traffic camera tickets an issue in the mayoral race.

"We also don’t want to continue to prey on folks with traffic tickets and enforcement in ways that communities have been plagued by increasing costs. We know that there are folks in this city simply trying to figure out ways to get to work favorably, simply trying to figure out ways to make money, to take care of themselves and their families, and we want to lighten that load for them."

https://wtop.com/dc/2026/01/kenyan-mcduffie-announces-run-for-mayor-tells-wtop-why-hes-entering-the-race/

About a year and a half ago, a DC-licensed driver of a vehicle that had accumulated literally thousands of dollars in speeding tickets hit an elderly pedestrian as she walked across a crosswalk in my neighborhood.

The driver struck the elderly pedestrian with enough force to throw her about a hundred feet down the road, despite it being a 25mph zone.

Despite having thousands of dollars in unpaid fines, the driver had been able to re-register her vehicle, renew her license, and generally go about her business without any fear of suffering any consequences for her unpaid speeding tickets.

In just the past month, an MPD officer - Terry Bennett - and another pedestrian - Aaron Marckell Williams - were killed by drivers with extensive records of speeding tickets and another infractions.

For the complete lack of consequences enjoyed by sociopathic drivers in DC, we have council members like Kenyon McDuffie to thank.

But Kenyon Duffie is worried that folks are being preyed on by “traffic tickets and enforcement”.

Patricia Bollinger. Officer Terry Bennett. Aaron Marckell Williams. Mohamed Kamara. Jonathan Cabrera Mendez. Olvin Torres Velasquez.

All died at the hands of drivers that Kenyon McDuffie feels are being preyed upon on by “traffic tickets and enforcement”.

I can’t wait to ask him exactly what enforcement these drivers faced before they killed an elderly DC resident, a 26 year-old pedestrian from Southeast, an MPD officer who graduated from Ballou High School and Bucknell University, and three rideshare passengers. If anyone else has any insights, please feel free to share.

cameras are useless, except for the profits they generate for the camera companies.

[Anonymous]

The city has increased the number of traffic tickets it issues each year by 10X and yet the number of traffic deaths in this city is statistically unchanged from 20 years ago. Hard to see how one thing has affected the other. The main purpose seems to be generating revenue for the government.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looks like Kenyan McDuffie wants to make the explosion in traffic camera tickets an issue in the mayoral race.

"We also don’t want to continue to prey on folks with traffic tickets and enforcement in ways that communities have been plagued by increasing costs. We know that there are folks in this city simply trying to figure out ways to get to work favorably, simply trying to figure out ways to make money, to take care of themselves and their families, and we want to lighten that load for them."

https://wtop.com/dc/2026/01/kenyan-mcduffie-announces-run-for-mayor-tells-wtop-why-hes-entering-the-race/

He's got my vote.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The city has increased the number of traffic tickets it issues each year by 10X and yet the number of traffic deaths in this city is statistically unchanged from 20 years ago. Hard to see how one thing has affected the other. The main purpose seems to be generating revenue for the government.

Cameras make the typical DC faux-liberal feel like they’re hitting all the right talking points.

“pesky cars!” *shakes fist at cloud*

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like Kenyan McDuffie wants to make the explosion in traffic camera tickets an issue in the mayoral race.

"We also don’t want to continue to prey on folks with traffic tickets and enforcement in ways that communities have been plagued by increasing costs. We know that there are folks in this city simply trying to figure out ways to get to work favorably, simply trying to figure out ways to make money, to take care of themselves and their families, and we want to lighten that load for them."

https://wtop.com/dc/2026/01/kenyan-mcduffie-announces-run-for-mayor-tells-wtop-why-hes-entering-the-race/

About a year and a half ago, a DC-licensed driver of a vehicle that had accumulated literally thousands of dollars in speeding tickets hit an elderly pedestrian as she walked across a crosswalk in my neighborhood.

The driver struck the elderly pedestrian with enough force to throw her about a hundred feet down the road, despite it being a 25mph zone.

Despite having thousands of dollars in unpaid fines, the driver had been able to re-register her vehicle, renew her license, and generally go about her business without any fear of suffering any consequences for her unpaid speeding tickets.

In just the past month, an MPD officer - Terry Bennett - and another pedestrian - Aaron Marckell Williams - were killed by drivers with extensive records of speeding tickets and another infractions.

For the complete lack of consequences enjoyed by sociopathic drivers in DC, we have council members like Kenyon McDuffie to thank.

But Kenyon Duffie is worried that folks are being preyed on by “traffic tickets and enforcement”.

Patricia Bollinger. Officer Terry Bennett. Aaron Marckell Williams. Mohamed Kamara. Jonathan Cabrera Mendez. Olvin Torres Velasquez.

All died at the hands of drivers that Kenyon McDuffie feels are being preyed upon on by “traffic tickets and enforcement”.

I can’t wait to ask him exactly what enforcement these drivers faced before they killed an elderly DC resident, a 26 year-old pedestrian from Southeast, an MPD officer who graduated from Ballou High School and Bucknell University, and three rideshare passengers. If anyone else has any insights, please feel free to share.

cameras are useless, except for the profits they generate for the camera companies.

Dozens of rigorous studies say otherwise, but why bother with them when we’ve got your vibes to go on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like Kenyan McDuffie wants to make the explosion in traffic camera tickets an issue in the mayoral race.

"We also don’t want to continue to prey on folks with traffic tickets and enforcement in ways that communities have been plagued by increasing costs. We know that there are folks in this city simply trying to figure out ways to get to work favorably, simply trying to figure out ways to make money, to take care of themselves and their families, and we want to lighten that load for them."

https://wtop.com/dc/2026/01/kenyan-mcduffie-announces-run-for-mayor-tells-wtop-why-hes-entering-the-race/

About a year and a half ago, a DC-licensed driver of a vehicle that had accumulated literally thousands of dollars in speeding tickets hit an elderly pedestrian as she walked across a crosswalk in my neighborhood.

The driver struck the elderly pedestrian with enough force to throw her about a hundred feet down the road, despite it being a 25mph zone.

Despite having thousands of dollars in unpaid fines, the driver had been able to re-register her vehicle, renew her license, and generally go about her business without any fear of suffering any consequences for her unpaid speeding tickets.

In just the past month, an MPD officer - Terry Bennett - and another pedestrian - Aaron Marckell Williams - were killed by drivers with extensive records of speeding tickets and another infractions.

For the complete lack of consequences enjoyed by sociopathic drivers in DC, we have council members like Kenyon McDuffie to thank.

But Kenyon Duffie is worried that folks are being preyed on by “traffic tickets and enforcement”.

Patricia Bollinger. Officer Terry Bennett. Aaron Marckell Williams. Mohamed Kamara. Jonathan Cabrera Mendez. Olvin Torres Velasquez.

All died at the hands of drivers that Kenyon McDuffie feels are being preyed upon on by “traffic tickets and enforcement”.

I can’t wait to ask him exactly what enforcement these drivers faced before they killed an elderly DC resident, a 26 year-old pedestrian from Southeast, an MPD officer who graduated from Ballou High School and Bucknell University, and three rideshare passengers. If anyone else has any insights, please feel free to share.

cameras are useless, except for the profits they generate for the camera companies.

Dozens of rigorous studies say otherwise, but why bother with them when we’ve got your vibes to go on.

Look at the evidence right in front of you. Over the past decade, DC increased ticketing by ten fold. We now issue more tickets per capita than probably anywhere else in the entire world. We issue so many tickets that AAA now warns drivers about DC (AAA calls the ticketing in DC "predatory"). And what happened? Traffic deaths did not decline.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like Kenyan McDuffie wants to make the explosion in traffic camera tickets an issue in the mayoral race.

"We also don’t want to continue to prey on folks with traffic tickets and enforcement in ways that communities have been plagued by increasing costs. We know that there are folks in this city simply trying to figure out ways to get to work favorably, simply trying to figure out ways to make money, to take care of themselves and their families, and we want to lighten that load for them."

https://wtop.com/dc/2026/01/kenyan-mcduffie-announces-run-for-mayor-tells-wtop-why-hes-entering-the-race/

He's got my vote.

What do you think Patricia Bollinger, Officer Terry Bennett, Aaron Marckell Williams, Mohamed Kamara, Jonathan Cabrera Mendez, and Olvin Torres Velasquez would think about a candidate who believes that the drivers who killed them - all of whom had accumulated thousands of dollars in unpaid camera fines - were being “preyed upon”?

Do you think they would vote for such a candidate?

Of course, their lives means nothing to you. All that matters is your sociopathic need to drive at reckless speeds around DC neighborhoods without having to bother setting up your navigation device to alert you to the very few locations where camera tickets are located and the inconvenience of ignoring the request to pay the resulting fines when they arrive in the mail.

How disgusting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like Kenyan McDuffie wants to make the explosion in traffic camera tickets an issue in the mayoral race.

"We also don’t want to continue to prey on folks with traffic tickets and enforcement in ways that communities have been plagued by increasing costs. We know that there are folks in this city simply trying to figure out ways to get to work favorably, simply trying to figure out ways to make money, to take care of themselves and their families, and we want to lighten that load for them."

https://wtop.com/dc/2026/01/kenyan-mcduffie-announces-run-for-mayor-tells-wtop-why-hes-entering-the-race/

About a year and a half ago, a DC-licensed driver of a vehicle that had accumulated literally thousands of dollars in speeding tickets hit an elderly pedestrian as she walked across a crosswalk in my neighborhood.

The driver struck the elderly pedestrian with enough force to throw her about a hundred feet down the road, despite it being a 25mph zone.

Despite having thousands of dollars in unpaid fines, the driver had been able to re-register her vehicle, renew her license, and generally go about her business without any fear of suffering any consequences for her unpaid speeding tickets.

In just the past month, an MPD officer - Terry Bennett - and another pedestrian - Aaron Marckell Williams - were killed by drivers with extensive records of speeding tickets and another infractions.

For the complete lack of consequences enjoyed by sociopathic drivers in DC, we have council members like Kenyon McDuffie to thank.

But Kenyon Duffie is worried that folks are being preyed on by “traffic tickets and enforcement”.

Patricia Bollinger. Officer Terry Bennett. Aaron Marckell Williams. Mohamed Kamara. Jonathan Cabrera Mendez. Olvin Torres Velasquez.

All died at the hands of drivers that Kenyon McDuffie feels are being preyed upon on by “traffic tickets and enforcement”.

I can’t wait to ask him exactly what enforcement these drivers faced before they killed an elderly DC resident, a 26 year-old pedestrian from Southeast, an MPD officer who graduated from Ballou High School and Bucknell University, and three rideshare passengers. If anyone else has any insights, please feel free to share.

cameras are useless, except for the profits they generate for the camera companies.

Dozens of rigorous studies say otherwise, but why bother with them when we’ve got your vibes to go on.

Look at the evidence right in front of you. Over the past decade, DC increased ticketing by ten fold. We now issue more tickets per capita than probably anywhere else in the entire world. We issue so many tickets that AAA now warns drivers about DC (AAA calls the ticketing in DC "predatory"). And what happened? Traffic deaths did not decline.

It’s very sad that you have never learned the difference between correlation and causation. Until you better educate yourself on these concepts and about the existence of studies that use various statistical techniques to infer causation, I’d advise against voicing any further opinions about the effectiveness of public policy interventions lest others hold you in lesser esteem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like Kenyan McDuffie wants to make the explosion in traffic camera tickets an issue in the mayoral race.

"We also don’t want to continue to prey on folks with traffic tickets and enforcement in ways that communities have been plagued by increasing costs. We know that there are folks in this city simply trying to figure out ways to get to work favorably, simply trying to figure out ways to make money, to take care of themselves and their families, and we want to lighten that load for them."

https://wtop.com/dc/2026/01/kenyan-mcduffie-announces-run-for-mayor-tells-wtop-why-hes-entering-the-race/

About a year and a half ago, a DC-licensed driver of a vehicle that had accumulated literally thousands of dollars in speeding tickets hit an elderly pedestrian as she walked across a crosswalk in my neighborhood.

The driver struck the elderly pedestrian with enough force to throw her about a hundred feet down the road, despite it being a 25mph zone.

Despite having thousands of dollars in unpaid fines, the driver had been able to re-register her vehicle, renew her license, and generally go about her business without any fear of suffering any consequences for her unpaid speeding tickets.

In just the past month, an MPD officer - Terry Bennett - and another pedestrian - Aaron Marckell Williams - were killed by drivers with extensive records of speeding tickets and another infractions.

For the complete lack of consequences enjoyed by sociopathic drivers in DC, we have council members like Kenyon McDuffie to thank.

But Kenyon Duffie is worried that folks are being preyed on by “traffic tickets and enforcement”.

Patricia Bollinger. Officer Terry Bennett. Aaron Marckell Williams. Mohamed Kamara. Jonathan Cabrera Mendez. Olvin Torres Velasquez.

All died at the hands of drivers that Kenyon McDuffie feels are being preyed upon on by “traffic tickets and enforcement”.

I can’t wait to ask him exactly what enforcement these drivers faced before they killed an elderly DC resident, a 26 year-old pedestrian from Southeast, an MPD officer who graduated from Ballou High School and Bucknell University, and three rideshare passengers. If anyone else has any insights, please feel free to share.

cameras are useless, except for the profits they generate for the camera companies.

Dozens of rigorous studies say otherwise, but why bother with them when we’ve got your vibes to go on.

Look at the evidence right in front of you. Over the past decade, DC increased ticketing by ten fold. We now issue more tickets per capita than probably anywhere else in the entire world. We issue so many tickets that AAA now warns drivers about DC (AAA calls the ticketing in DC "predatory"). And what happened? Traffic deaths did not decline.

It’s very sad that you have never learned the difference between correlation and causation. Until you better educate yourself on these concepts and about the existence of studies that use various statistical techniques to infer causation, I’d advise against voicing any further opinions about the effectiveness of public policy interventions lest others hold you in lesser esteem.

You sound like an idiot.