Would you challenge 2 speeding tickets (camera) in DC, that are 3 minutes apart?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It took several DC tickets to get it into our family's thick heads that DC is strict with speed limits, stop signs, red lights, etc. As they should be! We'd gotten sloppy, living in Montgomery County, where speeding, or squeaking by on a very red orange light is all in a day's work. Now I realize that I'm a better driver in MD, just because I've learned to be careful in DC. All good!

Instead of contesting these, I'd try to emulate careful DC driving everywhere you drive, and try to persuade your son of the same.

The thing is, this "strictness," has nothing to do with safetly but on generating revenue--and not so much for the city to pass on services to the residents, but more so for Bowser's cronies. It's a massive grift. Set limits low so you can fine more.

One person in this thread already said that she drives more safely in both DC and MD after getting a series of tickets in DC

I’m not that person but I used to regularly go 50-60 in a 35 on Jones Bridge between Wisconsin and Connecticut. The speed cameras aren’t there all the time but I never go more than 40 along there now. They definitely change behavior.

[Anonymous]

Yes you should just pay them.
But as a DC resident, I'm so annoyed that the "go to" speed limit is 20 miles per hour & no turn on red is the unenforced rule... it's freaking ridiculous outside of high traffic areas.