Unpaid Tickets from Non-DC Drivers

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Anonymous wrote:OP's post is inaccurate -- it's three tickets totaling $760:

One for 11-15 over the speed limit
One for 16-20 over the speed limit
One stop sign violation

Even if there was an effort to impound vehicles or take away licenses, this person would never be a priority.

It's not inaccurate. She said it's nearly a thousand dollars of tickets related to moving violations. $760 is nearly a thousand dollars and those are all moving violations.

I agree with this poster. The tickets themselves were probably less than 150 each. There’s a total of 3.
The rest are fines for non payment.

Per the reddit poster who found them and posted a pic, they are:

11/29/2025 - Speeding 11-15 Over Limit - $200

10/25/2025 - Running Stop Sign - $200

07/24/2025 - Speeding 16-20 Over Limit - $360

Virginia isn't going to lock up someone for that. You might need to retake the written exam. It's super easy to pass. I think you need a 85%.

Why does everyone think we want people locked up? Even OP has said she doesn't want to see people sent to jail for this.

And the driver isn't from Virginia. They're Maryland plates. Not sure why everyone keeps citing Virginia.

Because you don't need a license to drive. Even if you are caught driving without a license, it's just another fine you aren't going to pay.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP's post is inaccurate -- it's three tickets totaling $760:

One for 11-15 over the speed limit
One for 16-20 over the speed limit
One stop sign violation

Even if there was an effort to impound vehicles or take away licenses, this person would never be a priority.

It's not inaccurate. She said it's nearly a thousand dollars of tickets related to moving violations. $760 is nearly a thousand dollars and those are all moving violations.

I agree with this poster. The tickets themselves were probably less than 150 each. There’s a total of 3.
The rest are fines for non payment.

Per the reddit poster who found them and posted a pic, they are:

11/29/2025 - Speeding 11-15 Over Limit - $200

10/25/2025 - Running Stop Sign - $200

07/24/2025 - Speeding 16-20 Over Limit - $360

Virginia isn't going to lock up someone for that. You might need to retake the written exam. It's super easy to pass. I think you need a 85%.

Why does everyone think we want people locked up? Even OP has said she doesn't want to see people sent to jail for this.

And the driver isn't from Virginia. They're Maryland plates. Not sure why everyone keeps citing Virginia.

Probably because two-thirds of the drivers with the most outstanding tickets in DC are from Virginia, so we need to get Virginia drivers under control.

Keep in mind a fair number of the Virginia tags were likely owned by people who live in Maryland. The post ran a story about that the other day.

Sorry, I don't buy it. It actually works the opposite way, where VA drivers often try to dodge the car tax by registering their cars in MD.

No, this is a whole thing: https://www.wbaltv.com/article/virginia-license-plates-maryland-vehicle-owners-register-out-of-state/64813279

[Anonymous]

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I don't expect them to lock people up.

I do. Dangerous drivers deserve to be locked up.

[Anonymous]

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Why does everyone think we want people locked up? Even OP has said she doesn't want to see people sent to jail for this.

I do! I want dangerous drivers locked up. Stuff like a bus in a business in a dense neighborhood is what happens when you cater to the worst people in the metro area, incorrigible drivers who feel it is their god given right to drive as dangerously as possible on city streets with as little accountability necessary.

Dangerous drivers deserve to be locked up. Period.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are lots of incidents where people crash into buildings, and I think many of them turn out to be driver error -- mainly stepping on the gas instead of the brakes in a parking lot. This is why vision zero is dumb; you're never going to get down to zero pedestrian fatalities because drivers in this area are awful and make mistakes that have nothing to do with speed or road design. I think many incidents can probably be traced to cell phone use, but no one wants to bother enforcing laws against cell phone use, particularly in parking lots.

But that's the whole point of vision zero, idiot---to redesign the roads and reduce the chances, and severity, of the should-be rare calamity like this. Instead of allowing wide city roads that allow predatory drivers like this guy driving way too fast on dense city streets and putting a bus into a restaurant.

Stuff like this happens way to often and it's because people like you make excuses for dangerous drivers. Wake up already.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are lots of incidents where people crash into buildings, and I think many of them turn out to be driver error -- mainly stepping on the gas instead of the brakes in a parking lot. This is why vision zero is dumb; you're never going to get down to zero pedestrian fatalities because drivers in this area are awful and make mistakes that have nothing to do with speed or road design. I think many incidents can probably be traced to cell phone use, but no one wants to bother enforcing laws against cell phone use, particularly in parking lots.

But that's the whole point of vision zero, idiot---to redesign the roads and reduce the chances, and severity, of the should-be rare calamity like this. Instead of allowing wide city roads that allow predatory drivers like this guy driving way too fast on dense city streets and putting a bus into a restaurant.

Stuff like this happens way to often and it's because people like you make excuses for dangerous drivers. Wake up already.

Hey Karen, the streets here are actually pretty safe. Accidents are extremely rare. That's why you see bicyclists on them with children. It's true that shit happens in the big city. People get mugged too. Maybe you should move if you're not ok with that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you guys also go through court records in search of people who've been arrested 40 times? And then worry that maybe you'll be their next victim? Like, maybe tomorrow they'll show up at your house and rob you?

+1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are lots of incidents where people crash into buildings, and I think many of them turn out to be driver error -- mainly stepping on the gas instead of the brakes in a parking lot. This is why vision zero is dumb; you're never going to get down to zero pedestrian fatalities because drivers in this area are awful and make mistakes that have nothing to do with speed or road design. I think many incidents can probably be traced to cell phone use, but no one wants to bother enforcing laws against cell phone use, particularly in parking lots.

But that's the whole point of vision zero, idiot---to redesign the roads and reduce the chances, and severity, of the should-be rare calamity like this. Instead of allowing wide city roads that allow predatory drivers like this guy driving way too fast on dense city streets and putting a bus into a restaurant.

Stuff like this happens way to often and it's because people like you make excuses for dangerous drivers. Wake up already.

When is the city going to do something about all these buses driving into restaurants? It's out of control!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are lots of incidents where people crash into buildings, and I think many of them turn out to be driver error -- mainly stepping on the gas instead of the brakes in a parking lot. This is why vision zero is dumb; you're never going to get down to zero pedestrian fatalities because drivers in this area are awful and make mistakes that have nothing to do with speed or road design. I think many incidents can probably be traced to cell phone use, but no one wants to bother enforcing laws against cell phone use, particularly in parking lots.

But that's the whole point of vision zero, idiot---to redesign the roads and reduce the chances, and severity, of the should-be rare calamity like this. Instead of allowing wide city roads that allow predatory drivers like this guy driving way too fast on dense city streets and putting a bus into a restaurant.

Stuff like this happens way to often and it's because people like you make excuses for dangerous drivers. Wake up already.

Hey Karen, the streets here are actually pretty safe. Accidents are extremely rare. That's why you see bicyclists on them with children. It's true that shit happens in the big city. People get mugged too. Maybe you should move if you're not ok with that.

Are you a psy op to make DC liberals look deranged or something? We should be ok with getting mugged because we live in a city?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are lots of incidents where people crash into buildings, and I think many of them turn out to be driver error -- mainly stepping on the gas instead of the brakes in a parking lot. This is why vision zero is dumb; you're never going to get down to zero pedestrian fatalities because drivers in this area are awful and make mistakes that have nothing to do with speed or road design. I think many incidents can probably be traced to cell phone use, but no one wants to bother enforcing laws against cell phone use, particularly in parking lots.

But that's the whole point of vision zero, idiot---to redesign the roads and reduce the chances, and severity, of the should-be rare calamity like this. Instead of allowing wide city roads that allow predatory drivers like this guy driving way too fast on dense city streets and putting a bus into a restaurant.

Stuff like this happens way to often and it's because people like you make excuses for dangerous drivers. Wake up already.

When is the city going to do something about all these buses driving into restaurants? It's out of control!

No one thinks buses driving into restaurants is an epidemic, idiot. But this particular bus drove into a restaurant because it waas hit by a speeding car, which had multiple tickets for speeding. And yes, bad drivers coming into DC from VA and MD is a problem.

[Anonymous]

I live in VA and received a speeding ticket taken via camera in DC. My payment was in the mail the next day. Don’t be so dramatic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in VA and received a speeding ticket taken via camera in DC. My payment was in the mail the next day. Don’t be so dramatic.

Again, this thread is not about you. We are not talking about drivers who get one-off driving tickets and pay them. We are talking about habitual offenders whose tickets are not actually being enforced by the city. Don't take everything so personally.

[Anonymous]

In the spirit, of vision zero, I think we should erect concrete walls around all stores and restaurants in DC. The walls can have concrete doors so that people will still be able to get into the businesses. We gotta get to zero deaths and injuries no matter what it takes!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP's post is inaccurate -- it's three tickets totaling $760:

One for 11-15 over the speed limit
One for 16-20 over the speed limit
One stop sign violation

Even if there was an effort to impound vehicles or take away licenses, this person would never be a priority.

It's not inaccurate. She said it's nearly a thousand dollars of tickets related to moving violations. $760 is nearly a thousand dollars and those are all moving violations.

I agree with this poster. The tickets themselves were probably less than 150 each. There’s a total of 3.
The rest are fines for non payment.

Per the reddit poster who found them and posted a pic, they are:

11/29/2025 - Speeding 11-15 Over Limit - $200

10/25/2025 - Running Stop Sign - $200

07/24/2025 - Speeding 16-20 Over Limit - $360

Virginia isn't going to lock up someone for that. You might need to retake the written exam. It's super easy to pass. I think you need a 85%.

Why does everyone think we want people locked up? Even OP has said she doesn't want to see people sent to jail for this.

And the driver isn't from Virginia. They're Maryland plates. Not sure why everyone keeps citing Virginia.

Probably because two-thirds of the drivers with the most outstanding tickets in DC are from Virginia, so we need to get Virginia drivers under control.

Keep in mind a fair number of the Virginia tags were likely owned by people who live in Maryland. The post ran a story about that the other day.

Sorry, I don't buy it. It actually works the opposite way, where VA drivers often try to dodge the car tax by registering their cars in MD.

No, this is a whole thing: https://www.wbaltv.com/article/virginia-license-plates-maryland-vehicle-owners-register-out-of-state/64813279

Interesting. Well I can tell you that Virginia definitely has a department devoted to catching people trying to dodge the car tax by not registering in VA. Had a friend who moved here and took his time registering his car and got some sort of notice that was based on cameras routinely catching him driving in VA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP's post is inaccurate -- it's three tickets totaling $760:

One for 11-15 over the speed limit
One for 16-20 over the speed limit
One stop sign violation

Even if there was an effort to impound vehicles or take away licenses, this person would never be a priority.

It's not inaccurate. She said it's nearly a thousand dollars of tickets related to moving violations. $760 is nearly a thousand dollars and those are all moving violations.

I agree with this poster. The tickets themselves were probably less than 150 each. There’s a total of 3.
The rest are fines for non payment.

Per the reddit poster who found them and posted a pic, they are:

11/29/2025 - Speeding 11-15 Over Limit - $200

10/25/2025 - Running Stop Sign - $200

07/24/2025 - Speeding 16-20 Over Limit - $360

Virginia isn't going to lock up someone for that. You might need to retake the written exam. It's super easy to pass. I think you need a 85%.

Why does everyone think we want people locked up? Even OP has said she doesn't want to see people sent to jail for this.

And the driver isn't from Virginia. They're Maryland plates. Not sure why everyone keeps citing Virginia.

Probably because two-thirds of the drivers with the most outstanding tickets in DC are from Virginia, so we need to get Virginia drivers under control.

Keep in mind a fair number of the Virginia tags were likely owned by people who live in Maryland. The post ran a story about that the other day.

Sorry, I don't buy it. It actually works the opposite way, where VA drivers often try to dodge the car tax by registering their cars in MD.

No, this is a whole thing: https://www.wbaltv.com/article/virginia-license-plates-maryland-vehicle-owners-register-out-of-state/64813279

Interesting. Well I can tell you that Virginia definitely has a department devoted to catching people trying to dodge the car tax by not registering in VA. Had a friend who moved here and took his time registering his car and got some sort of notice that was based on cameras routinely catching him driving in VA.

Liar. The camera system in Fairfax County is only used to locate missing old people and stolen cars.

https://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2024/11/2-years-later-license-plate-readers-are-helping-fairfax-co-police-solve-hundreds-of-cases/