Proposal to Stop Enforcing Speeding Tickets

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Anonymous wrote:They need to
a.) enforce
b.) refuse to renew registrations AND licenses
c.) get VA and MD to enforce given a huge percentage of traffic and violators aren't even from DC

Good luck with that.

DC's next AG should file suit against MD and VA to get them to pay plus damages and expenses for the past 20 years of traffic fatalities caused by out-of-state drivers from MD and VA if those states won't go after their violators. How can we make that happen?

I imagine MD and VA cited for accidents and fatalities have paid as outlined in law. They have not paid for camera tickets which are purely revenue generation. MD and VA are not responsible for helping DC balance their budget. Raise income taxes on residents instead of looking beyond your borders.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They need to
a.) enforce
b.) refuse to renew registrations AND licenses
c.) get VA and MD to enforce given a huge percentage of traffic and violators aren't even from DC

Good luck with that.

DC's next AG should file suit against MD and VA to get them to pay plus damages and expenses for the past 20 years of traffic fatalities caused by out-of-state drivers from MD and VA if those states won't go after their violators. How can we make that happen?

I imagine MD and VA cited for accidents and fatalities have paid as outlined in law. They have not paid for camera tickets which are purely revenue generation. MD and VA are not responsible for helping DC balance their budget. Raise income taxes on residents instead of looking beyond your borders.

It's also a safety issue. I see tons of you MD/VA nutcases driving through residential DC neighborhoods at excessive and unsafe speeds. We aren't responsible for your bad behavior and your poor choices with regard to your commute.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They need to
a.) enforce
b.) refuse to renew registrations AND licenses
c.) get VA and MD to enforce given a huge percentage of traffic and violators aren't even from DC

This. This is ridiculous. There is so much dangerous driving in DC.

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Anonymous wrote:This is great news. The state shouldn't be able to take away the ability of hard working people to get to their jobs. This is another nail in the coffin of generational poverty for BIPOC.

Gotta love the idea that BIPOC can’t possibly just drive safely or follow the law. Casual racism displays itself in many ways.

This. Years ago, I was offered a ride by immigrant Hispanic neighbors I knew from our kids' school. I was young and stupid and not strictly inclined to use my seatbelt, but they politely asked me to belt up so they wouldn't get stopped by MPD (or wouldn't be found to have violated any rules if they were stopped for some other reason). They were right about safety but also right to insist on basic precautions to avoid citations they couldn't afford. I don't understand why this can't be a basic expectation for everyone. People who can't moderate their speed shouldn't drive, and should expect consequences if they do.

And yet it’s been empirically proven that cameras are placed disproportionately in predominantly Black communities.
https://www.thenewspaper.com/rlc/docs/2018/dc-policycenter.pdf

I’m confused. Is your argument that speed cameras are causing black people to speed? It’s very simple, don’t speed, and you won’t get a ticket. The speed camera being present doesn’t change that.

Then why don't they put them in predominantly White neighborhoods?

There are plenty of cameras in predominantly white neighborhoods. They are put in areas where there is rampant speeding or other traffic safety issues. Traffic fatalities are much higher in areas EOTR. It would be racist for the city to not try to do something about that.

What's your source? More made up BS pulled from the crack of your arse.

Here’s the source, ya tosser: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/a2f1cca5159e4c6eae197895d2e08336

DP but what is this link supposed to demonstrate exactly?

It’s the DC crash data. It shows that fatal accidents are much higher EOTR than in the rest of the city.

Okay. But what does that have to do with why there are not more cameras in white areas of the city?

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Anonymous wrote:This is great news. The state shouldn't be able to take away the ability of hard working people to get to their jobs. This is another nail in the coffin of generational poverty for BIPOC.

Gotta love the idea that BIPOC can’t possibly just drive safely or follow the law. Casual racism displays itself in many ways.

This. Years ago, I was offered a ride by immigrant Hispanic neighbors I knew from our kids' school. I was young and stupid and not strictly inclined to use my seatbelt, but they politely asked me to belt up so they wouldn't get stopped by MPD (or wouldn't be found to have violated any rules if they were stopped for some other reason). They were right about safety but also right to insist on basic precautions to avoid citations they couldn't afford. I don't understand why this can't be a basic expectation for everyone. People who can't moderate their speed shouldn't drive, and should expect consequences if they do.

And yet it’s been empirically proven that cameras are placed disproportionately in predominantly Black communities.
https://www.thenewspaper.com/rlc/docs/2018/dc-policycenter.pdf

I’m confused. Is your argument that speed cameras are causing black people to speed? It’s very simple, don’t speed, and you won’t get a ticket. The speed camera being present doesn’t change that.

Then why don't they put them in predominantly White neighborhoods?

There are plenty of cameras in predominantly white neighborhoods. They are put in areas where there is rampant speeding or other traffic safety issues. Traffic fatalities are much higher in areas EOTR. It would be racist for the city to not try to do something about that.

What's your source? More made up BS pulled from the crack of your arse.

Here’s the source, ya tosser: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/a2f1cca5159e4c6eae197895d2e08336

DP but what is this link supposed to demonstrate exactly?

It’s the DC crash data. It shows that fatal accidents are much higher EOTR than in the rest of the city.

Okay. But what does that have to do with why there are not more cameras in white areas of the city?

Ask Bowser. A number of neighborhoods have asked for more speed cameras. There should be cameras in every school zone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They need to
a.) enforce
b.) refuse to renew registrations AND licenses
c.) get VA and MD to enforce given a huge percentage of traffic and violators aren't even from DC

Good luck with that.

DC's next AG should file suit against MD and VA to get them to pay plus damages and expenses for the past 20 years of traffic fatalities caused by out-of-state drivers from MD and VA if those states won't go after their violators. How can we make that happen?

I imagine MD and VA cited for accidents and fatalities have paid as outlined in law. They have not paid for camera tickets which are purely revenue generation. MD and VA are not responsible for helping DC balance their budget. Raise income taxes on residents instead of looking beyond your borders.

It's also a safety issue. I see tons of you MD/VA nutcases driving through residential DC neighborhoods at excessive and unsafe speeds. We aren't responsible for your bad behavior and your poor choices with regard to your commute.

It’s not just MD and VA drivers. A lot of DC drivers speed. Cops have said that excessive speeding is up since DC decriminalized marijuana use, so that’s contributed to the problem also.

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Anonymous wrote:This is great news. The state shouldn't be able to take away the ability of hard working people to get to their jobs. This is another nail in the coffin of generational poverty for BIPOC.

Gotta love the idea that BIPOC can’t possibly just drive safely or follow the law. Casual racism displays itself in many ways.

This. Years ago, I was offered a ride by immigrant Hispanic neighbors I knew from our kids' school. I was young and stupid and not strictly inclined to use my seatbelt, but they politely asked me to belt up so they wouldn't get stopped by MPD (or wouldn't be found to have violated any rules if they were stopped for some other reason). They were right about safety but also right to insist on basic precautions to avoid citations they couldn't afford. I don't understand why this can't be a basic expectation for everyone. People who can't moderate their speed shouldn't drive, and should expect consequences if they do.

And yet it’s been empirically proven that cameras are placed disproportionately in predominantly Black communities.
https://www.thenewspaper.com/rlc/docs/2018/dc-policycenter.pdf

I’m confused. Is your argument that speed cameras are causing black people to speed? It’s very simple, don’t speed, and you won’t get a ticket. The speed camera being present doesn’t change that.

Then why don't they put them in predominantly White neighborhoods?

There are plenty of cameras in predominantly white neighborhoods. They are put in areas where there is rampant speeding or other traffic safety issues. Traffic fatalities are much higher in areas EOTR. It would be racist for the city to not try to do something about that.

What's your source? More made up BS pulled from the crack of your arse.

Here’s the source, ya tosser: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/a2f1cca5159e4c6eae197895d2e08336

DP but what is this link supposed to demonstrate exactly?

It’s the DC crash data. It shows that fatal accidents are much higher EOTR than in the rest of the city.

Okay. But what does that have to do with why there are not more cameras in white areas of the city?

Ask Bowser. A number of neighborhoods have asked for more speed cameras. There should be cameras in every school zone.

NP but I guess if there is no consequence for not paying the ticket based on this bill what’s the point of more cameras?

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Anonymous wrote:This is great news. The state shouldn't be able to take away the ability of hard working people to get to their jobs. This is another nail in the coffin of generational poverty for BIPOC.

Gotta love the idea that BIPOC can’t possibly just drive safely or follow the law. Casual racism displays itself in many ways.

This. Years ago, I was offered a ride by immigrant Hispanic neighbors I knew from our kids' school. I was young and stupid and not strictly inclined to use my seatbelt, but they politely asked me to belt up so they wouldn't get stopped by MPD (or wouldn't be found to have violated any rules if they were stopped for some other reason). They were right about safety but also right to insist on basic precautions to avoid citations they couldn't afford. I don't understand why this can't be a basic expectation for everyone. People who can't moderate their speed shouldn't drive, and should expect consequences if they do.

And yet it’s been empirically proven that cameras are placed disproportionately in predominantly Black communities.
https://www.thenewspaper.com/rlc/docs/2018/dc-policycenter.pdf

I’m confused. Is your argument that speed cameras are causing black people to speed? It’s very simple, don’t speed, and you won’t get a ticket. The speed camera being present doesn’t change that.

Then why don't they put them in predominantly White neighborhoods?

There are plenty of cameras in predominantly white neighborhoods. They are put in areas where there is rampant speeding or other traffic safety issues. Traffic fatalities are much higher in areas EOTR. It would be racist for the city to not try to do something about that.

What's your source? More made up BS pulled from the crack of your arse.

Here’s the source, ya tosser: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/a2f1cca5159e4c6eae197895d2e08336

DP but what is this link supposed to demonstrate exactly?

It’s the DC crash data. It shows that fatal accidents are much higher EOTR than in the rest of the city.

Okay. But what does that have to do with why there are not more cameras in white areas of the city?

Uh, the city puts the cameras where the fatal accidents are to try to reduce the number of people being killed at those locations. More people are being killed in black neighborhoods and so, to try to stop people from being killed in those neighborhoods, that’s where the cameras go. Would you prefer that the city ignore people being killed?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They need to
a.) enforce
b.) refuse to renew registrations AND licenses
c.) get VA and MD to enforce given a huge percentage of traffic and violators aren't even from DC

Good luck with that.

DC's next AG should file suit against MD and VA to get them to pay plus damages and expenses for the past 20 years of traffic fatalities caused by out-of-state drivers from MD and VA if those states won't go after their violators. How can we make that happen?

I imagine MD and VA cited for accidents and fatalities have paid as outlined in law. They have not paid for camera tickets which are purely revenue generation. MD and VA are not responsible for helping DC balance their budget. Raise income taxes on residents instead of looking beyond your borders.

It's also a safety issue. I see tons of you MD/VA nutcases driving through residential DC neighborhoods at excessive and unsafe speeds. We aren't responsible for your bad behavior and your poor choices with regard to your commute.

It’s not just MD and VA drivers. A lot of DC drivers speed. Cops have said that excessive speeding is up since DC decriminalized marijuana use, so that’s contributed to the problem also.

Yeah right. Stoners don't speed, they go down the road at 2mph. Drunks speed.
Also, during peak traffic hours in my neighborhood I see an overwhelming majority of MD and VA plates, like 70% MD, 25% VA, 5% DC and out-of-state. So stop it with the "it's DC drivers too" - I and most of my neighbors walk/bike/take mass transit and aren't even commuting in our cars. It's MD and VA causing most of the traffic problems.

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Anonymous wrote:This is great news. The state shouldn't be able to take away the ability of hard working people to get to their jobs. This is another nail in the coffin of generational poverty for BIPOC.

Gotta love the idea that BIPOC can’t possibly just drive safely or follow the law. Casual racism displays itself in many ways.

This. Years ago, I was offered a ride by immigrant Hispanic neighbors I knew from our kids' school. I was young and stupid and not strictly inclined to use my seatbelt, but they politely asked me to belt up so they wouldn't get stopped by MPD (or wouldn't be found to have violated any rules if they were stopped for some other reason). They were right about safety but also right to insist on basic precautions to avoid citations they couldn't afford. I don't understand why this can't be a basic expectation for everyone. People who can't moderate their speed shouldn't drive, and should expect consequences if they do.

And yet it’s been empirically proven that cameras are placed disproportionately in predominantly Black communities.
https://www.thenewspaper.com/rlc/docs/2018/dc-policycenter.pdf

I’m confused. Is your argument that speed cameras are causing black people to speed? It’s very simple, don’t speed, and you won’t get a ticket. The speed camera being present doesn’t change that.

Then why don't they put them in predominantly White neighborhoods?

There are plenty of cameras in predominantly white neighborhoods. They are put in areas where there is rampant speeding or other traffic safety issues. Traffic fatalities are much higher in areas EOTR. It would be racist for the city to not try to do something about that.

What's your source? More made up BS pulled from the crack of your arse.

Here’s the source, ya tosser: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/a2f1cca5159e4c6eae197895d2e08336

DP but what is this link supposed to demonstrate exactly?

It’s the DC crash data. It shows that fatal accidents are much higher EOTR than in the rest of the city.

Okay. But what does that have to do with why there are not more cameras in white areas of the city?

Uh, the city puts the cameras where the fatal accidents are to try to reduce the number of people being killed at those locations. More people are being killed in black neighborhoods and so, to try to stop people from being killed in those neighborhoods, that’s where the cameras go. Would you prefer that the city ignore people being killed?

If you even question this issue, or fee it might be beneficial viewing it from multiple lenses rather than solely through the disparate impact lens in the context of who gets tickets, then you are a racist.

From a public safety perspective, keeping speeders in their cars, with no incentive to stop them from speeding, makes no sense, but then again, we are in a post truth era where facts don’t matter, and doing “whatever it takes” to undo wrongs of the past is the sole imperative. The is is an idiotic policy. Completely idiotic. Allowing people with tons of speeding violations to keep driving without tangible consequence will both lower the cities coffers, must more importantly cause more accidents. Thanks woke council. It’s great you can throw common sense out the window to achieve your objectives.

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Ah, the soft bigotry of low expectations. You love to see it. Equity in action.

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Is trying to defend this policy cognitively exhausting for anyone?

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Anonymous wrote:This is great news. The state shouldn't be able to take away the ability of hard working people to get to their jobs. This is another nail in the coffin of generational poverty for BIPOC.

Gotta love the idea that BIPOC can’t possibly just drive safely or follow the law. Casual racism displays itself in many ways.

This. Years ago, I was offered a ride by immigrant Hispanic neighbors I knew from our kids' school. I was young and stupid and not strictly inclined to use my seatbelt, but they politely asked me to belt up so they wouldn't get stopped by MPD (or wouldn't be found to have violated any rules if they were stopped for some other reason). They were right about safety but also right to insist on basic precautions to avoid citations they couldn't afford. I don't understand why this can't be a basic expectation for everyone. People who can't moderate their speed shouldn't drive, and should expect consequences if they do.

And yet it’s been empirically proven that cameras are placed disproportionately in predominantly Black communities.
https://www.thenewspaper.com/rlc/docs/2018/dc-policycenter.pdf

I’m confused. Is your argument that speed cameras are causing black people to speed? It’s very simple, don’t speed, and you won’t get a ticket. The speed camera being present doesn’t change that.

Then why don't they put them in predominantly White neighborhoods?

There are plenty of cameras in predominantly white neighborhoods. They are put in areas where there is rampant speeding or other traffic safety issues. Traffic fatalities are much higher in areas EOTR. It would be racist for the city to not try to do something about that.

What's your source? More made up BS pulled from the crack of your arse.

Here’s the source, ya tosser: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/a2f1cca5159e4c6eae197895d2e08336

DP but what is this link supposed to demonstrate exactly?

It’s the DC crash data. It shows that fatal accidents are much higher EOTR than in the rest of the city.

Okay. But what does that have to do with why there are not more cameras in white areas of the city?

Uh, the city puts the cameras where the fatal accidents are to try to reduce the number of people being killed at those locations. More people are being killed in black neighborhoods and so, to try to stop people from being killed in those neighborhoods, that’s where the cameras go. Would you prefer that the city ignore people being killed?

I would think the city should put it in places where people speed to prevent fatal accidents from happening. I see post after post here from presumably people who live in mostly white areas complaining about MD and VA speeders in their neighborhoods. Don’t you want that behavior curtailed so that they don’t kill someone? I guess not.

Let’s take this in for a second. There is not a single speed camera on Connecticut Ave, not Wisconsin Ave, nor McArthur Blvd, nor New Mexico Ave, nor Foxhall.

There is one, and only one, camera on the entirety of Mass Ave in Ward 3 and only one on Reno Rd, which is new. There used to be one on Reno that was removed years ago.

I don’t want you to hear a single complaint from people about speeding in any Ward 3 neighborhood, ever.

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Anonymous wrote:This is great news. The state shouldn't be able to take away the ability of hard working people to get to their jobs. This is another nail in the coffin of generational poverty for BIPOC.

Gotta love the idea that BIPOC can’t possibly just drive safely or follow the law. Casual racism displays itself in many ways.

This. Years ago, I was offered a ride by immigrant Hispanic neighbors I knew from our kids' school. I was young and stupid and not strictly inclined to use my seatbelt, but they politely asked me to belt up so they wouldn't get stopped by MPD (or wouldn't be found to have violated any rules if they were stopped for some other reason). They were right about safety but also right to insist on basic precautions to avoid citations they couldn't afford. I don't understand why this can't be a basic expectation for everyone. People who can't moderate their speed shouldn't drive, and should expect consequences if they do.

And yet it’s been empirically proven that cameras are placed disproportionately in predominantly Black communities.
https://www.thenewspaper.com/rlc/docs/2018/dc-policycenter.pdf

I’m confused. Is your argument that speed cameras are causing black people to speed? It’s very simple, don’t speed, and you won’t get a ticket. The speed camera being present doesn’t change that.

Then why don't they put them in predominantly White neighborhoods?

There are plenty of cameras in predominantly white neighborhoods. They are put in areas where there is rampant speeding or other traffic safety issues. Traffic fatalities are much higher in areas EOTR. It would be racist for the city to not try to do something about that.

What's your source? More made up BS pulled from the crack of your arse.

Here’s the source, ya tosser: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/a2f1cca5159e4c6eae197895d2e08336

DP but what is this link supposed to demonstrate exactly?

It’s the DC crash data. It shows that fatal accidents are much higher EOTR than in the rest of the city.

Okay. But what does that have to do with why there are not more cameras in white areas of the city?

Uh, the city puts the cameras where the fatal accidents are to try to reduce the number of people being killed at those locations. More people are being killed in black neighborhoods and so, to try to stop people from being killed in those neighborhoods, that’s where the cameras go. Would you prefer that the city ignore people being killed?

I would think the city should put it in places where people speed to prevent fatal accidents from happening. I see post after post here from presumably people who live in mostly white areas complaining about MD and VA speeders in their neighborhoods. Don’t you want that behavior curtailed so that they don’t kill someone? I guess not.

Let’s take this in for a second. There is not a single speed camera on Connecticut Ave, not Wisconsin Ave, nor McArthur Blvd, nor New Mexico Ave, nor Foxhall.

There is one, and only one, camera on the entirety of Mass Ave in Ward 3 and only one on Reno Rd, which is new. There used to be one on Reno that was removed years ago.

I don’t want you to hear a single complaint from people about speeding in any Ward 3 neighborhood, ever.

Okay, sure.

What about the subject of this thread?

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Anonymous wrote:This is great news. The state shouldn't be able to take away the ability of hard working people to get to their jobs. This is another nail in the coffin of generational poverty for BIPOC.

Gotta love the idea that BIPOC can’t possibly just drive safely or follow the law. Casual racism displays itself in many ways.

This. Years ago, I was offered a ride by immigrant Hispanic neighbors I knew from our kids' school. I was young and stupid and not strictly inclined to use my seatbelt, but they politely asked me to belt up so they wouldn't get stopped by MPD (or wouldn't be found to have violated any rules if they were stopped for some other reason). They were right about safety but also right to insist on basic precautions to avoid citations they couldn't afford. I don't understand why this can't be a basic expectation for everyone. People who can't moderate their speed shouldn't drive, and should expect consequences if they do.

And yet it’s been empirically proven that cameras are placed disproportionately in predominantly Black communities.
https://www.thenewspaper.com/rlc/docs/2018/dc-policycenter.pdf

I’m confused. Is your argument that speed cameras are causing black people to speed? It’s very simple, don’t speed, and you won’t get a ticket. The speed camera being present doesn’t change that.

Then why don't they put them in predominantly White neighborhoods?

There are plenty of cameras in predominantly white neighborhoods. They are put in areas where there is rampant speeding or other traffic safety issues. Traffic fatalities are much higher in areas EOTR. It would be racist for the city to not try to do something about that.

What's your source? More made up BS pulled from the crack of your arse.

Here’s the source, ya tosser: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/a2f1cca5159e4c6eae197895d2e08336

DP but what is this link supposed to demonstrate exactly?

It’s the DC crash data. It shows that fatal accidents are much higher EOTR than in the rest of the city.

Okay. But what does that have to do with why there are not more cameras in white areas of the city?

Uh, the city puts the cameras where the fatal accidents are to try to reduce the number of people being killed at those locations. More people are being killed in black neighborhoods and so, to try to stop people from being killed in those neighborhoods, that’s where the cameras go. Would you prefer that the city ignore people being killed?

I would think the city should put it in places where people speed to prevent fatal accidents from happening. I see post after post here from presumably people who live in mostly white areas complaining about MD and VA speeders in their neighborhoods. Don’t you want that behavior curtailed so that they don’t kill someone? I guess not.

Let’s take this in for a second. There is not a single speed camera on Connecticut Ave, not Wisconsin Ave, nor McArthur Blvd, nor New Mexico Ave, nor Foxhall.

There is one, and only one, camera on the entirety of Mass Ave in Ward 3 and only one on Reno Rd, which is new. There used to be one on Reno that was removed years ago.

I don’t want you to hear a single complaint from people about speeding in any Ward 3 neighborhood, ever.

Okay, sure.

What about the subject of this thread?

The decision by the council reflects the obvious truth camera placement is inequitable. Instead of making this change though, they should just add more and more and more cameras to Wards 1, 2 and 3 to make it more equitable. Residents in those neighborhoods obviously don’t want that so this is the only solution.