Do I have to pay a MD camera ticket if I have a DC plate?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you want it to go to collections and mess up your credit?

Ah Ha! Ha!
Good one!

[Anonymous]

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Your greed is blinding some of you.

I am a MD resident and would absolutely pay a DC fine.
Just because you've heard of some people not paying their fines, doesn't mean you should do the same.
Two wrongs don't make a right.

You might choose not to pay the fine, but if you say "it's because the others aren't paying theirs", you also accept that you have lost all moral high ground.

I can't believe some of you people. Shame on you.

It's not a few people, there are millions of unpaid DC camera tickets a year. Do you cut a check for every advertisement or invoice you get in the mail?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Your greed is blinding some of you.

I am a MD resident and would absolutely pay a DC fine.
Just because you've heard of some people not paying their fines, doesn't mean you should do the same.
Two wrongs don't make a right.

You might choose not to pay the fine, but if you say "it's because the others aren't paying theirs", you also accept that you have lost all moral high ground.

I can't believe some of you people. Shame on you.

It's not a few people, there are millions of unpaid DC camera tickets a year. Do you cut a check for every advertisement or invoice you get in the mail?

There's a big difference between an advertisement and an invoice, isn't there? Are you asking whether people pay their invoices?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Your greed is blinding some of you.

I am a MD resident and would absolutely pay a DC fine.
Just because you've heard of some people not paying their fines, doesn't mean you should do the same.
Two wrongs don't make a right.

You might choose not to pay the fine, but if you say "it's because the others aren't paying theirs", you also accept that you have lost all moral high ground.

I can't believe some of you people. Shame on you.

It's not a few people, there are millions of unpaid DC camera tickets a year. Do you cut a check for every advertisement or invoice you get in the mail?

Yes, if someone sends me an invoice for work I had done, I pay it. Which is the equivalent of the speeding camera in your analogy. If someone sends me an advertisement, no, I don't pay that, but that's ... not what happens when a government sends you a photo of your car going faster than the speed limit, is it?

[Anonymous]

I don’t mind paying for contractually agreed-upon work. But paying somebody a civil penalty, which is all unconstitutional, and there is no enforcement mechanism they can go stuff it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:? I always my tickets, regardless of the state. It's called being a decent human.

Do what's right, OP.

Oh please. Thinking this is about right and wrong is as silly as OP thinking anyone anywhere will care about her protest.

DP. I mean, OP shouldn't have exceeded the speed limit in the first place. In Maryland, you only get a citation if you were going 12 mph or more over the speed limit. That's speeding by a lot, which is dangerous. Not driving dangerously is part of being a decent human being, in my opinion.

Given that OP was driving dangerously, and received a ticket for it, the responsible thing is for OP to pay the ticket (and be grateful that nothing worse happened).

Has it changed? It used to be 11 mph over the limit earned you a ticket…except the cameras weren’t always calibrated correctly and sometimes people got tickets without going that much over the limit.

And they love putting cameras at the bottom of hills and in poor neighborhoods.

And they love reducing the speed limit down to 25 on a four-lane highway and putting the camera right there to catch you where it changes and as you are slowing down…

They care about money and not safety.

If they cared about safety, they’d arrest all these carjackers and gunslingers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:? I always my tickets, regardless of the state. It's called being a decent human.

Do what's right, OP.

Oh please. Thinking this is about right and wrong is as silly as OP thinking anyone anywhere will care about her protest.

DP. I mean, OP shouldn't have exceeded the speed limit in the first place. In Maryland, you only get a citation if you were going 12 mph or more over the speed limit. That's speeding by a lot, which is dangerous. Not driving dangerously is part of being a decent human being, in my opinion.

Given that OP was driving dangerously, and received a ticket for it, the responsible thing is for OP to pay the ticket (and be grateful that nothing worse happened).

It was 41 in a 30 on a 4 lane road. Simmer down.

41 or 42 in a 30? Yes, that's driving dangerously. .

No, it’s probably not. Stop being so damn dramatic. It destroys your credibility and makes you look foolish for saying such things. Yes, 42 in a 30 is speeding - but it’s almost certainly not a dangerous speed under normal conditions.

50 in a 30 is probably dangerous under most conditions. And 60 is reckless. But 42? No. Just no.

[Anonymous]

I would pay if I could verifiably choose how the money is spent (like for public schools, mass transit, bike lane expansion, or assistance programs to historically disadvantaged groups). However, this is not possible (and the money probably goes to funding police or roads anyway) so I would definitely not pay.

[Anonymous]

Wow. I guess this is why our society feels sick these days. What ever happened to integrity and doing the right thing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would pay if I could verifiably choose how the money is spent (like for public schools, mass transit, bike lane expansion, or assistance programs to historically disadvantaged groups). However, this is not possible (and the money probably goes to funding police or roads anyway) so I would definitely not pay.

That's why I don't pay my taxes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow. I guess this is why our society feels sick these days. What ever happened to integrity and doing the right thing?

Why should DC residents pay Maryland tickets when there are millions in unpaid DC tickets by Maryland scofflaws and the Maryland government refuses to do anything about it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t mind paying for contractually agreed-upon work. But paying somebody a civil penalty, which is all unconstitutional, and there is no enforcement mechanism they can go stuff it.

Speeding contributes to nearly 1/3 (29%) of annual driving deaths. As for not paying your traffic violation tickets and claiming to have the constitution on your side, grow up.

[Anonymous]

In my case, in my opinion you shouldn't have to pay a camera ticket, in Washington DC. They are doing it for revenue (money), which is for money. Read 1 Timothy 6:10. Washington DC using camera tickets, to generate money, which is the root of evil.
Also, read the Sixth Amendment. This includes, the right to be present at trial( which is guaranteed by the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 43. How can ask a speed camera questions? And how can a speed camera be at trial? Also says a person, accused of a crime, has a right to confront a witness against him or her.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t mind paying for contractually agreed-upon work. But paying somebody a civil penalty, which is all unconstitutional, and there is no enforcement mechanism they can go stuff it.

Speeding contributes to nearly 1/3 (29%) of annual driving deaths. As for not paying your traffic violation tickets and claiming to have the constitution on your side, grow up.

There should be cameras to catch people playing with their cell phones, who are the far greater menace. I wonder how that 29% figure is even determined -- unless the car is totally stationary, speed will always be a factor, but it doesn't mean that it was the determining factor. The cameras actually cause really erratic behavior by drivers (people brake really hard out of nowhere as they approach the cameras), and make roads more dangerous as a result.

With all this said, I have never gotten a camera ticket, but would pay it if I did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In my case, in my opinion you shouldn't have to pay a camera ticket, in Washington DC. They are doing it for revenue (money), which is for money. Read 1 Timothy 6:10. Washington DC using camera tickets, to generate money, which is the root of evil.
Also, read the Sixth Amendment. This includes, the right to be present at trial( which is guaranteed by the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 43. How can ask a speed camera questions? And how can a speed camera be at trial? Also says a person, accused of a crime, has a right to confront a witness against him or her.

What a novel defense! A few people have been committed or murders based on videographic or photographic evidence. I wonder why they didn’t think of invoking the sixth amendment to get off scot free?