DC speed camera contesting a ticket

[Anonymous]

Can you contest a ticket if the speed limit is posted after you pass the camera. This is the new one on Dc 295 near exit 1.

[Anonymous]

No. There is literally NOTHING you can do to contest these tickets.

They won’t even let you bring printed photos in as evidence to support your defense. I tried.

It’s a complete scam. So just do what I do: slow down everywhere, and vandalize the cameras whenever you get an opportunity to do so.

[Anonymous]

sounds reasonable.

[Anonymous]

It's probably more hassle to contest than to pay.

But one thing would be to ask to see how the machine has been calibrated and basically make them prove it was working within the reasonable limits. Especially if you were charged with going like 11 miles over. If you were blazing by at 25 mph over the limit, I'd just pay it and be glad you didn't get a reckless.

[Anonymous]

NP here. I got a ticket on the Anacostia freeway near Benning road. There is a service road to the right where the speed limit is 25. The speed limit on Annacostia Freeway is 50. The camera got me going 53 and my ticket says the posted speed limit is 25. But that sign showing 25 is for the service road. I was on 295 which is clearly shown in the picture of my car I got with the ticket. Any chance I can fight this? It's a $200 ticket!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here. I got a ticket on the Anacostia freeway near Benning road. There is a service road to the right where the speed limit is 25. The speed limit on Annacostia Freeway is 50. The camera got me going 53 and my ticket says the posted speed limit is 25. But that sign showing 25 is for the service road. I was on 295 which is clearly shown in the picture of my car I got with the ticket. Any chance I can fight this? It's a $200 ticket!

Send a letter contesting it. Include a copy of the photo showing you're on 295 - I think the tickets are automatically generated and not reviewed by a real person before being sent out.

[Anonymous]

that would annoy me, but I'd pay it.

I got a ticket once when I was coming back from the beach, driving on route 50. Normally the traffic is so bad that you're lucky to go 20 as you get near the city. But for some reason that day, traffic was light. I was pregnant and had been caught in some traffic earlier, and had to go to the bathroom, so I wasn't really thinking about my speed. (something like 10 miles over the limit.)