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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One thing the traffic camera advocates fail to realize is that they actually lead to more erratic driving. There are some people who now exaggerate their stops at every stop sign because they haven't familiarized themselves with the camera locations, so I've seen people illegally go around others at stop signs. Same issue with speed cameras: some people now go slowly everywhere which makes many drivers change lanes more aggressively to get around them. I am not surprised that the cameras are having the opposite effect than what was intended. [/quote]

I may be wrong, but it’s possible that you might realize how completely daft your ideas are if you read them aloud before posting.

You are arguing that automated enforcement causes some drivers to obey law and the obedience to these law of these drivers cause other drivers to engage in unsafe and aggressive driving behavior.

I don’t think I could formulate a more ridiculous argument if I tried.

I can only assume that you not only have you never driven in DC, you’ve most likely never driven anywhere else either.

Those of us who have done both observe maniacal driving everywhere in the DC area, whether in sight of cameras or not, but also observe that almost all drivers obey the law in jurisdictions where that law is actually enforced.

The solution to our problem is very simple and that is for MPD - and surrounding departments - to start writing traffic tickets again.[/quote]

MPD literally is not allowed to do this in a volume that would affect anything. They have been told by the Council that they are to reduce their physical interactions with people and cannot chase dangerous drivers. Instead, DC is trying to speed-camera its way out of the problem, which already is a proven failure because DC residents can continue driving despite thousands of dollars in tickets -- this is entirely, 100 percent on the DC Council -- and out-of-state drivers can safely throw their speed-camera tickets in the trash with only the slightest chance of repercussion.

The other issue is that DC relies on people paying their speed-camera tickets to an alarming degree, budget-wise. They're counting on that money to balance the books. This is dismal policy, and if Trump actually follows through with his threats to take control of DC, I will bet all my money that the speed cameras will be the first thing he targets. [/quote]

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