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When I lived in the burbs, police would actively pull people over that they saw on their cellphones. Or not using a turn signal. Or running lights/stop signs/ Or speeding.

In addition, police would be in nondescript vehicles that you wouldn't notice as police to help catch people.

Of course, DC does zero for traffic enforcement in any respect. Enforcing laws on the books means basic traffic enforcement, not speed/stop/red light cameras, then we do nothing for people who rack up years of tickets.

DC driving culture is the way it is because there is literally zero enforcement and people know it. They know they can run lights, stops, speed, and nothing will happen to them ever. This is especially true for people who live in MD and VA. If you live there, but park in a parking garage for work, it is actually true that you can drive like a nutcase every single day and you know that nothing will ever, ever happen to you, you can accumulate tickets and DC wouldn't even be able to boot your car in a garage. [/quote]

Automated enforcement is enforcement.

The problem is that Maryland and Virginia drivers can escape the automated enforcement - although DC drivers can too. DC should boot all their cars.[/quote]

MD and VA drivers commit the vast majority of offenses. They can do this without repercussion. They can renew their registration, driver's license, without issue. DC essentially has no enforcement for the majority of offenders.

Boot eligible cars as of Nov 2021. Note that at this time, DC only had 6 people booting and it would have taken them [b]25 years[/b] to boot all of these cars if they can even find them. DC has expanded the boot team recently due to public outcry.

DC = 43,868
VA = 167,937
MD = 335,908

If a DC/MD driver comes into the city for work and only parks in a garage (their private work garage), DC cannot boot their car at all. Only if the DC boot team happens to come across the car on a public street/area.
I suppose they more could be done if DC MPD actually ran their plates and pulled them over while driving. But we know DC MPD does not pull people over for traffic enforcement whatsoever.

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