Reply to Top traffic cameras bring in $1 million PER WEEK

Forum Index » Metropolitan DC Local Politics

Reply to "Top traffic cameras bring in $1 million PER WEEK"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m middle class, I drive the SL so I don’t pay this stupidity tax.  And enforcing speed limits IS about safety.

Drive the SL OP.[/quote]
The problem is that speed cameras don't enforce speed limits, [b]especially if you are a VA or MD driver. [/b]On the contrary, speed bumps actually enforce speed limits.[/quote]

What a great argument for speed-camera reciprocity.

-Maryland resident[/quote]

There is reciprocity between DC, MD, and VA, but only for tickets issued by police officers. The law doesn't allow reciprocity for speed cameras tickets.[/quote]

Maryland and Virginia could enter into reciprocal agreements with DC, and should do so.

https://lims.dccouncil.gov/downloads/LIMS/47968/Introduction/RC24-0078-Introduction.pdf[/quote]

Virginia And Maryland Rebuffed D.C.’s Request To Force Drivers To Pay Traffic Camera Tickets

https://dcist.com/story/21/10/08/virginia-and-maryland-rebuff-dc-request-to-force-drivers-to-pay-traffic-camera-tickets/#

Tickets written by police are subject to reciprocity under the Non-Resident Violators Compact, in which 44 states (including Maryland, Virginia, and D.C.) participate. [b]But the automated ticket cameras are not included under those agreements.[/b][/quote]

Right. That needs to change.[/quote]

It should change, but it will never change. That change would be a political harakiri for MD and VA politicians. "The District has hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of outstanding fines at stake, which could prove challenging for neighboring politicians who don’t want to appear to be doing the District’s bidding, city officials said."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2021/12/28/dc-virginia-maryland-ticket-reciprocity/[/quote]

It should change, and it can change. There's already reciprocity for non-automated citations. I'm sure Maryland and Virginia elected officials want DC drivers in Maryland and Virginia to have to pay their automated citations. So there you go: reciprocity.[/quote]

It won't change. It was already tried and rejected.

[b]"Virginia And Maryland Rebuffed D.C.’s Request To Force Drivers To Pay Traffic Camera Tickets"[/b]

https://dcist.com/story/21/10/08/virginia-and...fic-camera-tickets/#[/quote]

You might have noticed that Maryland has a different governor now.[/quote]

If you have bothered to read the article you should have noticed that that it was a legislature decision controlled by Democrats in 2021.[/quote]

So? There was an election in 2022.[/quote]

Yes, tow years ago. Democrat majority and still not reciprocity.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics