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We received 2 letters in the mail today.

Both were for speeding tickets on the same day, but only 3 minutes apart.  Each ticket was for $100, for a total of $200.

Both were for going 11-15 MPH over the speed limit [b]late in the evening.[/b]  (Going 36 MPH in a 25 MPH zone.)

(These were from my college-age son.  He is a good driver and a responsible person.)

I'll ask him to pay.  But does it seem aggressive of DC to issue 2 fines within 3 minutes of each other?[/quote]

Two things:
1) Evening is a particularly terrible time to speed
2) Your son is not a good driver, nor is he a responsible person.  You cannot be responsible if you are not aware of other people, cars, etc.  Please teach him that being responsible includes being aware that there are other people (such as pedestrians and bikers) around when he drives and that he needs to be aware of the speed limit, his surroundings, crosswalks, etc.  He may think that it is safe to drive 36 in a 25 but it isn't.

I live near 16th street, where the speed limit was recently reduced to 25MPH - which seems to not have remotely stopped people from going well above that, not stopping for pedestrians in crosswalks, running red lights etc.  Just because the road gives you the ability to go 36 does not make it safe.  [/quote]

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