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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Shout out to the Save Our System Campaign for their efforts to decriminalize fare evasion.[/quote]

More like Save Our Local Criminal Element.

The broken window rule is that if police don't sweat the small stuff, the public feels powerless in the face of lawlessness and criminals feel more empowered to commit more serious crimes.[/quote]

What the proposed legislation would do is make fare jumping the equivalent of a parking ticket, a speeding ticket or a red light ticket.  From a resource allocation standpoint, I am not sure I see the problem. Are people saying that fare jumping is more "criminal" than speeding or running a red light? [/quote]

I don't drive but I'm assuming that with enough tickets you are not allowed on the road. Would it be so with fare jumpers?  how many tickets before you are banned?[/quote]

Parking and red light camera tickets differ from other citations in that they are issued to the owner of the vehicle, regardless of who is driving the vehicle at the time of the violation. For this reason, they do not carry points, and you can't get your license suspended for that.  DC is trying to make fare evasion the equivalent of a parking ticket or a red light camera ticket. Why should jumping a turnstile be punished so much more harshly with a criminal penalty than running a red light, which just earns a fine?  You can do far more harm to others running a red light .[/quote]

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