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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The reciprocity issue solely revolves around D.C's abusive use of traffic cameras.

*MD and VA require their residents to pay D.C. tickets issued by MPD officers.*   But MPD has all but ceased issuing traffic  tickets.

I don't blame MD and VA residents for tossing away their D.C. traffic camera fundraising tickets. [/quote]

For the last time, it's not about money. It's about stopping crazy reckless suburbanites from taking out their road rage on our narrow neighborhood streets. If you haven't checked the news, crazy iPhone-distracted speeders from VA and MD are literally killing DC children walking home from school.

Imagine if DC drivers came over to McLean to spin wheelies in your quiet cul-de-sacs. You'd be the first to scream there goes the neighborhood![/quote]

If those crazy reckless suburbanites had to pay the thousands of dollars of camera fines they owe before being allowed to renew their licenses and registrations, maybe they'd be less crazy and reckless. Right now they don't have to pay a cent, and it's emboldening them to be more crazy and reckless. So yes, it's about money.[/quote]

Right but I think the argument is that it isn't about the money for DC per se- the tickets are supposed to deter people from speeding or running red lights in a. dangerous manner.  The point is first and foremost to raise money- it is to make the streets safer for people who choose to walk, bike, etc in the city.  Unfortunately the type of person who is likely to speed through a residential neighborhood is not deterred just by getting a ticket that they don't have to pay- but as PP points out they might be deterred if they had to pay before renewing their license.  [/quote]

It’s 100% about money. How does receiving a ticket change past behavior? People can’t go back in time and slow down.

If you want people to drive slower, put up a big sign with an arrow pointing to the camera. Most people will see the sign and correct current behavior. [/quote]

- People can slow down the next time
-[b] If people know that there is a speed camera coming up, they can slow down before they get to it[/b]

Both of these make the streets safer for pedestrians.  [/quote]

Exactly. Sign them better and make it obvious. DC is relying on people driving slower next time, assuming the person ticketed even remembers.

Also, don’t most neighborhood studies show it’s the locals speeding on residential streets? VA and Md plates are probably caught speeding more on highways like 295/395 where pedestrians shouldn’t be regardless of the speed limit.

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Or they will just do one of the many things you can do to make your license plate unreadable to traffic cameras. [/quote]

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