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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll answer your question OP. Reciprocity goes both ways so no, you don't have to pay the MD ticket if it's from a camera. VA and MD drivers refuse to pay millions of DC camera tickets a year, a source of revenue Charles Allen was hoping MD and VA would give in. You're essentially a sucker if you pay an out of state camera tickets despite what these DCUM moralists claim.[/quote]

So the only reason laws matter is if you (a) get caught breaking them and (b) have to pay a penalty or serve jail time for it? There's no inherent reason to follow the law otherwise?

I don't believe the fact that Maryland drivers ignore D.C.'s laws and shrug off the consequences of it gives me, a D.C. resident, license to do the same in Maryland. You're welcome to decide otherwise, I guess, but if we all take this narrowly consequentialist view of laws and the common good, it's a pretty bleak outlook for the notion of society.[/quote]

Thanks for telling us your beliefs. VA and MD have laws that limit camera violations so do not give reciprocity to DC's high camera violation fees. VA and MD could absolutely give reciprocity but they are worried about constituent backlash from both the people with outstanding tickets as well as those who are strongly against high fines from camera tickets.

If DC wants these fines paid then they should fund their enforcement staff and use leverage to get MD and VA to comply. Otherwise everyone just participates in the overall scofflaw attitude in DC so I don't judge anyone who doesn't bother paying these tickets.[/quote]

D.C. doesn't care if you pay your tickets to Maryland or Virginia. And I don't really see what you want them to do as far as "using leverage" to get Maryland and Virginia to make their drivers pay D.C. tickets. What leverage do they have, exactly?

I still think the idea that you should only pay attention to laws if you can face meaningful consequences for violating them is kind of troubling, and considering the relatively small percentage of any crimes where arrests/convictions result, I suspect you don't want everyone applying this logic to all of their behavior, either.[/quote]

I'm pretty sure crime in DC has nothing to do with MD/VA commuters throwing their DC tickets in the trash. While I don't pay my DC tickets, I make damn sure I pay the ones I get in PG since our cops will actually pull you over and they still put criminals in jail.[/quote]

Not street crime but for sure a lot of the reckless, dangerous and aggressive drivers in DC have MD and VA plates and are a menace to DC streets.[/quote]

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