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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Heres a tip for you DC residents.  Invest in some flex seal or expandable foam, and go to town on these cameras.  Or find a way to convince the kids to  focus their vandalization on these cameras.[/quote]

DC resident here. Completely agree about the first part.  Everyone should make their cars camera ticket-proof.

I’ve lived here for decades now (meaning, TONS of driving both pre- and post-camera installation). I believe I’ve had about 5 tickets in 20 years. I started playing hardball when I saw that the *location* of most (not all) cameras had everything to do with raking in “Gotcha!” revenue and zero to do with safety.

A typical example is the recent camera sited at the BOTTOM of the long hill on Military Rd near 28th,  to maximize odds of drivers doing a  >26 mph but not at the location where it would address an actual safety issue. One block away, at the top of that hill ...The  high-volume intersection near St. Johns HS that sees a hundred of teen pedestrians daily?  Squishy humans crossing the street and boarding buses?  Nope, no camera there to encourage slower speeds.   Drivers can, and routinely do, go 45 there

You see this all over DC at the bottom of hills.  Porter, K st, SE-SW freeway, SD ave.  Safety isn’t the criterion, getting my money is. I’ve figured out a subversive way to keep my money from the District [b]while ALSO being a safe, respectful driver[/b]. Eff them

I know people who live along that stretch of Military and a few blocks off of it and they are quite happy with the placement of those cameras.

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Um, these cameras are at the bottom of hills because people tend to speed up going down hill.  There are also crosswalks at most of the places that you mention (I am not familiar with the SE-SW freeway so maybe not there).  But there is one on Military that has bad sightlines already because of the large trees; drivers speeding down the hills have trouble stopping for pedestrians trying to lawfully cross.  [/quote]

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