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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I live in Fairfax County and dread going into DC, and fear of getting a ticket is high up on the list of reasons why. I am very careful and have not gotten a traffic ticket in DC yet, but I am constantly in fear of inadvertently being stuck partially in an intersection in gridlock when the light changes, or turn incorrectly, or whatever.

It is obviously a way for the city to get money.

I do not need to go in any more for work, and definitely not for a restaurant, there are plenty where I live. But fear of tickets makes me want to go even less. I would feel differently if it were actual police monitoring and giving tickets.[/quote]

Interesting take. You will have a lot more than tickets to worry about if you speed in your home state: https://jalopnik.com/never-speed-in-virginia-lessons-from-my-three-days-in-1613604053

The Maryland suburbs have plenty of speed cameras. I incorrectly got a speeding ticket in PG county when some clown passed me at high speed and was clocked just as s/he passed me. The three pictures on the citation made it clear that it was the other vehicle, but the only option to contest it was to appear in person and so I reluctantly paid the ticket to avoid the hassle.

DC cameras will not ticket you should you get stuck in an intersection when the light changes, but proceeding across an intersection when you are not sure that you will be able to clear the intersection is rather crappy driving behavior and is the primary cause of gridlock.

I’ve managed to live in DC for decades without incurring any camera tickets. It’s really not that difficult.[/quote]

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