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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've heard DC is ineffective at going after out-of-state drivers with their speed cameras and red light cameras.  It's kind of mind boggling that there are often times where here in SW DC 98% of the cars I see driving like idiots or choking Maine Ave with congestion are VA and MD plates.

If it's true that DC isn't going after these out-of-state drivers then that needs to be fixed immediately.[/quote]

This is 100% correct. There is no ticket reciprocity between jurisdictions. So DC can't punish suburban drivers for dangerous driving by assigning points to their licenses or collecting on fines. It's insane.

Suburban politicians would have to sign off on it, which means it will never happen as no suburban pol has the integrity to ensure that dangerous suburban drivers are held responsible for their dangerous driving behavior in DC.[/quote]
This is incorrect. There is reciprocity. Speed camera fines are not traffic citations. [/quote]

No, there is no reciprocity for tickets issued via camera (there is reciprocity for tickets issued by a human, but we all know there is virtually zero human traffic enforcement in DC apart from parking tickets).

https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2021/12/28/dc-virginia-maryland-ticket-reciprocity/[/quote]
Let me repeat, speed cameras do not issue traffic citations. If DC was serious about improving traffic safety they can very easily deploy human enforcement to do so and have reciprocity for the tickets. Speed cameras issue fines. Neither MD nor VA have any obligation to serve as free debt collectors for DC revenue generation. [/quote]

So you can rip down a residential street at 80MPH and not even get points on your license?  WTF.[/quote]
The speed camera levies a fine against a vehicle and it’s owner. It does not levy a fine against a person because they cannot prove who was driving.

In other jurisdictions, like Los Angeles, red light cameras take a photo of the driver as well and level a citation against the driver as the car owner unless the car owner identifies a different person that was driving the car at the time. However, California doesn’t have speed cameras. Only two states in the United States do not treat speed camera tickets as civil/administrative fines, Oregon and Arizona. Every other state treats it as a fine. It’s is not the job of MD or VA to be used as debt collectors for DC. [/quote]

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