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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All these things can be true:
-Drivers need to drive safer and slower. 
-Many DC cameras are set up to maximize revenue and have little to do with safety
-That said, cameras can and do effectively change driver habits when deployed with safety in mind.
-[b]If safety is the primary goal, big honking signs saying MANY SPEED CAMERAS AHEAD would be deployed.[/b] (Note: They are not.)
-[b]Many DC speed limits are set artificially low in order to make the 10-over ticket-trigger lower[/b]. For instance, a speed limit of 25 mph on Conn. Ave in DC is a joke. 30 used to be the limit. But now, 35 will get you a ticket, not 40, so that's why it is set at 25.
-MD and VA drivers should pay their tickets. I paid my MD ticket (only one so far in 10 years!). Was last year in Rockville, and it was $40. Which brings me to my final point...
-[b]DC's $100 fine is set too high and is obviously predatory[/b]. If deterrence --not revenue-- is the goal, make it $50. People will get the message!
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The $100 fine is applied to drivers who are traveling at least 11 mph above the posted limit. Per the point above, such speeds are incredibly dangerous and the high fine is warranted to deter them. The argument that lowering the fine is necessary to deliver the "message" is silly. What DC should do, however, is introduce smaller fines ($40 or $50) for drivers caught doing 5-10 mph above the limit..[/quote]

Dude, 35 is not incredibly dangerous. You're high or mentally broken if you're actually believing that. $100 is an absurd fine. $50? Yeah, sure, I'll pay that and not grouse whatsoever. But you're just the exact type of person literally every driver hates. [/quote]

Don't limit it to drivers.  Everyone hates people with that level of control freakishness. [/quote]

“control freakishness” = enforcing laws needed to protect DC residents from injury and death?

Where the hell do you people come from exactly? Dollars to donuts you are the same folk railing against shoplifting and people smoking pot in public. In other words, total hypocrites.[/quote]

Automatic cameras everywhere issuing $50 fines anytime anyone is 5mph over any speed limit.  That seems very sane and not at all controlling.[/quote]

If you don’t want a ticket, don’t speed. Or don’t drive. My spouse got one speed camera ticket a few years ago, and since then, we’ve both driven more slowly. Haven’t gotten a second. [/quote]

Or just pay attention to where the cameras are. They even put up signs warning you in advance that a camera is ahead. I think so many people are buried in their phones so they don't notice the signs or the cameras, but it's really not hard to just slow down in the very specific locations where the cameras are.[/quote]

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