Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait, so we’re now taking some post on Reddit as the gospel truth about some judge making someone pay a ticket when their car stolen??? That’s what this thread is about?

Too many of us have experienced similar BS

You’ve been forced to pay the speeding tickets incurred AFTER your car was stolen? Seriously? I’ve lived in DC for 30 years and have never heard of this happening to anyone.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I knew this was going to happen https://twitter.com/bangs_drums/status/1643792477931831298?s=46&t=Rw_jX1uyupQwvEwsjuQulQ

Even worse than this story is how many people have posted stories about their own cars being stolen. It’s totally bonkers how much car theft is allowed in this city with seemingly little consequence.

Meanwhile, the number of traffic cameras are set to triple. Expect these stories to go exponential.

I am pro-traffic camera (but would very much like them to get reciprocity so that the out-of-state speeders have to pay -- these cameras don't do anything if simply having VA or MD plates means you can speed with impunity).

However I agree with you on the car theft issue. A neighbor of mine had her car stolen for joyriding -- stolen from right in front of her house, so she had video surveillance of the to thieves with faces visible. Car was found the next day about a mile away. Smelled like smoke inside but otherwise unharmed. Both the cops and her insurance told her that since she got the car back intact, there was nothing they could do -- police didn't even open an investigation into it. She's not looking for blood or anything, but it's super disconcerting to realize that someone can just come take your car whenever they want and as long as they don't crash it or commit a crime while using it, and you get it back, it's like it never happened.

And of course, the peopel who stole her car are aware of this. Cool, if you can get into and start a car, you can drive it! Forget ride share, this is the true "wheels when you want them."

DC can't make out of state drivers pay speeding or parking tickets but it's going to make someone whose car was stolen pay a ticket for the person you stole their car.

Ok. I love it here.

Anonymous wrote:Wait, so we’re now taking some post on Reddit as the gospel truth about some judge making someone pay a ticket when their car stolen??? That’s what this thread is about?

Too many of us have experienced similar BS

Wait, so we’re now taking some post on Reddit as the gospel truth about some judge making someone pay a ticket when their car stolen??? That’s what this thread is about?

Only criminals have cars. I think the message is clear. Law abiding citizens should take public transportation. 15-minute cities.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I knew this was going to happen https://twitter.com/bangs_drums/status/1643792477931831298?s=46&t=Rw_jX1uyupQwvEwsjuQulQ

Even worse than this story is how many people have posted stories about their own cars being stolen. It’s totally bonkers how much car theft is allowed in this city with seemingly little consequence.

Meanwhile, the number of traffic cameras are set to triple. Expect these stories to go exponential.

They should be using cameras for surveillance to identify and locate stolen cars and cars with many outstanding tickets, they could use AI to identify driving patterns of commuting scofflaws with outstanding tickets to know where they will be and when they will be there to nail them. They should also set up a site where citizens can upload timestamped and geolocated pictures and dashcam video of bad drivers, fraudulent license plates and so on and have a special enforcement unit and extra tow trucks dedicated to going after them. Give citizens and tow truck companies a bounty for locating those vehicles. And it would more than pay for itself with not even 5% of the outstanding lost traffic enforcement revenue that could be brought in.

Not equitable. Sorry.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I knew this was going to happen https://twitter.com/bangs_drums/status/1643792477931831298?s=46&t=Rw_jX1uyupQwvEwsjuQulQ

Even worse than this story is how many people have posted stories about their own cars being stolen. It’s totally bonkers how much car theft is allowed in this city with seemingly little consequence.

Meanwhile, the number of traffic cameras are set to triple. Expect these stories to go exponential.

They should be using cameras for surveillance to identify and locate stolen cars and cars with many outstanding tickets, they could use AI to identify driving patterns of commuting scofflaws with outstanding tickets to know where they will be and when they will be there to nail them. They should also set up a site where citizens can upload timestamped and geolocated pictures and dashcam video of bad drivers, fraudulent license plates and so on and have a special enforcement unit and extra tow trucks dedicated to going after them. Give citizens and tow truck companies a bounty for locating those vehicles. And it would more than pay for itself with not even 5% of the outstanding lost traffic enforcement revenue that could be brought in.

Anonymous wrote:Someone has to pay the ticket. DC needs the revenue because the workers haven't come back to downtown.

Oh come on. I hope that comment was parody.

This "someone has to pay the ticket" talk apparently doesn't apply where it comes to the BILLIONS in uncollected revenue from all of the outstanding tickets from MD and VA drivers. THAT is who they should be cracking down on and going after for revenue, not people who have been victimized.

Anonymous wrote:I knew this was going to happen https://twitter.com/bangs_drums/status/1643792477931831298?s=46&t=Rw_jX1uyupQwvEwsjuQulQ

Even worse than this story is how many people have posted stories about their own cars being stolen. It’s totally bonkers how much car theft is allowed in this city with seemingly little consequence.

Meanwhile, the number of traffic cameras are set to triple. Expect these stories to go exponential.

And this is why reciprocity will never happen.

The city makes it very clear every day that it relies on SUCKERS to follow the law and pay the freight for the winners who don’t bother. You see it on the metro and the courts every day.

Anonymous wrote:I knew this was going to happen https://twitter.com/bangs_drums/status/1643792477931831298?s=46&t=Rw_jX1uyupQwvEwsjuQulQ

This city is quickly becoming unlivable. And our electeds are largely focused on bike lanes and pickleball courts.

Someone has to pay the ticket. DC needs the revenue because the workers haven't come back to downtown.

I knew this was going to happen https://twitter.com/bangs_drums/status/1643792477931831298?s=46&t=Rw_jX1uyupQwvEwsjuQulQ