Anonymous wrote:So in the last month I have gotten 3 tickets and spouse had gotten 1, all from speed cameras.

We are not really speeding type folks, though we are busy working parents so there is often an element of getting to work or pickup on time.

I got a DC ticket for going 61 on 295 (speed limit 50), which I am sure I was just going with the flow of traffic (which I tend to do).

Only time I might race is if I need to make a light and I know its a hard to make left turn (unprotected) and there is a break in traffic (which I think was my other ticket).

HAS SOMETHING CHANGED? Not sure why all of sudden we are both getting so many more.

Of course there was also the DC camera attacks, so I guess we aren't alone in this frustration.

Anonymous wrote: My delegate to the Maryland General Assembly announced on Facebook a little while ago that rental cars are exempt from speed camera tickets. I’m in Montgomery County though, so I will try to find the post and determine if that was Montgomery County or all of Maryland.

I’m back - here is the actual post:

“Want to know a secret trick to avoid getting a speed camera or red light camera ticket in Maryland? Just drive a rental car. They are exempt.”

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Anonymous wrote:Hey you know what DC is screwed up. They sent me a ticket for 300.00 for a speed camera. Twice the amount that is due. I called them up and couldn't talk them down to 150.00. So I just went ahead and paid the 300.00. Do you know they sent me a check for 150.00 saying I paid too much.

Wow! Montgomery County speed camera tickets are one set fee of $40. DC is nuts.

DC camera tix
A violation for going just 1 mph up to 10 mph over the limit will cost $50. For going 11 mph to 15 mph over the speed limit, the fine is $100. For going in excess of 26 mph over the limit, expect to pay $300.

The cameras are not going away as DC residents support them overwhelmingly. If you folks cannot avoid driving 26 over the posted limit ($160 in MD and potential jail time in VA) then don't drive in DC. End of story.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a renter car. I was caught at a speeding camera in oxygen Hill, how do I pay it? Will they send me the ticket once they received it or what?

Wait until the rental car company forwards it to you. Or, if you're eager (I don't know why you would be though), look up the license plates of the rental car on the PG online ticket system site to find your ticket.

Because the rental agency will tack on needless fees, if they get the ticket first. And even then, you'll still be on the hook for the ticket.

If OP pays it off immediately, PG County won't mail the ticket to the rental company, thereby saving OP money in the long run.

Anonymous wrote:I have a renter car. I was caught at a speeding camera in oxygen Hill, how do I pay it? Will they send me the ticket once they received it or what?

Wait until the rental car company forwards it to you. Or, if you're eager (I don't know why you would be though), look up the license plates of the rental car on the PG online ticket system site to find your ticket.

Try to pay it before it gets to the rental agency.

My delegate to the Maryland General Assembly announced on Facebook a little while ago that rental cars are exempt from speed camera tickets. I’m in Montgomery County though, so I will try to find the post and determine if that was Montgomery County or all of Maryland.

Anonymous wrote:8:52 - that's good to know. I got one a few years back coming back from the beach, and was surprised that I was even able to speed on route 50. Typically when I'm coming back, traffic is super slow and backed-up. (Mine was $50 - I had no idea they would give you a ticket for 1 MPH over - that is kind of messed up.)

There are seasons when New York Avenue seems pocked with potholes, but for the District it is paved with gold.

It likely is one of the most lucrative streets in the world when it comes to collecting a hidden toll in traffic tickets, its gantlet of speed and red-light cameras taking in an average of $30,570 a day and a total of more than $28 million since the start of fiscal 2011.

While some drivers bristle at use of the cameras — including many who travel New York Avenue from the Maryland suburbs — an overwhelming number of District residents surveyed are pleased with the citywide deployment of them.

The nine New York Avenue cameras, spread over about three miles between the Washington Times building and Third Street NW, generated 93,313 tickets and almost $11.8 million last year. Five target red-light violators; four go after speeders.

Anonymous wrote:8:52 - that's good to know. I got one a few years back coming back from the beach, and was surprised that I was even able to speed on route 50. Typically when I'm coming back, traffic is super slow and backed-up. (Mine was $50 - I had no idea they would give you a ticket for 1 MPH over - that is kind of messed up.)

While they can technically ticket you for going 1 mph over the limit, I think in practice you get a buffer of at least 3-5 mph over the limit. I've never gotten a camera ticket when I was less than 7 mph over the limit.

8:52 - that's good to know. I got one a few years back coming back from the beach, and was surprised that I was even able to speed on route 50. Typically when I'm coming back, traffic is super slow and backed-up. (Mine was $50 - I had no idea they would give you a ticket for 1 MPH over - that is kind of messed up.)

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Anonymous wrote:Hey you know what DC is screwed up. They sent me a ticket for 300.00 for a speed camera. Twice the amount that is due. I called them up and couldn't talk them down to 150.00. So I just went ahead and paid the 300.00. Do you know they sent me a check for 150.00 saying I paid too much.

Wow! Montgomery County speed camera tickets are one set fee of $40. DC is nuts.

DC camera tix
A violation for going just 1 mph up to 10 mph over the limit will cost $50. For going 11 mph to 15 mph over the speed limit, the fine is $100. For going in excess of 26 mph over the limit, expect to pay $300.

Anonymous wrote:Hey you know what DC is screwed up. They sent me a ticket for 300.00 for a speed camera. Twice the amount that is due. I called them up and couldn't talk them down to 150.00. So I just went ahead and paid the 300.00. Do you know they sent me a check for 150.00 saying I paid too much.

Wow! Montgomery County speed camera tickets are one set fee of $40. DC is nuts.

Anonymous wrote:I have a renter car. I was caught at a speeding camera in oxygen Hill, how do I pay it? Will they send me the ticket once they received it or what?

In my experience nowadays the rental company will go ahead and charge it to the card you used to pay for the car.

They say they will send you a bill but both times this happened to myself and someone I know recently the charge was automatic.

So in the last month I have gotten 3 tickets and spouse had gotten 1, all from speed cameras.

We are not really speeding type folks, though we are busy working parents so there is often an element of getting to work or pickup on time.

I got a DC ticket for going 61 on 295 (speed limit 50), which I am sure I was just going with the flow of traffic (which I tend to do).

Only time I might race is if I need to make a light and I know its a hard to make left turn (unprotected) and there is a break in traffic (which I think was my other ticket).

HAS SOMETHING CHANGED? Not sure why all of sudden we are both getting so many more.

Of course there was also the DC camera attacks, so I guess we aren't alone in this frustration.

Anonymous wrote:How do you know that you got a ticket if you didn't receive it yet?

Even if you were way over the speed limit you have no idea if the camera got a clear shot of your car and if there were other cars in the photo they often can't use those because they can't be certain which car was speeding.

DC solves this dilema by giving EVERYONE in the photo the same ticket.

I know this because I happened to meet the driver of the car next to me in the photo in the same adjudication hearing. And she said the ticket was valid without even looking up at us. Our "hearing" took exactly 10 seconds, to be found guilty.

F'ing scam. I'd have more respect for DC if they had cops out robbing people at gunpoint.