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

Leave already

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Anonymous wrote:If you read the full Reddit thread, you'll find that others who had their cars stolen had no issue getting the camera tickets canceled.

This particular poster received a horrible and incompetent administrative judge. In fact, the judge violated DC's own laws which explicitly states that owners of stolen vehicles will not be liable for the tickets so long as the vehicle is reported stolen. So yeah, this was a case of a horrible administrative judge who should be removed from practice and retrained.

This is really why I dislike social media: it elevates edge cases to the public discourse and makes it seem as if that's actually the norm. It's not, and it's a terrible idea to let edge cases direct policy or public views. Vast majority of people with a stolen car get their tickets canceled, but no one wants to talk about that.

Sorry but this is not an isolated incident.

There is no end of these stories.

https://www.wusa9.com/amp/article/news/investigati...e8-5ccd-4eb8-af35-2d46ed924b25

https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/money/ca...d-skyrocketing-car-thefts/amp/

https://wjla.com/amp/features/i-team/investigation...m-criminals-who-took-their-car

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

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

Do they, though?

Because one of my favorite things to do is look up random DC tags to see how much the owner owes in tickets and rarely do I find 1) a vehicle that has no tickets or 2) a total due that is less than a few thousand dollars. And these fines always seem to be very, very old.

Hell, look at that car that killed 3 people last month that had over $12k in tickets!

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

Do they, though?

Because one of my favorite things to do is look up random DC tags to see how much the owner owes in tickets and rarely do I find 1) a vehicle that has no tickets or 2) a total due that is less than a few thousand dollars. And these fines always seem to be very, very old.

Hell, look at that car that killed 3 people last month that had over $12k in tickets!

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Anonymous wrote: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.

In states like Iowa and Nebraska, the farm bloc is very powerful with elected officials. In DC, some politicians openly cater to the "cell block."

Not to mention, "someone's gotta pay the ticket" may be seen by certain DC Council members and government bureaucrats as advancing "equity."

Anonymous wrote:If you read the full Reddit thread, you'll find that others who had their cars stolen had no issue getting the camera tickets canceled.

This particular poster received a horrible and incompetent administrative judge. In fact, the judge violated DC's own laws which explicitly states that owners of stolen vehicles will not be liable for the tickets so long as the vehicle is reported stolen. So yeah, this was a case of a horrible administrative judge who should be removed from practice and retrained.

This is really why I dislike social media: it elevates edge cases to the public discourse and makes it seem as if that's actually the norm. It's not, and it's a terrible idea to let edge cases direct policy or public views. Vast majority of people with a stolen car get their tickets canceled, but no one wants to talk about that.

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Anonymous wrote:If you read the full Reddit thread, you'll find that others who had their cars stolen had no issue getting the camera tickets canceled.

This particular poster received a horrible and incompetent administrative judge. In fact, the judge violated DC's own laws which explicitly states that owners of stolen vehicles will not be liable for the tickets so long as the vehicle is reported stolen. So yeah, this was a case of a horrible administrative judge who should be removed from practice and retrained.

This is really why I dislike social media: it elevates edge cases to the public discourse and makes it seem as if that's actually the norm. It's not, and it's a terrible idea to let edge cases direct policy or public views. Vast majority of people with a stolen car get their tickets canceled, but no one wants to talk about that.

Exactly. You should never be critical of government when it screws up. We should ignore poor performance, unless it's LEOs.

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

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Anonymous wrote: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.

You mean the losers.

Anonymous wrote:If you read the full Reddit thread, you'll find that others who had their cars stolen had no issue getting the camera tickets canceled.

This particular poster received a horrible and incompetent administrative judge. In fact, the judge violated DC's own laws which explicitly states that owners of stolen vehicles will not be liable for the tickets so long as the vehicle is reported stolen. So yeah, this was a case of a horrible administrative judge who should be removed from practice and retrained.

This is really why I dislike social media: it elevates edge cases to the public discourse and makes it seem as if that's actually the norm. It's not, and it's a terrible idea to let edge cases direct policy or public views. Vast majority of people with a stolen car get their tickets canceled, but no one wants to talk about that.

Anonymous wrote:If you read the full Reddit thread, you'll find that others who had their cars stolen had no issue getting the camera tickets canceled.

This particular poster received a horrible and incompetent administrative judge. In fact, the judge violated DC's own laws which explicitly states that owners of stolen vehicles will not be liable for the tickets so long as the vehicle is reported stolen. So yeah, this was a case of a horrible administrative judge who should be removed from practice and retrained.

This is really why I dislike social media: it elevates edge cases to the public discourse and makes it seem as if that's actually the norm. It's not, and it's a terrible idea to let edge cases direct policy or public views. Vast majority of people with a stolen car get their tickets canceled, but no one wants to talk about that.

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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.

Congratulations for being one of those narcissistic people who believe that if it hasn’t happened to you that it never happens.

There is no end of these stories.

https://www.wusa9.com/amp/article/news/investigations/dc-hasnt-forgiven-tickets-car-got-when-it-was-stolen/65-d6b951e8-5ccd-4eb8-af35-2d46ed924b25

https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/money/car-stolen-owner-sent-speeding-tickets-dc-womans-plea-amid-skyrocketing-car-thefts/amp/

https://wjla.com/amp/features/i-team/investigations/draft-carjacking-victims-told-to-pay-speeding-tickets-from-criminals-who-took-their-car

Has anyone fact checked these stories? These don't seem like real news organizations. /s

Anonymous wrote: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.