[Infowarrior] - Why I don't drive in DC

[Richard Forno]

Funny this plan is published the same year DC announced its revenue from speed cameras had fallen dramatically.  This clearly is nothing more than a way to sustan much-needed revenues from traffic 'safety' measures.  I happily Metro and/or pay a cab to venture into DC nowdays.   --rick
	

Over the next two years, drivers in the District will have to be watchful of 100 more traffic cameras, 24/7 school zones where speeds are limited to 15 mph, and fines of up to $1,000 for speeding violations.

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By October 2017, there will be 100 additional cameras targeting violations including speeding, red light, stop sign, crosswalk and gridlock laws and significantly increasing the city’s automated enforcement. The city currently operates 153 traffic cameras, including 97 speed, 42 red-light, 7 stop sign, and 7 oversize or weight cameras, according to the Vision Zero plan.

The scores of additional cameras are likely to upset drivers who have widely criticized the city’s 15-year-old automated traffic enforcement program as a money-generator and a tool the city uses to penalize drivers as it pushes the use of public transit, biking and walking.

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Besides expanding the camera program, the D.C. Department of Transportation is also taking steps to significantly raise fines for traffic violators.  On Friday, the agency announced plans for 20 traffic offenses that are either brand-new  or for which fines will increase substantially. Under that proposal, which is also part of the Vision Zero approach, drivers traveling 25 mph over the speed limit would face fines of up to $1,000, a significant increase from the current $300 fine.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2015/12/16/d-c-plans-to-add-100-more-traffic-cameras/

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