DC camera speeding ticket question
06-15-2009, 08:40 PM
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DC camera speeding ticket question
Could someone tell me if a camera speeding ticket will go on my record? I was sent a piece of mail today with my friends car which I was driving. I was 11 over the limit and its a $50 fine. I have no problem paying the fine, but I dont want it on my record for insurance purposes. Could someone please help me out? Thanks
06-15-2009, 08:46 PM
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In the state of GA you have to be pulled over by a uniformed officer to get points on your license....the camera citations are technically citations, not tickets...hope its the same in D.C.
06-15-2009, 08:56 PM
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http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=25&sid=1688311
I'd have to imagine no points, as that seems to be the recurring trend with states that have this technology.
http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=25&sid=1688311
"You also have to remember that these cameras are handing out $40 fines and no points (on your license). If you were to get pulled over by an officer for speeding, it would be $90 and two points."
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06-16-2009, 10:37 AM
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It's no points. I knew this already and then I heard it in DC court. I was there fighting a parking ticket and the judge mentioned it to someone who lost their case.
08-14-2009, 02:25 PM
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I got one, I'm from Philly. i just paid it, no points for me. I also got a speeding ticket that night btw. coming out the harbor tunnel. Guy cut me off i went to go around him and as soon as i hit the gas i saw the cop out my left eye. By that time i was at 95mph. Cop said he got me at 77 i was thank you Jesus. I think he got the other guy at 77 though. he said he saw the guy cut me off but i was still speeding so i couldn't get out of the ticket. I didn't get any points for that either.
08-17-2009, 09:04 AM
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I believe I read somewhere, probably in the Washington Post, that there was no reciprocity on the speed-camera tickets, at least in some states—for example, I recall reading that Virginia does not put DC's speed-camera tickets on your record because Virginia does not have speed cameras.
But remember that points are up to your HOME STATE, not the District of Columbia. That is, suppose you get pulled over by a cop in DC for going 21 mph over the speed limit and you get convicted of it. They report the ticket to your home state. Your home state's DMV will assign points based on its own point schedule, so you might get more points than DC would assign, or you might get fewer.
For the same reason, the question about "no points = no insurance hike" is an oversimplification. Every insurance carrier has its own rules on what will or will not trigger a rate increase.
But remember that points are up to your HOME STATE, not the District of Columbia. That is, suppose you get pulled over by a cop in DC for going 21 mph over the speed limit and you get convicted of it. They report the ticket to your home state. Your home state's DMV will assign points based on its own point schedule, so you might get more points than DC would assign, or you might get fewer.
For the same reason, the question about "no points = no insurance hike" is an oversimplification. Every insurance carrier has its own rules on what will or will not trigger a rate increase.
12-05-2009, 11:10 PM
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Wear a mask?
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articl...onkey0908.html
A case in point
Vontesmar, a flight attendant, chose to inform the DPS that he was not driving when confronted with the 37 violations at his job three weeks ago. DPS officials estimate the car registered in Vontesmar's name was caught by cameras more than 90 times, but time had lapsed on the majority of violations by the time officers tracked Vontesmar down.
Vontesmar is confident that he won't have to pay the fines, an amount that could exceed $6,500.
"It's obviously a revenue grab," he said of the program. "They're required by law to ID the driver of the vehicle. If they can't identify the driver or the vehicle by the picture, what are they doing to identify the driver?"
Typically, the DPS uses driver's-license photos and vehicle registration to confirm the identity of motorists, but there is a special unit assigned to go after frequent fliers.
In this case, officers sat outside Vontesmar's home and watched him drive to work. "We watched him four different times put the monkey mask on and put the giraffe-style mask on," Officer Dave Porter said. "Based on surveillance, we were positive that Vontesmar was the driver."
Porter said that it would be up to justices of the peace to determine what to do with Vontesmar's tickets, but the officer said there is enough evidence to reissue the tickets in Vontesmar's name, despite his claims that he was not the driver.
Some frequent speeders cover their faces, use post-office boxes or fictitious addresses to beat the system, said Officer Jeff Hawkins, who is working 50 such cases.
"They generally do it under the pretext that they're not going to be caught," he said. "These are what you probably consider as people who don't really respect the law at all."
A case in point
Vontesmar, a flight attendant, chose to inform the DPS that he was not driving when confronted with the 37 violations at his job three weeks ago. DPS officials estimate the car registered in Vontesmar's name was caught by cameras more than 90 times, but time had lapsed on the majority of violations by the time officers tracked Vontesmar down.
Vontesmar is confident that he won't have to pay the fines, an amount that could exceed $6,500.
"It's obviously a revenue grab," he said of the program. "They're required by law to ID the driver of the vehicle. If they can't identify the driver or the vehicle by the picture, what are they doing to identify the driver?"
Typically, the DPS uses driver's-license photos and vehicle registration to confirm the identity of motorists, but there is a special unit assigned to go after frequent fliers.
In this case, officers sat outside Vontesmar's home and watched him drive to work. "We watched him four different times put the monkey mask on and put the giraffe-style mask on," Officer Dave Porter said. "Based on surveillance, we were positive that Vontesmar was the driver."
Porter said that it would be up to justices of the peace to determine what to do with Vontesmar's tickets, but the officer said there is enough evidence to reissue the tickets in Vontesmar's name, despite his claims that he was not the driver.
Some frequent speeders cover their faces, use post-office boxes or fictitious addresses to beat the system, said Officer Jeff Hawkins, who is working 50 such cases.
"They generally do it under the pretext that they're not going to be caught," he said. "These are what you probably consider as people who don't really respect the law at all."
04-14-2010, 01:32 PM
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Could someone tell me if a camera speeding ticket will go on my record? I was sent a piece of mail today with my friends car which I was driving. I was 11 over the limit and its a $50 fine. I have no problem paying the fine, but I dont want it on my record for insurance purposes. Could someone please help me out? Thanks
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Fast yellow light on left turn to Grape Street which goes to I-5 CLICK
Two camera tickets $990, which includes some Hertz research fees because they have to pay it first, then figure out who was driving and bill you.
05-05-2010, 12:17 PM
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whyd they send it to you if it wasnt in your car? the ticket is indeed a citation and is linked to the car.. not the driver..
FYI.. never speed on 16th ST from MD > DC.
FYI.. never speed on 16th ST from MD > DC.
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