I received a nice letter in the mail from the District of Columbia’s Metropolitan Police Department telling me I was speeding. They even provided proof in the form of photographs.
Truth is, I was not driving that car the day they said the violation happened. I was home, in New York – not in Washington, DC, driving 62 in a 50. I know who was driving my car, but it was not me.
In any event, they did not issue me with a fine – instead they said this is a “warning” and next time, I will be given a fine if I speed.
They even have this whole web site portal to login, view the pictures and pay the fine (if applicable).
I never received one of these letters before, I hear it is illegal in some states for the police to use speed cameras – but I guess it is not illegal in Washington, D.C.
Heck, I’ve seen cops outside of their cars using speed guns and I’ve tweeted being pulled over in the past – so I guess this should go on the blog as well.
Ironically enough, in Los Angeles, red-light tickets are “voluntary”
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jul/27/local/la-me-0727-red-light-cameras-20110727
But a good majority of residents don’t know that, so they still pay the tickets.
Uk is covered in them…
Some roads you see 5 within 1 miles its crazy..
We also have avg speed camera too.. One of them a few years ago was making £100,000 a day in fines… crazy
I can sort of see using red light cameras, but speed cameras? It hardly seems sporting!
When they do send the fine, send back a picture of the money you would pay for the fine.