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D.C. excuses millions of dollars in late fees for tickets

The District's Department of Motor Vehicles dismissed approximately $5 million in late fees for photo enforced tickets and other fines last year, many of them because the agency could not prove the original fines were ever received.

Tags: D.C. DMV, mark segraves, Department of Motor Vehicles,

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D.C. reduces fines for speed cams

The penalty for being a lead foot gets a little lighter, starting Monday.

Tags: andrew mollenbeck

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D.C. to reduce speed camera fines

D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray says some fines from traveling over the speed limit will be reduced on Monday. Fines for driving 11 to 15 mph over the speed limit will drop from $125 to $100, while fines for drivers traveling 1 to 10 mph over the speed limit will drop from $75 to $50.

Tags: Mayor Vincent Gray, fines

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Councilmembers' bill would slash D.C. speed camera fines

A proposal by three members of the D.C. Council would reduce speed camera fines in the District from the highest in the nation to a maximum of $50.

Tags: Tommy Wells, Mary Cheh, Marion Barry, D.C. Council, D.C. Department of Transportation, mark segraves, Metropolitan Police Department

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WTOP Answer Desk: Speed box vs. speed cams

Beware - someone, or something, could soon be watching you.

Tags: speed box, david burd, Frederick, Kim Dine

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One year later: Do speed cameras in Prince George's County work?

The debate on speed cameras is going strong in Prince George's County, but 12 months later, Prince George's County Police call the speed cameras a success.

Tags: ari ashe, bruce may, robert v. liberati

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New cameras to watch cameras that watch you

Police in Prince George's County decided there's been enough vandalism to speed cameras. Now there are cameras to watch the cameras.

Tags: traffic, Prince Georges County Police, Robert Liberati, ari ashe

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App finds D.C. one of the toughest for speed enforcement (VIDEO)

The D.C. area is one of the toughest for speed cameras, speed patrols and tickets.

Tags: Trapster, app, Megan Cloherty,

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Task force looks at lowering fines for speed and red light cameras

"I want to see whether our increase in fines has actually meant anything in terms of fewer numbers of people speeding or going through red lights," says D.C. Councilmember Mary Cheh, (D-Ward 3).

Tags: red light cameras, mark segraves, Mary Cheh, Tommy Wells

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Speed cameras more mobile, look like mailboxes

Local governments are availing themselves of new mobile speed cameras that resemble mailboxes as effective and profitable ways to slow drivers down.

Tags: Neal Augenstein

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