Mark Segraves, wtop.com
WASHINGTON – Drivers from Maryland and Virginia still owe more than $140 million to the District of Columbia in unpaid traffic fines despite an amnesty program that’s been available for the past six months.
According to the most recent data supplied by the Department of Motor Vehicles, the District is still trying to collect nearly a quarter of a billion dollars in unpaid tickets.
The amnesty program, which ends Friday, Jan. 27, was implemented in the hopes of recovering some of the more than $233,676,427 owed for parking, moving and photo enforced tickets issued before January 2010.
As of Jan. 11, 2012 the District has collected $3,509,934 mostly from drivers in Maryland who have paid off $1,509,934 in fines so far.
Drivers in Maryland account for nearly 38 percent of the unpaid fines, more than any other jurisdiction.
Virginia motorist come in second with about 23 percent of unpaid tickets and District drivers owe a little more than 17 percent of fines.
The amnesty program allows drivers who have unpaid tickets issued before January 2010 to pay off the fines without having to pay any late fees or incur any points on their driver’s license.
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