Everyone knows — or they should — that it’s illegal to hold a cell phone while you’re operating a vehicle in the District of Columbia. But based on the number of citations police have again recorded this year, there’s more evidence that most people just don’t care.
While taking a walk around the city with some out-of-town guests this weekend, yours truly received disbelieving looks after dropping the knowledge that District police can occasionally be spotted handing out tickets for jaywalking.
Mar 28, 2011
DPW Will Void Street Sweeping Grace Period Tickets
The transition to street sweeping season is always a stressful one for drivers around the District of Columbia — moreso when drivers are getting tickets during the so-called grace period.
When it comes to fleet management, the hits just keep coming for the District: WAMU’s Patrick Madden reports that vehicles operated by the District’s Department of Public Works, which is responsible for issuing tickets to illegally parked vehicles around the city, have — wait for it — racked up $30,000 in outstanding citations and fees of their own. Oooooh, can you feel the Morissetteian irony?
Photo by caroline.angelo Just when you thought the District’s willingness to give out tickets couldn’t get any more zealous, the District Department of Transportation has just completed training their first batch of Traffic Control Officers who are now authorized to issue traffic citations, according to a news release. The D.C. Council recently passed new laws designed to increase the city’s traffic and parking ticket revenue (or traffic and parking compliance, depending on who you…