Under D.C. law, there are limited tools to enforce some categories of traffic violations.
that would use traffic cameras to assess points on a driver’s license. It died in committee.
That proposal was part of various traffic safety measures the council discussed in the fall as concerns grew over dangerous driving incidents. Some lawmakers said that while issuing tickets to violators is a good strategy, it’s more critical to ensure those tickets are enforced.
At a news conference Thursday afternoon, council member Charles Allen said the Rock Creek Parkway crash also highlights the need for better street design, noting that many corridors are designed to move cars at great speed. “We have whole swaths of our city that are designed to simply move vehicles as quickly as we can, not ‘how do we move people around safely?’ And that’s a design issue,” he said. The District’s transportation department, he said, should be more aggressive in rebuilding streets to be safer spaces.
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