Tens of thousands beat parking, traffic tickets in D.C.

Nearly three-fifths of motorists who challenged their D.C. traffic tickets beat city hall and another two-fifths beat back parking tickets in challenges, records obtained by the Washington Examiner show.

Another 38 percent of people who fought tickets from photo radar machines won, the District Department of Motor Vehicles reported in its fiscal 2010 “Performance Plan.” Even when people lost their initial challenge, 1 out of 3 were able to reverse the tickets on appeal.