DC mayor proposes more traffic cameras despite unenforceability of fines

Washington, D.C., could see its speed enforcement cameras triple over the next year, a seemingly futile attempt to address the rising number of traffic fatalities due to a legal loophole that allows some drivers to evade payment.

Mayor Muriel Bowser requested $9.4 million to go toward installing 170 new traffic cameras to enforce speed limits as part of her Wednesday budget proposal, which did not include a fix for a textual quirk that allows residents of neighboring Virginia and Maryland to forgo payment without true penalty.