Comments on: Dear PoPville – Photo Enforcement Vehicle Blocking View of Traffic http://www.popville.com/2012/05/dear-popville-photo-enforcement-vehicle-blocking-view-of-traffic/ Welcome to the beautiful life Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:44:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: anonymous http://www.popville.com/2012/05/dear-popville-photo-enforcement-vehicle-blocking-view-of-traffic/#comment-482959 anonymous Thu, 31 May 2012 18:10:36 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=64596#comment-482959 Noone actually drives a Ford Edge. If you see one parked in DC, its probably a cop. They have them in this shade of red, black and white. Also, tags with D over C on the left side are gov’t vehicles. Finally, most of them have a camera rig on the front bumper, but I can’t make one out in this picture.

]]> By: 700 block of Quebec Place NW http://www.popville.com/2012/05/dear-popville-photo-enforcement-vehicle-blocking-view-of-traffic/#comment-482797 700 block of Quebec Place NW Thu, 31 May 2012 15:04:39 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=64596#comment-482797 I live just off Georgia Avenue and have noticed the same thing as the OP as far as intersections on Georgia where it’s difficult to see past parked cars to determine if there’s any oncoming traffic.

Not good for MPD to make things even worse by parking a photo enforcement vehicle in a no-parking zone.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.popville.com/2012/05/dear-popville-photo-enforcement-vehicle-blocking-view-of-traffic/#comment-482708 Anonymous Thu, 31 May 2012 11:59:21 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=64596#comment-482708 Dear pop: I am very concerned with traffic safety, so I got my camera out and started taking pictures while I was driving.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.popville.com/2012/05/dear-popville-photo-enforcement-vehicle-blocking-view-of-traffic/#comment-482706 Anonymous Thu, 31 May 2012 11:52:09 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=64596#comment-482706 They sit in a drive-lane on M Street in SE also. One day a car is going to hit it as it is not even in a parking space but right in the drive lane. STUPID!!!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.popville.com/2012/05/dear-popville-photo-enforcement-vehicle-blocking-view-of-traffic/#comment-482646 Anonymous Thu, 31 May 2012 00:57:02 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=64596#comment-482646 The police looking for illegal turns at the intersection of GA & New Hampshire do the same, they also do nothing when big utility trucks park near to the convenience stores there illegally, blocking the view on both sides… I hope they all get speed camera tickets.

]]> By: shawguy http://www.popville.com/2012/05/dear-popville-photo-enforcement-vehicle-blocking-view-of-traffic/#comment-482562 shawguy Wed, 30 May 2012 19:51:13 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=64596#comment-482562 The bigger question is who, other than possibly Kwame “Fully-Loaded” Brown, approved buying a car that STARTS at $28k and tops out at $46k to MOUNT A SPEED CAMERA IN? Didn’t they know you can buy a USED car that’s just as big for $5k?

]]> By: ah http://www.popville.com/2012/05/dear-popville-photo-enforcement-vehicle-blocking-view-of-traffic/#comment-482549 ah Wed, 30 May 2012 19:37:12 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=64596#comment-482549 It appears that they’ve created the enforcement space in what is a no parking spot.

http://goo.gl/maps/e6wB

The city has plenty of speed camera locations in no parking spots, so it’s probably not technically illegal.. But, yeah, apparently revenue is more important than safety by placing the camera car in a sensible location. Why not just eliminate that parking space and move the camera back 15 feet?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.popville.com/2012/05/dear-popville-photo-enforcement-vehicle-blocking-view-of-traffic/#comment-482547 Anonymous Wed, 30 May 2012 19:36:32 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=64596#comment-482547 There’s a cop car that is often hanging out near my mother in-law’s house in Burke. The street is dangerous enough as it is (very highly trafficked, and on a hill so it’s hard to see who’s coming) and it doesn’t help that you have to pull halfway into the street to see around the cop. Drives me crazy! Couldn’t they find a spot to catch speeders that doesn’t involve putting other drivers in danger?

]]> By: ah http://www.popville.com/2012/05/dear-popville-photo-enforcement-vehicle-blocking-view-of-traffic/#comment-482543 ah Wed, 30 May 2012 19:33:13 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=64596#comment-482543 Usually one can tell from up close. Also, notice the yellow line in front and around the driver side, which is the enforcement line that’s set up in advance. That’s a tip off to the locations around the city.

]]> By: agreed http://www.popville.com/2012/05/dear-popville-photo-enforcement-vehicle-blocking-view-of-traffic/#comment-482542 agreed Wed, 30 May 2012 19:32:50 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=64596#comment-482542 That vehicle was at Manor Pl. and Park Pl. over the winter. Same thing happened with me–I nearly had an accident each morning turning onto Park from Manor.

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