driving dangerously

photo by CTB in DC

“Dear PoPville,

On Saturday August 1 at about 4:40 pm, I was driving in the inner lanes of Nebraska Ave NW through Ward Circle NW at American University. I was in the left hand lane, which is a “go straight only” lane. A red Mazda CX-5 with Maryland plates that was in the right lane next to me (also a “go straight only” lane) attempted to turn left onto Mass ave as we were crossing the circle and hit my car. At the time of the accident, the driver kept saying, “Traffic circles are just so confusing,” and apologized. But now that I’ve filed a claim against her insurance, (more…)

“Dear PoPville,

last night at 6:30 PM on K Street at 21st Street NW. It happened during the storm, but we didn’t hear anything inside. The car/truck took out multiple concrete pillars on the median between the main road and service road. There were multiple pillars in the middle of the eastbound lanes of K. They didn’t stick around, but did leave some of their bumper behind! Video (below) shows the police trying to move them after I called it in. It was wild!” (more…)

Check out the latest stats from DC City Administrator Kevin Donahue:

“🚨 Update on scofflaw vehicle enforcement:
🪝FY26 YTD: @DCDPW
has impounded 5,209 cars with total of $27M in unpaid citations
📌 Of those, 2,301 were “high value scofflaws” (more than $3k in unpaid fines) that owed $23.4M in unpaid tickets”

Stay tuned.