Back....they were here in the 80s when I was a weee little one.

As someone who moved here more recently, if you have any tips on making those real connections/friendships here let me know 🫠

100%, I'd imagine the fact it's an effective waste of time isn't lost on them, either.

I said something similar below, but you could probably go drive Uber Eats or some shit and make double that amount in half the time you spent in court.

White people problems

Not sure how much you make in a day, but that sounds like a bad tradeoff. Even if it is a vacation day.

Yes, they will mail you a speeding ticket. Best not to test it and drive safely.

Yeah. I think your best shot would likely be to just admit fault and provide a reason why you were speeding in hopes of having the ticket waived. If your driving record isn't a complete abomination that strategy usually works pretty well with normal tickets, atleast. I think they referred to it as "guilty with circumstance".

A while ago while I was there for a normal speeding ticket I saw a couple guys try to argue the camera was wrong and the judge just wasn't having any of that.

But like you said it's just not worth it to take off work and sit in traffic court all day for a chance at $40. You could go drive Uber Eats or some shit and make double that amount in half the time you spent in court... or just relax on your day off.

If you liked Looney's, you'd probably also like the dumpster behind my work.

True. Its not worth it and rarely overturned anyway as I recall. Unless there is an emergency vehicle behind you, you are fucked (pretty much). Also note someone else could he driving your car, and you are still fucked. Its tied to your registration, not the driver.

You’ll 100% get a speeding ticket or a running red light from the cameras. If you have a daily commute and they add a camera and you’re unaware (like on Charles by the Cathedral of Mary our Queen) then you could get several tickets before the 1st one is mailed.

You can look up your tag on the BaltimoreCity.gov website.

How else can they let you know they have a HUMONGOUS PENIS?

You can appeal, it just requires taking a day off work to go sit in traffic court in hopes of recouping $40, right?

At select parts of i-83 and around any schools, yeah.

I went from Pigtown to Charles village and back and watched three people either blow through red lights, or stop for a second then take off through the intersection. Ridiculous and dangerous. I'd like to see traffic stops. And a speed camera on the MLK dragstrip between Pratt and I395.

The ones on 83 or loch Raven will tag you at 10, it’s pretty ridiculous.

The cameras are very real. And you cannot really appeal the ticket that is sent to the address on your registration. Stop at red lights and stay within 10mph of the speed limit and you’ll be fine.

yes!! and some cameras have the opposite problem of being overly sensitive. i swear i see the red light cam on Cold Spring at Morgan State flashing at people who are literally not moving (or are coming to a stop just a few inches past the white line).

speed cameras typically nail you for going 12 or more over. so stick to no more than 10 over and you’re fine.

Home ownership is still a few years off for me, but it's definitely my plan. Hopefully those prices hold up just a little while longer!

It's the only city I've ever been to where you can't ask someone for directions on the street. People talk about NY, Boston, Philly, etc. I've found those people to all be perfectly helpful. People in DC walk right by you like you're not even there. I don't even stop people! I ask them in passing out of respect for their time! And I've heard horror stories about the social scene there.

Great place to visit though.

Thanks FirstTimeWang :)

I see you getting a little bit of flak for this, and I think the charitable way of looking at the question is not as you wondering if you can ignore them, but wondering if they are actually having any impact on the atrocious driving around here. I wonder, too.... In a town where people will pass you in the bus lane to run a red light that you're stopped at, and blow down residential streets at 40-50MPH regardless of speed bumps, who knows if some camera ticketing is gonna have any impact.

I will say that the one on Pulaski Highway heading Eastbound doesn't work for shit - based on watching two cars run it last night without it flashing once.

I'm sorry to hear that, but you've got the inner resource to do your own thing until your tribe comes along. Honestly, I feel the exact same way in Richmond. Just kind of isolated. I have met many people but they've all got their own tribes going on and it's just not the same.

Edit: I'm an Aquarius as well and I think that may be part of it. We're kind of known for doing our own thing. Still better with friends though!

The people of Baltimore politely ask you to NOT speed and run red lights.

Not a single person as ever seen a car speed, run a red light, or rev their engine and said: "what a cool person", not once.