FOUR drivers are being sued after they racked up over 1,000 traffic citations totaling $340,000.
Ashley Yvette Kibler is the lead perpetrator with a total of 414 traffic infractions from January 2019 to August 2024.
Those with unpaid citations are now at risk of being sued by DC (stock photo)[/caption]
One woman has 414 outstanding tickets (stock photo)[/caption]
Of her 414 tickets, 360 of them were for excessive speeding, according to CBS affiliate WUSA.
Kibler holds a DC license and two Maryland plates and two Virginia plates.
Of her 360 speeding tickets, 23 were for going 30 miles per hour above the posted speed limit, which is typically 20 mph unless otherwise posted.
An additional 66 of her speeding tickets were for going 21-30 mph above the speed limit.
The remainder of her tickets, which weren’t for speeding, were for running red lights and stop signs, turning from the wrong lane, driving an uninsured car, having no rear lights, and more.
In total, the Maryland resident owes the District of Columbia $168,168.
Coming in second with the highest number of tickets is Sean Dayoni Hudson.
Hudson received 283 citations over an eight-year period.
The majority of his infractions occurred within 16 months, starting in January 2023.
In just one year, he received 252 of his tickets, totaling $83,100 in fees owed.
The majority of his tickets were for dangerous driving, according to WUSA.
Only four of his 238 citations were for lesser infractions.
The next driver being sued by DC is Andrea Florence Reid, who has received 206 citations within nine years.
The majority of her citations, 164 to be exact, were for excessive speeding, with 21 being for running a red light.
Reid owes a total of $56,010 to the District.
The final driver being sued is Terrell Antonio Jenkins, who received 102 citations.
What is the STEER Act?
The STEER Act, officially known as the Strengthening Traffic Enforcement, Education, and Responsibility Amendment Act of 2024, is a law in Washington, D.C. aimed at curbing dangerous driving behaviors and reducing traffic fatalities. The law allows DC to sue out of state drivers who repeatedly received traffic citations.
Most of Jenkins’s tickets were for speeding; on five occasions, he was caught going 30 mph above the speed limit.
The District is allowed to sue the four rulebreakers thanks to a new law called the STEER Act.
The act gives DC the ability to hold repeat offenders from neighboring states accountable for their actions.
“At any moment, any of these instances could have turned tragic — a child darting out in the street, a senior in a busy crosswalk, another driver using their right-of-way,” Councilmember Charles Allen told WUSA.
“The STEER Act brings accountability to dangerous drivers that for too long has been lacking.”
