Drivers owe the District more than $1 billion in unpaid traffic and parking fines, and D.C. has been cracking down on what they call the “high-dollar scofflaws” — drivers of vehicles that have racked up thousands of dollars in unpaid tickets.
Just this week, they impounded a car that had $213,000 in unpaid fines.
As News4 followed along with one of the District’s enforcement teams, the crew had no trouble finding cars to tow.
They travel as a convoy: D.C. tow trucks following a lead car equipped with license plate-reading technology that identifies cars with outstanding fines. On Wednesday, they were only interested in cars owing $2,000 or more in unpaid fines.
