Dc Allows Audi Q5 To Rack Up $260,000 In Unpaid Tickets Before Finally Towing It Away

Remember that 1 clip you got a postulation ticket and had nan intrusive thought of, "What would really hap if I just... ne'er paid this?" Well, if you're an Audi driver successful Washington, D.C., apparently nan reply is "not a full batch for rather a agelong time."

DC constabulary yet impounded a black, second-gen Q5 past Wednesday aft it accumulated a full of 893 unpaid tickets, equaling fines of much than $260,000—$262,204 to beryllium precise, according to a licence sheet hunt done by WCNC.

The outlet reports that 29 tickets were issued successful conscionable nan past 2 months, each of which were for speeding betwixt 11 and 20 mph complete nan limit. On X, nan DCPD posted 2 pictures of nan conveyance getting towed on pinch a statement, "Repeated disregard of postulation rule is unacceptable. We'll proceed to way down scofflaw vehicles to support DC roadways safe."

Yesterday, MPD's Traffic Enforcement Unit and our partners astatine @DCDPW impounded a conveyance pinch 893 outstanding tickets, totaling complete $260,000 successful fines!

Repeated disregard of postulation rule is unacceptable. We'll proceed to way down scofflaw vehicles to support DC roadways safe. pic.twitter.com/ugrxMPtJto

— DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) April 9, 2026

As an aside, I was admittedly coming year's aged nan first clip I ever encountered nan connection "scofflaw," and fto maine conscionable say, it's a perfectly constructed connection for what it means.

There's a inclination (if you tin telephone 2 notable instances a trend) of drivers of achromatic Audis simply not giving a hoot astir postulation tickets. Last year, a achromatic A6 successful New York gained notoriety aft racking up 968 tickets (950 for speeding) complete its lifetime, totaling much than $58,000 successful fines, astir $46,000 of which were so paid arsenic of a twelvemonth ago.

Now, we're not saying each achromatic Audis are driven by recklessly well-funded speeders. What we are saying is that if we had a nickel each clip a achromatic Audi made headlines for racking up hella postulation tickets, we'd person 2 nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.