The Volokh Conspiracy - Is D.C. Turning Into a "Nanny State"?:

The Washington Post has an interesting article on DC local law and enforcement strategies, as well as popular objection to them:

  A parking ticket on your windshield used to be as far as the stubby arm of District law would reach. But now, drivers are ticketed by robot cameras, holding a cell phone when driving is verboten and no one is allowed to have more than one drink at a time at city bars. Last week, D.C. police were handing out $10 tickets for jaywalking.
  Jaywalking.
  It makes some people wonder whether the District is turning into a Big Brother "nanny state." With these official efforts to make urban life safer, is there danger of Washington losing some of its buzz and the organic street life that makes a city a city?

	[Orin Kerr, July 4, 2005 at 12:17am] Trackbacks Is D.C. Turning Into a "Nanny State"?: The Washington Post has an interesting article on DC local law and enforcement strategies, as well as popular objection to them: A parking ticket on your windshield used to be as far as the stubby arm of District law would reach. But now, drivers are ticketed by robot cameras, holding a cell phone when driving is verboten and no one is allowed to have more than one drink at a time at city bars. Last week, D.C. police were handing out $10 tickets for jaywalking. Jaywalking. It makes some people wonder whether the District is turning into a Big Brother "nanny state." With these official efforts to make urban life safer, is there danger of Washington losing some of its buzz and the organic street life that makes a city a city?