A Maryland resident with 414 outstanding traffic citations, including 360 for excessive speeding, is being hauled into court by District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb who is seeking to collect the $168,168 in unpaid fines and penalties she owes the District.
Schwab says it’s not just about the $168,168 that Ashley Yvette Kibler owes for the hundreds of infractions; he calls her a dangerous driver.
Kibler is not the only one. Schwalb also announced lawsuits against two other Maryland drivers and one lawsuit against a Virginia driver. Altogether the four have amassed more than 1,000 traffic infractions among them. The vast majority of the citations accumulated by the four defendants were for excessive speeding, and in total, the drivers owe the District more than $340,000 in unpaid fines, penalties, and fees, according to Schwalb.
These four lawsuits follow five suits OAG filed against drivers in April, and three suits filed earlier in the year.
Under a 2018 law, the District cannot suspend the licenses of drivers with unpaid tickets. The attorney general filed these civil suits using authority granted under a 2024 law, the Strengthening Traffic Enforcement, Education, and Responsibility (STEER) Act. The STEER Act enables Schwalb to hold drivers who flout DC traffic laws accountable by seeking monetary judgments against them even if they do not live in the District.
“These STEER Act lawsuits are part of our continued commitment to putting an end to drivers speeding through our city, ignoring our laws and putting people’s lives at risk,” said Schwalb. “Deaths from traffic crashes have reached historically high levels in recent years, and holding lawless drivers accountable is essential to reversing that trend.”
“The STEER Act brings accountability to dangerous drivers that for too long has been lacking,” said Councilmember Charles Allen, author of the law.
The attorney general has filed the new lawsuits against:
