• squaresinger@lemmy.world
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        11 days ago

        Do people in the US just get away with not paying tickets?

        Over here, if you don’t pay fines, it will get escalated until the point of seizure, and if you have nothing else to seize, they will take your car.

        Not paying isn’t really an option.

        • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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          11 days ago

          Apparently, the issue with mail-in tickets specifically is that while the camera can catch the license plate number, it can’t really prove who was driving the car. So whereas an in-person ticket from a cop for passing a school bus will result in points on your license, a mail-in ticket from a camera like this won’t. The same problem applies to people that just don’t pay the mail-in tickets - the state doesn’t really know who to go after specifically.