That jumped out at me as well. How do they know these cameras were responsible for the decrease in fatalities?
I believe this is unconstitutional and violates due process.
Of course, of that 90 million they hoped to reap, they would have got that from law-abiding citizens like me.
I really, really resent it when law-abiding means “patsy”.
Grrrr.
Yep. I understand that in some states (but I don’t know which ones), the fine is purely civil. They can actually send it to collections. But the problem is that since you never agreed that you owed the money you are not really responsible. So the only ones they collect from are the ignorant or easily intimidated. The rest get off scott free.
Not all states, of course. I’ve tried to find out which ones via internet searches but have yet to come up with a list or even a single state where that is clearly stated by anyone. It is merely something I read on one of these threads here about five years ago.