Part of the problem is that when someone does not pay their initial traffic fine, the fine does not double, but instead increases to an insane amount. I’ve seen 10x the initial fine and as much as $1200. How is someone who can no longer legally drive and is low income to begin with pay that kind of money? It is a tax on the poor. I’m concerned that a high percentage of those nearly half million are also running around without insurance. And it is clogging up the court system. Is there not a better way to encourage compliance?
” Is there not a better way to encourage compliance?”
Slash all of the environmental regulations.