I may have missed your point RZ and if so I apologize. In your description does the prosecutor get fined for breaking down on the road and also have to pay the towing fee? I would like to see that.
It seems like in the current system, the taxpayers pay the fine and the towing fee while the defendant gets a "get out of jail free" card.
The prosecution is what keeps the case alive. Not there and no timely request for a reschedule means case tossed. Usually not tossed "with prejudice" which would mean no refiling possible. If that judge hates the case that much, the prosecutor prolly doesn't want to be in front of that judge anyhow.