These aren't traffic tickets. They're "administrative fees".
That's how the municipalities that have these vile things circumvent due process.
I ve gotten one of them on my motorcycle. about 2 months after the supposed violation. I made it a point to cover my tag and go thru the camera again with my middle finger raised. Its just a way to rip off the public.
At least everywhere I've been ticketed, it's "bail." You can pay the money and go to court to get it back, or plead guilty and surrender the money.
When you're ticketed on vacation, hundreds of miles from home, guess what 99% of the population will do. That's why they target cars with out-of-state tags. When I've gone to court for local traffic tickets, the cops usually don't show up -- for my case or the others in court at the same time -- unless there's an accident, and if the cop doesn't show the ticket is dismissed.