So if everyone contests the tickets, there are no additional fines for them and it costs the state a ton more money to process all the court appearances.
Am I missing something here?
In Tennessee if you contest the ticket, you will lose and the court costs in some cases are quite high. One county was charging about $225.00 in court costs... a bunch of defense lawyers tried to appeal it, but it went no where because in TN traffic court is not a court of record.