there is an automatic photo taken of your license plate and you are sent a bill
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I got a letter with such a bill.
In the corner was a black blob, that I finally figured out was the liscence plate photo. But one number was illegible. So I think they sent out 10 letters, to all the possibles.
Problem was the tailgate was a Ford, my registration is Chevy, and I had never been within 800 miles of their camera.
They accepted my argument. The threat was to block my registration at DMV.
My husband got same - the photo was of a motorcycle crossing the Bay Bridge in San Francisco. My husband has never driven his motorcycle to San Francisco, it was obviously not him.
Took a long time to straighten out - and they even tried to ding him again later with the same photo. I’m guessing they send those out to a lot of people figuring they’ll just pay off the fine to avoid the hassle.