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Yeah, that's how it works. A lot of people just never pay them, though.
Do people in the US just get away with not paying tickets?
Over here, if you don't pay fines, it will get escalated until the point of seizure, and if you have nothing else to seize, they will take your car.
Not paying isn't really an option.
Apparently, the issue with mail-in tickets specifically is that while the camera can catch the license plate number, it can't really prove who was driving the car. So whereas an in-person ticket from a cop for passing a school bus will result in points on your license, a mail-in ticket from a camera like this won't. The same problem applies to people that just don't pay the mail-in tickets - the state doesn't really know who to go after specifically.
Damn, imagine now if one could put such a camera anywhere and it would
That's some weird legal loopholes.
Over here, if you own a car you are responsible for who drives it. So if you get a mail-in ticket, you can either name the driver (and in case of a dispute prove that they were the driver) or you yourself are counted as the driver.
Oh, so you're saying your country does something better than my country? Take your xenophobia and stick it where the sun doesn’t shine.
:D
Yeah, saying software quality sucks because foreigners are programming it is totally the same as saying that a specific law in one country is worse than the equivalent in another law. Sure.
That must impact their insurance even if they try to avoid the tickets though?
Glad you got cameras for your bus!
Most automated camera tickets for buses, red lights, or speeding only result in municipal fines and no insurance complications. The camera can reliably get the lisence plate but the tech and bureaucracy isn't ready to prove who was driving each car.