• @ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    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.

    • @utopiah@lemmy.world
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      12 days ago

      mail-in ticket from a camera like this won’t

      Damn, imagine now if one could put such a camera anywhere and it would

      • either be moved away if below a threshold after a period, e.g. 1 week
      • or stay as long as it pays for itself then when it pays for a 2nd one, that new one would be randomly nearby
    • @squaresinger@lemmy.world
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      13 days ago

      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.

        • @squaresinger@lemmy.world
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          13 days ago

          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.