[codemac]

I don't feel like this is true - the rich people can hire the lawyers to get them right back out of the ticket. Secondly, the cost of the ticket creates different amounts of deterrence, as when you're rich enough with no social shame (cop car with lights), you're probably going to run red lights.

See: cars parked brazenly illegally are rarely beaters.

These types of "democratizations" usually leave the poor even worse off, where they have no extra-legal wiggle room (chat with the cop) and no intra-legal resources.

See: Modern credit cards, mobile phone billing, etc.