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by lenerdenator 303 days ago
> The U.S. and other countries need to use automated methods of detecting and applying penalties. Some busy intersections have cameras for this, but it seems to be very limited, maybe because of cost.

Ultimately, someone still has to send in a check, and if they don't, you go back to the same problem, which is having police officers interact with random drivers, this time with a no-show warrant.

This isn't as much of a problem in NYC, but here in KC, unfortunately, neither the traffic stop nor the warrant are trivially safe tasks.
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gus_massa 303 days ago
> Ultimately, someone still has to send in a check, and if they don't, you go back to the same problem, which is having police officers interact with random drivers, this time with a no-show warrant.

Here in Argentina they if you don't pay, they just remember until you want to sell the car, or renew your license or a ¿anual? technical review of the vehicle.

You have to pay it sooner or later with late fees. It's not necesary to send a minitank to the front door of the home of the bad drivers.

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UltraSane 303 days ago
Normally in the US if you don't pay a fine they just contact your employer and tell them to take the fine from your paycheck.
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lenerdenator 303 days ago
Missouri has the option of yanking your license [0]

... which kinda makes it hard to drive to work to get the paycheck that you need to pay the fine, at least legally. If you get caught it's a misdemeanor [1]

[0]https://dor.mo.gov/faq/driver-license/fact-nrvc.html [1]https://law.justia.com/codes/missouri/title-xix/chapter-302/...

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jerlam 303 days ago
NYC seems to have a problem collecting those fines too. Some drivers wrack up hundreds of tickets every year and simply don't pay:

https://www.carscoops.com/2025/04/new-yorks-most-dangerous-d...

Apparently the tickets don't incur any penalties against a driver's license, so these drivers don't face repercussions such as suspension.

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hamdingers 303 days ago
> which is having police officers interact with random drivers, this time with a no-show warrant.

Impounding vehicles is an option too. Like we do for parking tickets. That is routinely done without police interaction, or interaction at all with the driver.

I know in California if you ignore a red light ticket long enough they'll pull the fines (plus penalties and interest) from your state tax return.

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