Punishing the registered owner for a crime that may have been committed by someone else ins't very American. |
Neither is punishing an innocent driver when the
vehicle is in violation, in my opinion.
The only ticket I ever got was while driving someone else's car which they hadn't kept their registration current on. I think the ticket should have gone against the car/owner, but no. It's a blight on
my otherwise perfect record.
As for the cameras, they make mistakes. There was a case, I think it was in San Diego, where the cameras were
proven to be in error, but the courts said it didn't matter, everyone had to pay the
wrongful tickets anyway. I have a huge problem with that. In America we are supposed to be able to confront our accuser. How do you confront a machine? Especially with idiot judges who say, "Machines don't lie!" No judge, but they do screw up, just like you.