>>It’s at least $150 here. It’s all for money.<<
Until the concept of an “infraction” was created, all tickets were treated (appropriately) as misdemeanor crimes. There is NO constitutional basis for a crime that does not require guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
It is all about the money, Constitution be damned!
yup, politicians put these in, think they can keep spending without raising taxes, and sell it to sheeple as making roads safer.
Now it’s deemed a civil offense, like a tort or something that one would sue for.