Traffic fines based on income

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sethnintendo said:

Rich people can hire good lawyers and get out of most fines/crimes.  Poor people go to jail (or get longer sentences) all the time due to having a shitty lawyer.  A rich person can get away with crimes just by pretty much "buying the court" with a good lawyer.  So poor people have been paying a much greater price with their freedom due to not being able to buy a judgement in our corrupt court system. 

If you believe the system is so corrupt and simplistic (it isn't), what would keep them from contesting their fines on the court, then? On the majority of countries they could easily claim it's unconstitutional based on the principles everyone is equal before the law or its closest equivalent. Or bribe the transit officers if the oportunity arises, since if you are giving them the power of imposing fines who could very well be above their monthly incomes, this would be likely to happen.

Your idea seems (more or less) fair and just on paper, I'll give you that, but my opinion as a law student is that on terms of efficiency and effictiveness of written laws, it wouldn't work.