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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
If the officer doesn't show, tickets are still thrown out. The problem is that police officers are paid to be there, so the likelihood of them not showing up is low.
Right, but the interests of government and the insurers are not aligned.
The government just wants the revenue from the ticket, they really aren't concerned with your insurance rate being accurate for your driving history. You are, because that history influences your rate. It's a useful bargaining chip that the government has to offer a path of least resistance, being you pay for the ticket now and drop any chance of contesting in court (which would considerably reduce the net profit from the ticket) and you don't get dinged on your driving history.
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The government should be interested in traffic safety not revenue. If the whole concept of fines improve driving performance works then reducing demerits is not in the interests of government.