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The big thing here is that the driver was identified, you got his details.

Same thing does not really happen with camera-issued fines, even if technically feasible given a good quality picture of the drivers face.

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In the UK and I assume much of Europe, the registered keeper of the car gets the ticket, they have to identifty the driver. If they refuse to identify the driver then they get a separate punishment which is about the same as the speeding ticket.

UK doesn't even send driver identification letters to keepers of foreign registered vehicles due to jurisdictional issues. They just sell the data to a private company that sends intimidating TV licensing-esque letters (but not actual invoices!) in the hopes of getting paid.

>If they refuse to identify the driver then they get a separate punishment which is about the same as the speeding ticket.

This doesn't work unless the keeper is UK based.

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