How is this dystopian? Dystopian would be if we ticket cars based on how likely they might park in the bus lane.
Presumption of guilt by default, requiring you to pay the fine before you’re allowed to contest the alleged infraction.
Absolute rules usually means less natural justice, there are times when pursuing minor violations are not in the public interest.
Where I live, every ticket arrives with a link to view the video. This has lead to really telling moments where people have ranted about the “trap” and some even share the videos, which reliably show them rolling through stop signs or red lights.
Also the fact that you’re only allowed to contest an allegation within an arbitrary amount of time hardly seems in concordance with natural justice.
> Also the fact that you’re only allowed to contest an allegation within an arbitrary amount of time hardly seems in concordance with natural justice.
Why? It’s common in many areas to say that you have a certain amount of time to appeal an error to avoid needing to keep records for minor issues for long periods of time. This was even more common in the past where you would have been relying on human memory more and some people would try to game the system by waiting & hoping that an officer wouldn’t be available or would have forgotten enough details. It’s hardly just to allow lawbreakers to get off by exploiting the error correction mechanism, either.