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moduspoltoday at 8:14 PM6 repliesview on HN

Doesn't the same logic apply to parking tickets?


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horsawlarwaytoday at 8:35 PM

possibly, although I suspect the quote from above:

> Although nominally civil, traffic infraction proceedings retain every substantive hallmark of criminal prosecution...

Is going to matter here. A moving violation (ex: red light) is quite different from a non-moving violation (ex: parking) in how they're handled, and often how they're classified.

Ex - my in state, a moving violation is a criminal misdemeanor, while a non-moving violation is entirely civil.

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causaltoday at 8:20 PM

No. Parking is leaving your possession somewhere and should apply to the registered owner. It is not illegal to own a car that someone else used to run a red light.

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JumpCrisscrosstoday at 8:35 PM

Do parking tickets result in “a formal finding of guilt, and consequences tied to a driver’s record”?

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wifipunktoday at 8:28 PM

Almost, except parking tickets are still typically civil “owner-liability” citations tied to where the car is parked, while red-light violations are intended to target the driver’s conduct

Tactical45today at 8:18 PM

And speed light cameras

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