No that's incorrect. They can either do that, treating your speeding as a civil case, or - much more commonly - they treat it as a criminal case. The complaint

No that's incorrect. They can either do that, treating your speeding as a civil case, or - much more commonly - they treat it as a criminal case. The complaint here is that they are picking and choosing between the two approaches, providing the safety mechanisms of neither. Edit: Also, it appears the authors claim that the city couldn't constitutionally treat it as a civil case are being disputed elsewhere: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/01/13/law-professor-gets-a-traffic-camera-ticket-hilarity-ensues/?utm_term=.bc75cb9db24b https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/201...