Fair, but in the case of crimes that the police take more seriously, a license plate is important evidence. If there's a hit and run and a bystander remembers "

Fair, but in the case of crimes that the police take more seriously, a license plate is important evidence. If there's a hit and run and a bystander remembers "silver sedan" and half the plate number, you'd better believe they'll be looking it up and paying the owner a visit. Is an in-depth investigation like that realistic over a citizen submitted video of a minor traffic violation? No, of course not. But the other side of this is that if you had more automation in place and could see the data in aggregate, you could get a much better picture of where the problem spots are (for active enforcement or infrastructure improvements) and also potentially identify problem vehicles making the same errors day after day in the same spot (and then either go after them or put them on some kind of watch-out-for list).