The alternative is prosecuting the crime, getting a conviction and applying the applicable punishment. Instead they just inflict the punishment up front on who

The alternative is prosecuting the crime, getting a conviction and applying the applicable punishment. Instead they just inflict the punishment up front on whoever they want. Then when that person tries to get it back, they have no standing because the suit is against the property itself. It takes some special people to believe in this legal fiction that the owner of the vehicle has no real standing or loss. The road was also being used. Can they seize that and the police department would now have a new toll road to raise revenue. Oh, you say the state didn't know what the drivers intentions were on the road? Too bad -- they should have foreseen everything done with their property.