>If you like, you can appeal your $50 fine as well and drag it out for years Though isn't there the issue of increasing fine costs and thinking parking tickets

>If you like, you can appeal your $50 fine as well and drag it out for years Though isn't there the issue of increasing fine costs and thinking parking tickets in which they carrot and stick it with a small discount if paid early and heavy penalties that stack up when it is delayed. Not sure if appeals freeze that process, though certainly the risk of incurring the financial costs of the other side in judgement; Can and does put many of and peer-pressures them into just paying the smaller fine as the time and effort, along with stress of taking and challenging alone, can and does take a toll.