Where I live, if you don't pay up, you can't renew your license. So at most, you get away with it for a few years. By that time, the fine has increased consider

Where I live, if you don't pay up, you can't renew your license. So at most, you get away with it for a few years. By that time, the fine has increased considerably, and you can't drive until you pay it and then renew your license. Likewise if you have to go to traffic court with a previous long outstanding fine, it's heavily used against you. This impacts the heck out of your insurance, because you are then classified as a habitually risky driver. Also, if your car is towed for any reason, which costs hefty money for every day in the compound, you cannot retrieve it until outstanding fines are paid. The longer you take, the more expensive it gets. So people generally pay up. On time, even. You can always fight it in court and sometimes get it dropped, or at least lowered to a lesser offense.