They're called taxes. You want the service--pay for it. Using fines as a "revenue source" introduces so many perverse incentives into the system that it autom

They're called taxes. You want the service--pay for it. Using fines as a "revenue source" introduces so many perverse incentives into the system that it automatically becomes corrupt. See: the incestuous relationships between the towing/repossession companies and the police. Fines are good as deterrent. Fines should always go back to the public--they should never become state revenue. This breaks the incentives.