11-28-2013, 06:10 AM
My guess, is that there's simple economics in play.
$0.25 in postal, paper, administrative costs to maintain a list of those who haven't paid, and give them another chance to pay. Multiply that by what's probably tens of thousands of people a year for a state.
Now consider how many people would get that notice and say "oh i forgot to pay! And I forgot to go to court!" versus the people who say "fvck it."
I'd say most are in the latter category, especially when you consider they ignored the original citation and court date to begin with. 99% of people are not going to ignore a citation and a court date, only to pay up at a later date. If they ignored it once they'll ignore it again.
So why should the state go to the time and cost to remind people who aren't going to pay, that they have to pay.
$0.25 in postal, paper, administrative costs to maintain a list of those who haven't paid, and give them another chance to pay. Multiply that by what's probably tens of thousands of people a year for a state.
Now consider how many people would get that notice and say "oh i forgot to pay! And I forgot to go to court!" versus the people who say "fvck it."
I'd say most are in the latter category, especially when you consider they ignored the original citation and court date to begin with. 99% of people are not going to ignore a citation and a court date, only to pay up at a later date. If they ignored it once they'll ignore it again.
So why should the state go to the time and cost to remind people who aren't going to pay, that they have to pay.