What are the best ways for the court to handle parking and traffic cases, as well as other infractions of that sort?
Uncontested cases: An overwhelming majority of parking violations and nonhazardous moving violations are disposed without need of a court appearance through fine payment by mail or at a traffic- or parking-violations bureau. The court should ensure that each motorist is fully informed of his or her rights and of the consequences of entering a guilty plea or admission so that he or she can make a knowing and intelligent waiver of rights. This task can be accomplished through a well-worded statement on the traffic citation.After providing means for motorists to be properly advised of their rights, municipal courts hearing traffic matters should provide accessible and efficient means for those who choose to admit responsibility to dispose of their cases. Computerized citation preparation by law-enforcement officers, automated case information systems, and optical scanning and image processing for traffic citations are means by which technology has critically aided case processing for traf
