Originally Posted by
jputnam
Making it a ticket against the car means the owner can't get out of the ticket by claiming someone else was driving, as in this case, where the Post Office is responsible for the operation of its vehicles no matter which employee was driving. If the owner is a big corporation, then the laws may not have much teeth.
For ordinary people, however, a $100+ fine is a reasonably strong incentive not to get caught breaking the law, even if it doesn't add points to their license.
Here in California, it's a ticket to the owner. We can contest that it wasn't us, and the picture will prove that. We are also not required to identify who was driving, no matter what they say.