&gt; ...what incentive does a billionaire have to ever obey traffic law?<p>I&#x27;m no billionaire, but I used to think along those lines: Just budget a couple grand a year for tickets and insurance hikes, then go wild. Unfortunately for me, there&#x27;s more to traffic violations than fines. There&#x27;s traffic school. There&#x27;s getting your ride towed, leaving you standing on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere (this was pre-uber). There&#x27;s waiting until Monday to get it back, because the impound lot is closed on Sundays. It&#x27;s quite a hassle, so I don&#x27;t speed or drive aggressively anymore.<p>&gt; You also go to jail for being too poor to pay the fine for failing to signal.<p>Well... you don&#x27;t immediately go to jail for failure to pay fines. For traffic stuff, it takes weeks before you&#x27;re actually hit with a fine. Most courts also have payment plans or discounts for financial hardship. It&#x27;s not as cruel of a system as you might think.<p>It&#x27;s only slightly related, but paying the late fine on the spot was what I found so odd about the Texas bill. Cops never accept money. Asking a cop, &quot;Can I pay the ticket here, right now?&quot; is usually a veiled attempt at bribery. If the cop says yes, you&#x27;re negotiating price. Then you use more veiled language like, &quot;Is there is discount for paying it now?&quot; Etc.