Yeah, everything you said is true. Most states still do this, but what if there were no laws like this at all? Do you think dirt-balls would all the sudden pay their child support? No. So you have to do something.
I don't have a solution. No one does.
The court system is one giant insatiable machine and the only ones that win are the lawyers.
The stuff you wrote, it's only gonna get worse too. One of the stocks I follow keeps getting more and more contracts with cities across the nation. They provide software that ties into existing traffic and public safety cameras and their database has access to literally everything including all DMV, insurance companies, and the nationwide bench warrant system. In a nutshell, imagine a traffic stop where everything about you is checked, even the vin # and color of the car. Now imagine the depth of that traffic stop being conducted real-time at every intersection you drive thru by AI. Their system's even pick up erratic driving and although they don't talk about it, I'm sure they're using facial recognition where the various cameras permit.
The minute their system flags anything, even an expired insurance policy or a tag that doesn't match the car, that information is sent to nearby LE and it's game over for that driver. Every week this company does a press release heralding some new city that signed up. It's the way things are now I guess, you either play by the rules or you feed that insatiable pig, and yes it does ruin more lives by placing folks in deeper and deeper holes that they'll never get out of. I've seen plenty.
With child support we still garnish wages etc for arrears, that hasn’t changed. The punitive side is all that has changed.
As to the camera at lights etc, in NJ the police have license plate scanners. They know everything about you before they get out of the car.
