Yes…the fines for traffic offenses are too high. The other problem is that every state has their own set of rules and there is no way one person can even begin to know them all. For example: In Kansas there is a law that says if a speed limit sign is wrong then the public still has to obey the sign.
In a small town outside of Wichita there was such a sign and citizens and people who drove through the area were getting a large amount of speeding tickets. The law said that the sign had to stay in place until the traffic department removed it. The highway speed limit was 55 and the bogus sign said 15MPH about halfway between the two 55MPH signs. If you did not know about the sign they got you for speeding before you could slow down. The sign was there for almost 2 years before a local in a 4WD pickup attached a chain to it and did the traffic department’s job. Sometimes a person just has to take the law into his/her own hands.