Illinoice
When I got a ticket the trooper asked me if I cash to pay for it today. Would it be normal for him to do that?
Abnormal. Was permissible in the old days, supposed to be a convenience for travelers, but too frequently a way for crooked cops to pocket the money, and even be induced to trump up charges. Wherever it is legal (and I know of none), it should not be. If you paid cash, it would be the act of a responsible citizen to ascertain whether or not the "fine" found it's way to where it is supposed to go. There is no crook worse than a crooked law enforcement officer, and all states need to have the information which would weed them out.