It really does sound like a broken system when private companies can make money from traffic fines while people are often not even told about their fines in the first place. The part about fines not reaching your home address is so true, I have also heard of people only finding out when they go to renew their license disc. If the 50% discount deal is still in place, it feels like the public is paying for inefficiency and corruption instead of fairness.
It does seem and feel that way.