General Discussion

But it seems like the law lets the officer scan for vehicles without insurance which feels really creepy, especially since the state admits there are inaccuracies in the data (blaming the insurance companies of course). I'm sure there's a racism component to that as well given the demonstrated history of minorities being more likely to get citations for driving without insurance tickets without other citations.

And then even if a driver gets one of these tickets for being uninsured and can prove they had insurance coverage at the time, there's still a potential fine, although it drops from $460 to a max of $25

Having a fine that can apply even in an instance where the driver has done nothing wrong is just insult to injury.

Of course the specific case sucks and the police department knows it, but the overall law seems fundamentally flawed as well.