That defeats the entire purpose of a jury trial. Our founding fathers knew that magistrates are payed by the state and are biased to the state, and generally answer to the state and since its SOO EASY to get a traffic citation, this is exactly what trial by jury is designed to counteract and give relief from fear of excessive persecution. Perhaps if the state would pay them accordingly and fairly, then this might not be as big an issue. and you can;t even volunteer for it. I personally LOVE Jury duty, the only thing I didn't like was having to eat $10 a day when I normally make 80-100.

