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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.
Actually, no. Our founders themselves did not typically have juries for petty offenses; they too saw a jury for such minor cases as unnecessary. That history, going back to our founding, of only providing juries for more serious offenses was an important factor in the Supreme Court’s decision.

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Perhaps if the state would pay [jurors] 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.
If you think the citizens of your state wouldn’t mind paying the increased taxes that it would take to pay jurors more and to provide juries for traffic cases then feel free to urge your state legislators to pass a bill to do that. I think, though, that most people feel they pay enough in tax as it is and won’t see this as a worthwhile expense.