Down here they put a bench warrant out for you if you don't show up. If ya get a traffic stop they will see it and haul you down to jail. Then ya gotta pay a fine, paying towing for your vehical ( usually double the norm), pay storage fee's for your vehical, etc. Can easily cost you a grand.
Then we have judge that throws folks into jail for just being late. :shock:
I did federal court some years back and I have not gotten called since. I had to drive about 70 miles one way to the fed court. What a pain. I used to get called about every two years for state stuff.