On Thursday, the state tells us that new system is helping its collection agency recover money owned to the state.

Despite the threat of arrest, or perhaps losing one's driver's license, a lot of people don't pay their parking tickets, speeding citations and other moving violations.

"The benchmark in the industry for these type of cases is somewhere in the high teens. You know, 15 to 18% in terms of collectability of this type, however, over time that revenue recovery rate goes up. We think that the judiciary and the four Circuit Courts are on track to get over 20 percent the next six months," said Patrick Swanick.

In the past three years the state has asked its collection agency to go after almost $27 million in unpaid fines. So far it has collected close to 4 of that $27 million.

That means there are still more than $23 million out there in unpaid citations. The state and its collection agency say they'll continue to go after the people who owe that money until they pay up and they say the jims system will be a big help.

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