This is very true. The main difference is that these are not criminal charges - unlike what the professor says in the video, this is something the officer can and and often will let you get away with if you evoke enough empathy.

The important thing to keep in mind of course is that with a speeding ticket, at worse you'll have to pay a few bucks for something you maybe even didn't do. This is as opposed to spending a few years in jail for a crime you did not commit...