I think it depends on where you are, and probably which decade. I lived in Munich a long while ago, and they had face cameras for catching red-light runners. I knew a few people, personally, who got off because the camera didn't get a good picture of their faces. I don't know a lot of places where the vehicle owner is held responsible; like your car gets stolen and taken for a joy ride, someone gets run over, and you're held responsible for manslaughter just because you hold the title?

But I don't know. Laws change, and are different in every state in any case.

Oh, the converse of the Munich story is one friend who got her ticket in the mail and it's a perfect picture of her, driving, beer can in-hand, leaning forward and looking directly up into the camera. They had this little red light that would blink a couple of times before it took the picture, and even knowing what it is, the instinct to look up at the blinking light was pretty effective at getting good photos.