At the end of the day the state is imposing a penalty on you for an action you took. Maybe it was for murder or maybe it was for going 40 in a 30.
The state can call each whatever they want; label it whatever they want. But it is the same thing for both at the end of the day. Only a difference of degrees.
The state imposes a rule. The state punishes those who break the rule.
If the state wants to say traffic rules are lollipops and bunny rules it changes nothing.