In florida... its works as follows.
you have three options:
1) pay fine... claiming your guilty and you get points given.
2) pay a little reduced fine, endure a 4 hour course on the internet, and no points are given (you can only do this once every 12 months, and only 5 times in 10 years) its worth it, but man is it tedious.
3) Go to court.
3a) pay a lawyer to go for you.. they will try to get you out of it.. but as the resident popo just said... you usually end up paying either a small fine and court fees, or all that and even get points.. depends on your driving record.
3b) you go to court... same as above applies. But sometimes you get lucky and the officer does not show up, and it gets dismissed, or your driving record is nice and the ticket was not for being a complete idiot, and you pay some court fees and that is all.
so if you can do the driving course to not get the points do it.. its worth the 4 hours your there staring at your screen.
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