Your First Ticket Ever

You are late for an important meeting and decide that getting there faster is worth the risk of getting your first ticket. You hit the gas and the speedometer soon reads "76 mph." You are driving in a 55 mph zone and flashing lights have just appeared behind you.

The officer writes you a speeding ticket for 76 mph in a 55 mph zone. At this point, you can, plead guilty by mail, try to defend yourself, or hire a lawyer to represent you. The process of representing yourself seems confusing and complicated and you think hiring a lawyer would be too expensive. Because it is your first ticket ever, you decide to just plead guilty and send in the ticket. After all, you figure that it's just a speeding ticket. 

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