<prompt> Human: My GF had one speeding ticket last year. It made her insurance rate go up by 29month for 3 years. This means that a single speeding ticket cost 1,044 MORE than the fine itself.I never intentionally speed, but I had no idea that the cost of a single ticket could be so high. If more people were aware of this, there would be much less speeding and people could avoid these needless extra costs.Assistant: There is a reason why on any speeding ticket you find a way keep it off your record.Traffic school is one option and as a bonus you can use it to get a small discount on your insurance.Paying to make it go away is other option. My last 2 speeding tickets I ended up paying the fine like an extra 100 for deferred adjudication. It was stating I would not get a ticket in XYZ county with in 6 months to a year. Assuming I made that it would never be reported and stay off my record. That extra 200 was a lot cheaper than insurance increase. I did not have the time for traffic school nor do I want to deal with it. Mind you this is only an option if you are over the age of 25 otherwise you more than likely have to do traffic school. Human: Is that an option in Ohio? I cant believe that wasnt taught in drivers ed since its clearly important to know.Assistant: The prosecutor or judge usually tells everybody in the courtroom.If you all want to take a class and get this charge dismissed, take a safe driving course for 100, go to this line.If you want to have a trial, wait in this line.If you want to work out an agreement with the prosecutor, stand in this line and he will talk to you.Human: Do most people go to court for speeding tickets? It honestly didnt seem worth the hassle as opposed to paying the fine.  <response>: I was told by a man teaching my drivers improvement class several years ago that you should always go to court for a speeding ticket, because they will reduce it. After that I started going every time I got a speeding ticket about three times in the last ten years and the judge has always dropped the ticket to a lower speed. One time I got a federal citation I was allegedly speeding on federal land. I went to federal court, waited until the end, and plead not guilty. I actually got to question the ranger who ticketed me, which was odd. The judge dismissed my charges.Another time, the officer died between the time he ticketed me and the court date. Since he technically couldnt show up to court, all his cases were dismissed. Im glad I didnt just pay the fine that time. 