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I really will have to go to court, because it turns out that a conviction for speeding in a school zone can be as bad for your driving record as causing an accident in which someone is killed.  Even at best, it is worse than driving without a license — and I can see why, really, being a mom after all. 

In fact, in a sort of show of solidarity with the whole “keep our kids safe” idea, I’d intended just to find out what the fee was, pay it quietly, and move on.  However, it turns out that paying the fine amounts to a legal admission of guilt, which carries some pretty serious consequences, both for our insurance and even potentially for my employability.  And I honestly don’t think I am guilty.  Even the traffic court lady I spoke to today told me it’s better to go to court than pay,  so that clinches it.  I’ll no doubt blubber like an idiot, however. 

Poop.  It’s like when your first dishwasher explodes, and then your second dishwasher explodes, and then you have to go out and buy a third one, and pay for someone to install it, when what you really wanted to do with that money was finally buy nice new countertops instead.   I mean, you know?!?