It’s late at night. I’m driving with my mother in Fremont, CA a week before my wedding. She’s been sleeping on my couch for three weeks helping me sew the 5 bridesmaids’ dresses while I finish my own wedding dress. THREE WEEKS with my mother sleeping on my couch one thin wall away from my husband and mine’s bed. It’s been a long day of errands, frazzled meetings with florists and hairdressers, and a long frantic plea with the nice people at Eddie’s Quilting Bee to fix my sewing machine so I can finish my wedding dress. I’ve been driving all day from Berkeley to San Mateo to San Jose to Fremont. I’m driving along a horribly signed road trying desperately to find my way on to the right highway. The cars just in front and next to me are moving a little faster than me. I’m squinting at a bent sign I can hardly read to make sure I don’t miss the on ramp (for the second time). Next thing I know I’m nearly blinded by a couple of flashes of bright light. Somehow the car right in front of and next to me made it through the intersection, but it turned red just before I entered.

Now I have a ticket. The ticket has four lovely photos. One of my face, of my license plate, one of my car before the intersection with a clearly red light and one of my car passing through the intersection with a clearly red light.

I’m not saying I didn’t run the red light, but I’m not a bad driver. I’ve never gotten a ticket. I never run red lights on purpose. I don’t violate the carpool lane. I don’t get road rage. I don’t tailgate. I don’t cut people off. I always use my turn signal, even to change lanes. I never use my phone while I’m driving (even before it was illegal). I don’t even speed much.

Is there a way I can avoid the point on my license without paying $381 for the “bail” plus the $420 they want me to pay to do traffic school when I’m clearly guilty of the offense. Is there some sort of probation I can request? Or leniency with the fine? Or dismissal on grounds of good behavior and a clean record? Temporary insanity due to mother invasion of my couch?

I really don’t have the money. I just paid for a wedding I could only afford because my father graciously offered to pitch in even though he doesn’t really have the money.

Any advice would be great. Thanks.

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