
Quoting
That Guy
Stop that^. Its not the end of the week yet and even if it was, there is no obligation to answer your question within a certain period.
The negative consequences is that you're paying the wrong amount which means your payment can get rejected, and if you are close to your deadline for filing a TBD you may lose the opportunity to submit your declaration.
Question is, and aside from complicating an already convoluted process that is riddled with opportunities for error, what's the benefit for pre paying for the traffic school option when the fact is, there is no guarantee that the judge will allow you to go to traffic school once you are past the arraignment! Just because "its paid for" is not going to obligate the judge to allow it! There is no such thing as "reserving the option of traffic school by prepaying it" simply because traffic school at that point (after trial or after a TBD) is at the judge's discretion!
If you're not sure you have a viable defense, then take traffic school at the arraignment. Don't waste the court's time with silly attempts to play "CHP roulette"!