My question involves a speeding ticket from the State of: California
Ok...I'm 18 and my parents do not know of this. I am trying to solve this as an adult and I'm currently asking a friend of mine how to deal with this and also, at the moment, searching for rules and solutions pertaining to my incident.
So, I got a speeding ticket because I was hurrying to get to my community college because I overslept (alarm clock didn't wake me up). Apparently I was doing 70 (although I think was doing a little less than that --- though I blame myself for not watching my mph gauge when I saw the cop) on a 45 mph road. There is a date to appear on court but the cop told me to "Take driving school to get it off my record and insurance, etc." So...what step should I take first? I believe it's mandatory to appear on court for a speeding ticket if it was 25mph and over the speed limit, but could someone reassure me?
Oh and one more thing...the date the cop wrote ON the ticket was the 20th, but he gave it to me today ---which is the 21st. Could this ticket be invalid?
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Please and thanks.


