[daepp]

So I got two tickets 17 months apart in the People's Republik of California. I took my chances, went to trial, the officer showed up, so I simply asked for traffic school. The judge granted it, but said I ahd to go to a 12 hour (rather than 8) course.

Now I am hearing that the ticket will still show on my record (it would be my first in 29 years of driving). So what's the purpose of 12 hour traffic school?

TIA,

David