I'm at the bar. All is quiet. Let's hope it stays this way.
So last Friday, I got my first ever ticket. It was 12am and I was on my way home. I was tired, worked a full shift and wanted to just sleep.
I was driving on this road I normally take to get home. Its speed limit is 35 but for some reason I thought it was 40. So I was going 40 when suddenly I notice a dead deer on the opposite side of the road. And after that I saw a police car and I thought it was going to examine it so I ignored it.
Suddenly I see someone with their brights on all the way and riding my ass. I speed up since there was a car on the only other lane I could get on so I could avoid jackass. Well after I sped up to change lanes I see the flashing red and blue lights followed by the all too familiar siren...
I pull over, unsatisfactory, so the cop yells at me to park elsewhere. I do. He asks what I'm doing. He tells me, "You know, at one point [when he was riding my ass] I caught you going 50."
The usual ensues and I get myself a pretty $160 ticket 
My parents both say to go to defensive driving and get the ticket relieved that way. That way my insurance won't go up. My gf tells me I should pay it. I'm afraid of how high my insurance will go up if I don't get the ticket relieved though... I would do the course my parents suggest but I don't know if I have the time since I work 75hrs a week x.x
What should I do?
