This wouldn't happen to be a city in Connecticut? I called the bluff and drove 4 hours to fight the ticket instead of mailing it in. It cost me 2-days work plus gas, but I got off free and clear. And visited some friends who went to school in the area.

But if the prosecutor didn't drop the fines and took me to trial I would be screwed. Sometimes just putting up a fight, even a small one, can reap big rewards.