He had to pay the fine and was not allowed to go to traffic school because that counted as a wreckless driving offense against him, more than two points. He had not been to traffic school in 6 years. You might want to look into it. Ask a cop or something. If you can't go to traffic school, then definitely set a court date. If the cop doesn't write a report or doesn't show up, they'll throw the ticket out and you get away with it with just paying for the administrative fees.