The answer is absolutely. If you go to court without an attorney, you will likely receive several points on your driving record. This will result in higher insurance premiums and possibly getting dropped by your insurance company. If the prosecutor allows you to avoid points by going to driving school, you will spend hours of your valuable time in the school and still end up paying a large fine in addition to the cost of the driving class.

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