So.

I got a traffic ticket in the mail last week. I was caught on camera doing something illegal - the ticket doesn't seem to specify. I assume that it's failing to come to a complete stop, or turning right on a red light. But for all I know it's for possession of an Edward Gorey bat on my dashboard.

I'm kind of annoyed at this. My last ticket was for speeding when I was 20. But hey, whatever.
Then I got the ticket in the mail. It's... for a lot more money than I expected. If I want to waste a day going to traffic school to avoid a car insurance hike, I then have to pay a 15% surcharge, on top of whatever the traffic school charges.

Low-hanging fruit for cities that want money. But I doubt I did anything for which a cop would have pulled me over had one been stationed there.