This past January I was caught by a speed trap, 50 in a 35. $180.50 ticket, which would've been doubled since workers were supposed to be present that day but weren't.
I didn't feel like going through the hassle of court bullshit, so I did the online class (okay, that was a hassle) and kept the points off my license. The class was also supposed to reduce my ticket price, but the reduction wasn't even enough to cover the cost of the class itself, so it didn't help much.