a couple years back, I got tagged for fishing without a liscense. I've never had a liscense outside of Canada.
So I get a court date, and the park ranger tells me I can go to Walmart, get one for 10 bucks, and enjoy my day off. But I still got a 150 dollar ticket.
I show up in court, and there is about 35 people there, all for fishing w/o a liscense. The judge asks us to step to one side if we have gotten a liscense since then. 1 guy didnt.
The judge looks at him, and asks if he had fished since he had gotten then ticket, and he says "yeah, so what?"
The judge then ups his fine to 250 dollars and gives him, I think 8 days of community service, then verbally eviscerates him for not spending 10 bucks in the last 60 days, and everyone else who didn't have to pay the fine, since they showed up with their liscense were struggling to suppress their laughter, myself included.