OP has returned to the thread, but still hasn't answered the very direct question: what does the ticket list as the offense? OP obfuscates with "I was doing 38 in a 35" but does not say that was the offense.
OP says the lights of the school zone sign were definitely not flashing. In the absence of an answer from OP I am going to make an assumption that the listed offense was exceeding the allowable speed in the school zone, and had OP been able to go to court in person, it would have come down to the judge believing or not believing that story.
I'd bet that had OP been able to attend court in person and deliver that story, at the very worst the charges and fines would have been reduced.
To answer the OP's question, no I have never had this happen to me.
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