Tickets - who has expereince, need advice

[Murlo26]

So last week Tuesday, at 6am on 35w I got pulled over and "cited" (i believe is the proper term). I think its been 7-8 years since my last ticket, I honestly can't remember.

Anyway, I had my gf and her daughter with me and I was caravaning with my dad (his car had my mom, bro and his gf) and he lost me in traffic so I was going kind of fast trying to catch him to get back in the caravan as we had 12 hours to go (drove to Oklahoma).

So, seeing as this is my first one in a long time, what can I do to fight this or make it sting less? I was going to schedule the court date and show up and see if I can take some classes or something to stop it from going on insurance etc. Or try to get it knocked down. The guy didn't even really talk to me, just gave me a ticket more or less instantly. I was in the carpool lane, dumb move very exposed as the rest of traffic was going about the same speed, 70 or so. Got one for 75 in 55, seriously 55 speed limits are dumb. but yea he didn't knock it down or anything. I never admitted I was speeding either, played dumb as I believe you are supposed to never admit guilt.

Just looking for advice on what to do, thanks.