Legal Question in Traffic Law in California

If the underlying crimes committed are simply for infractions, you should be able to pay the tickets and civil assessments for failing to appear and pay. The court will let you get on a payment plan if you can't pay it all at once, but there is no reason why you should be subject to any jail time. You may not be sentenced to jail unless you are convicted of a misdemeanor.

Go here to look up your tickets:

http://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/traffic/ui/SearchbyDriversLicense.aspx

So what if you get jail time. You'll be out by midnight.