Generally, you are eligible to attend a traffic school and have the citation masked from your record upon completion of the class if you have not attended traffic school in the state of California in the past 18 months. Your courtesy notice will indicate whether or not you are eligible for the traffic school program.
1 We will mail copies of our arguments to you. After all of the attorneys' arguments, the court will make a written decision.  On average, the Federal court case will take about 18 months. Some cases are shorter; some cases are longer.
To give you a rough idea from my experience, it takes 3 to 4 months from the time you apply until the first decision then if denied, in states that still have Reconsideration, it could take another 3 or 4 months to get the next decision. It can be another 12 to 18 before you get a Hearing before an ALJ.