<human>: Can you condense the text into a few key points?

I overestimated a turn and crossed the double yellow line due to poor visibility (sun-blind at 8:30am coupled with a slightly foggy windshield), scuffing a car coming the opposite direction with my mirror in the process.  I'm not concerned about my insurance or the other party involved, my issue is the $125 ticket that I received that is going to sap my bank account and drain what little x-mas funds I might've had to buy gifts for my girlfriend and my mother.

I have a clean driving record, the officer who responded wrote me a citation for veering left and mentioned I might be able to get out of the ticket by showing up to court and fighting it.  The cop was incredibly nice (unlike the other party), and also mentioned he wrote me the easiest-to-dodge and lowest cost citation that he could come up with.  Anyone have experience with this type of situation?  Thanks in advance.
<bot>: Minor traffic accident might ruin Christmas, is "I couldn't see due to weather/the sun" plausible to dodge a ticket or should I suck it up and pay it to avoid court costs?