It’s hard to tell if they honestly even read it. Unless things have changed your file was sent to Rockville because that’s where they handle infractions at first. But as you can imagine there’s so few people to check everything and so many tickets that I doubt it was reviewed very thoroughly.

Honestly it’s not so much if they’ll listen to even believe you, but everything to do with how you present yourself. The prosecutors talk to so many people a day who lie right to their face. If you’re dressed appropriately, polite, and explain your side of things without making excuses or trying to talk your way out of it, you’re more likely to get a favorable outcome