Try doing a 16 hour one over 4 weeks. f**k that dragged on.
Ahh, but what did you learn, Alan?
So taking the fine and points may be cheaper?
But risk management-wise you'd be a fool not to take the course, because if you get stopped for speeding in the next three years your license is going to stack up and so will your insurance and chance of getting banned. With the speed awareness course there's nothing on your license, just a three year mark against you in the system to indicate you've done a course and can't do another for three years.
Unless you know you're not going to be speeding for three years after the initial incident, of course....