... or not to

Few months ago i ran a stop sign. Although, I feel totally guilty for that, I did not want to go defensive school. Even if I paid the fine, they would send me to the school because I got way too many points on my license, so I came up with idea to obstruct the sign visibility (see the pics). Need to notice, cop was driving on the grandview and i was on 25th, so he saw the sign from the back side only. I got ticket dismissed, but the look the cop gave me after judge said her verdict did not mean anything good for me if he'll pull me over once again it might be an ***-whooping