Miami's parking ticket fines excessively high

As a first year, I was using my dad's car on campus for the weekend and parked it in a lot behind Anderson Hall. I thought to myself - this lot hardly ever has cars in it, what's the worst that can happen? The next day, I noticed a parking ticket on my windshield. I kicked myself for being careless, admitted I was wrong and agreed it was right to pay the fine. What I did not think was right was the price of the fine.