Originally Posted by
TNathe
my take on it, and ive done this SEVERAL times as well as had friends do it...unless you CANT make it to court, why pay some attorney to go and do EXACTLY what you are going to do, stand there in front of the judge, if the cops are there you plea "no-contest" which means you arent 'fighting' the ticket you are basicly asking mercy from the court system to be lineint on you this time if you have a decent driving record...here in Pasco county the judges ALWAYS withold points from the license and usually assess a lesser fine than the one cited...
+1
If the cop doesn't show up it will get thrown out. If he shows, plea no contest.
Lawyers...
During my last trip to the courts in Lake County, there was a lawyer representing a bunch of people. The lawyers have the ability to summon logs & check for mistakes. If they find those mistakes they can ask that your case be dismissed. There was more than 1 cop with logs on them & the lawyer found mistakes such as incorrect times & dates logged which he used to have the tickets dismissed...
My .02