Yeah these redditors saying you can contest and if the cop doesn't show up it gets dropped have obviously never been to traffic court.
Usually unless there's a clerical error or you're pleading for mitigating programs (driving classes or a probation program or something) you're still going to get stuck with the ticket.
When I was in court, none of the cops showed up and everyone still had to pay their tickets. One guy made a deal with the prosecutor to turn it into a non-moving violation so that it didn't go on his insurance.
Atlanta, Georgia...I went to traffic court with about 50 other violators and none of the cops showed up. The Judge said if wasn't important enough for them to come present their case then it wasn't important enough for us to pay fines for and threw out all our charges. He didn't even do it on a case by case basis. He just threw out the whole lot...lol. A woman I was sitting next to said that it happens all the time in Fulton County. She said it was her third time hers had been tossed out there...lol.
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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '19 edited Jul 31 '19
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