Yeah tickets suck Luckily, I haven't gotten one in almost five years, but when I did get them, I would appear on the court date and plead not guilty and go to trial. If the cop doesn't show, the ticket is dismissed. That worked a couple of times. Other times when I plead not guilty, the prosecutor would come out and reduce the ticket to avoid going to trial. Best of course is to just drive the speed limit, which I've been doing a pretty good job of as of late -_-