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1 piece of advise....The police officer does NOT, REPEAT NOT, have to show up.

That is true in some states, but not all. In those states where the pol;ice officer is not required to show up, the ticketed person can subpoena the officer and make him show up. If he then doesn't show up, the court will be required to dismiss the ticket.

I was cited for an improper lane change three years agon and the sheriff's deputy failed to include perjury language on his report and when I brought it to the atention of the judge, he dismissed the case. I know he intentionally did not sign it under penalty of perjury or show up because his boss did not want me to be able to question him under oath for a wide variety of reasons.

I'm in Ohio . and my last ticket was in 1992 , and I showed up, and there was no policeman for my case, or any of the many other traffic cased. Since I did show up to fight it, the Judge said that it was too late to argue the ticket...I should have pled my case to the policeman before he started writing. The Judge did cut me a break by saying it would NOT be required to report it , as points, to Columbus, License Bureau. I don't know how it is now, as I have not gotten any tickets since then..but then I saw NO policeman in traffic court. Prolly in injury/Dui cases, it was a different story.