If it’s a traffic violation you have a good chance of the cop no showing to court.
That doesn’t mean anything in a lot of countries.
Is going to court over traffic violations common internationally? I thought that was a US thing
I challenged a licence suspension in Australia when I was 19 years old. I gladly paid the $560 fine but I would’ve lost my licence for three months because I was driving 7km/h over the limit on a ‘double-demerits’ weekend. The magistrate sent me to a fortnightly driver’s course for 12 weeks, all the while I kept my licence, and after the course was over I fronted court again and successfully argued my three month suspension down to four weeks.
I’m pretty sure that going to court over traffic violations is a thing in any country that allows going to court over traffic violations.
FYI in most Australian jurisdictions, you can’t demand that the individual police officer who fined you attend court to defend themselves. That part is most likely a US thing.
All that over 7kmh? Holy shit, most cops in the usa won’t bother you doing 9mph over on highways and like 5-7mph on normal roads.
At least in the US, you should always get a lawyer for traffic tickets. The real cost isn’t whatever the court charges you, it’s whatever your insurance does.
id rather pay a lawyer than reward the state for puking in my ass
