Like I stated in my posting on the red light camera thread, some cops are no better than amoebae on the undeside of a whale turd at the bottom of the sea. Seems like I keep hearing more and more about rotten jerks like these who are a total DISGRACE to police officers everywhere. I’d go ahead and fight the ticket, and if I didn’t win the first time I’d appeal it, until either I won or ran out of appeals. But then, I’m a very hard-headed person, and if I could even irritate the person I disagreed with, like a burr on the backside, I’d make damn sure I got SOME satisfaction. And if it was and out-of-state ticket, maybe I wouldn’t even pay; depends on the amount of the ticket, if the punishment truly fits the infraction, and/or whether or not the issuing officer was polite or a rude jerk. I have doubts about, say, a state on the West Coast really wanting to expend the resources to arrest a scofflaw on the East Coast over non-payment of a simple traffic citation; I think that would be a huge waste of money, and I’m sure they have “much bigger fish to fry” than an out-of-stater who refuses to pay on a minor traffic violation. If enough people were to say, “Screw you, I’m not paying this ticket!”, then maybe it could change things; the only problem is getting people organized, and that’s difficult. Also, regarding postponements, I’d think that the longer you can keep a traffic ticket in contention, you’d also be postponing any insurance rate increases; as long as there is a dispute over a ticket, that should prevent any points from getting on your record too. In my own experience, I once got out of a ticket by default because the officer didn’t show up in court; another time I got out of a ticket because I agreed to pay the court cost($30) AND take a Defensive Driving Course, and mail a copy of the results to the court; that judge made me “an offer I couldn’t refuse”. 