Q: I received a citation for speeding 52 in a 35. My court date was set for December 14, 2017. I did not go to court on

A: If you want your ticket reduced (dismissed likely ain't happening), why didn't you just hire a local traffic attorney so you didn't have to be bothered with going to court? Why would you even think of wasting time going to Court yourself? You have basically taken what could have been a simple phone call and a few hundred dollars to a cheap traffic attorney (most even have payment plans where you could have paid this off over the course of a few months instead of up front) and turned it into a mess with a $200 FTA penalty. In other words, you are now likely going to pay more and have to pay it up front than it would have cost to have an attorney do everything for you properly the first time. Plus if that new court date isn't prior to your DMV suspension date - you are gonna have a DMV reinstatement fee to boot. You're a grandpa now, you likely ought to be more focused on properly handling your personal business and less on irrelevant things like what the officers signature represents.

A: It is rare that a speeding ticket is dismissed, but reductions are usually done, but that depends on the rate of speed and the policies of the county's District Attorney's Office. If you have a CDL, that will limit the types of resolutions possible. Not sure what you mean by the signature question. In any case, I recommend you hire an experienced traffic attorney to handle this ticket for you, in order for you to get the best possible result.