Fighting this Ticket???? Worth it??, anyone have any good advice Options

[airfron]

i'm losing my mind

okay so yesterday i went cliff diving up in the mountains w/ my girlfriend, a friend visiting from japan, and an old friend i haven't seen in years... on the way back i was in a hurry, for reasons that might sound gross, and i was going down this bigl straight away thats about 5 mi long and is a pretty steep grade.. i was already speeding a little and just thought that since it was a mountain road there wouldn't be a cop and if so i'd see him since i was uphill and would be able to slow down in time... i was WRONG.. i saw the car coming from about 1/2 mi- 3/4 mi in the distance coming around a turn coming on the opposite side of the road so i slowed down, i had gotten up to about a hundred and by the time the officer was about 1000ft in front of me i was going about 65 or less... speed limit was 55 so i thought i'd be okay... i looked in the mirror and saw him pull over, stop then turn around he cought up pretty slow and turned on his lights after being behind me for about a min. i had slowed down to the limit after i passed him....he got me on laser going 102 but only wrote me for "speed in excess of one hundred mph".. idk if thats any better. probably not
i just couldnt believe his radar worked from as far away as it did

the cop was very friendly in spite of actually giving me the ticket, he even told me that he noticed i was not driving very dangerous and just got unlucky... i had no shoes or shirt so he thought it was funny and laughed when i got out of the car... then he told my friend to let me borow a pair while we talked... he told me that is wasn't likely i'd lose my license but ther would def. be a point on my license, and the ticket would not be cheap since cali is in a deficit.. when he dicussed the court date he made mention that if i chose to contest the ticket that "he might show up or he might not".. if the officer doesnt show the ticket is dismissed and there is no point on your record.. but if he does i'm screwed anyways and then at the mercy of the judge where i'm at greater risk than if i plead guilty initially right.

my friends keep telling me that i'll probably lose my license
that makes me feel like vomiting and then punching myself in the face



i guess what i'm asking is has anyone got a ticket that bad??
or has anyone had an experience with fighting a speeding ticket

anyone with any knowledge on speeding tickets or the court processes involved with whats gonna happen to me i'd greatly appreciate your comments

-Aaron

[sinner96ST]

I've been given tons of tickets, by good & bad cops.

Every single time I show up in court, the cop isn't there. The judge tells you that the 'city of (wherever you got it) has decided to drop the case, do you understand?'

You nod your head, grab your license, and walk out the door. Last time I went I had to listen to an old high school buddy I hadn't seen in years argue with the judge and get fined 100's of dollars + a day in jail for talking **** to the judge & cop.

But yeah, if the cop does show up? You have to explain your side of the story to the judge, so does the cop, then a decision gets made. More often than not, you'll wind up losing.

I just go to traffic court with the intention of pleading out, and if the cop doesn't show up, I'm lucky and I win.