That is some real dumb advice. YouTube much?The first court date is just for you to plead guilty , or not . If you plead not guilty they will assign a second court date .
I know folks that have gotten serious tickets that would have been a couple thousand and a suspended license for
A year .
His lawyer got it down to $250 and 12 hours of community service .
I’d highly highly recommend you get a lawyer
but if you don’t want to do that , .
Or if the officer is there at the second court date you can ask for the case to be moved to state court .
A much less chance of the officer showing up for the state court since it might be on his day off etc .