One of them showed up with his ticket...the cop didn't appear. He asked the judge "Can you tell me who the police officer is, because he didn't write his name on the ticket, and I wanted to call him about the radar calibrations before the trial, and couldn't" ... the judge, of course, asks to see the ticket. Looks at it... turns it a little, squints... turns it upside down... at this point, the whole courtroom is giggling... finally, he puts it down, sighs, *apologizes to my friend for wasting his time* and immediately dismisses the charge. End of story.

The other friend called before his court date, and complained there was not only no signature but the date was wrong also - it was after New Years, and the cop had written the previous year on it. The woman couldn't even find the ticket int he database, it looked like the cop didn't even turn it in. She dismissed it right there on the phone.

Hope that helps!