My guess: the ticket was for more than just excessive speed. Something else happened that the OP isn't mentioning. Maybe he ran a stop sign. Or turned onto the road without stopping. Moved into a lane without using their turn signal. Sped up at the intersection while the light was turning red, instead of slowing down while it was still yellow. Flicked a lit cigarette out the window. Had window tint too dark on his windows. Had a broken brake light on the back of his car. SOMETHING.
I've been given tickets for speeding a few times throughout my life. I always pled not guilty. Always showed up in court. Always got nolled. Two times it was because the judge didn't want to deal with it, and nolled before I even got called into the courtroom while waiting in the hall. The third time I got into the courtroom, the cop wasn't there to tell his side of the situation, there was no radar reading (and if there was I would've argued that it was incorrectly calibrated), so she sent me home with no record of ever receiving a ticket (that's what a nolle means).
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