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Originally Posted by shoestring
If you plead not guilty then he has to arrange for the officer who gave you the ticket to be there,at a later date,could be extra court costs on top of your higher fine.
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By arranging a court date instead of mailing in your fine, you are already pleading not guilty (although most people end up pleading guilty in the end after negotiating a plea bargain--which may or may not be permissible anymore, see above). The officer should already be there. If he or she is not, then the Crown has no evidence to convict you on. Like the people above, it has happened to me once also (thankfully; I had gotten a ridiculous fine for parking in a 7-11 handicapped space while running in for a slurpee).
Cops often show though, they get time and a half I think for court appearances.
EDIT: Wise idea fred. I am not a lawyer and nothing I say should be held to constitute legal advice either.