[jims69camaro]

whoa, waitaminnit... you plead "NOT GUILTY" and they gave you your fines? i think you are leaving a piece of the puzzle out, otherwise you have grounds for an excellent appeal... please retell the story without leaving anything out, and maybe my opinion will change. in other words, if the prosecutor spoke and brought the cop in and he spoke and then the judge found you guilty based on their testimony, then all is still right in the world. if none of that happened and you were not given an opportunity to "face your accuser" (this case, it's the cop and his equipment, not the prosecutor), then you should get a lawyer and appeal the judge's ruling. going to any foreign court (one you've never been in before) without a lawyer is a shaky proposition no matter how you look at it.