If you plan to fight your traffic ticket and go to court, here are some things you should know.

If you are planning to use pictures, drawings, or any document, you have to show the police officer those items prior to your trial. You simply have to show him or her what you are planning to use so that they have an opportunity to look over them. The Court will not allow you to put them on the spot and ask them questions about your documents.

If you fail to show the officer your evidence, the Court will put your case on hold and tell you to go show the officer your evidence and put your case in back of everyone else. Remember, the Court is going to be more or less working with the officers. They are both government employs serving the public.

So you think that you can act like Perry Mason and catch your officers by surprise with photographs of your traffic scene. There is a good chance that the officer will have diagrams of the area of the traffic violation as well with him or her. The police officer do a pretty good serving as witnesses. They do this pretty often so after a few trials, they learn really fast and come somewhat prepared.