I once got a 511 dollar parking ticket for parking on the edge of disabled spot. Never met the cop as he stuffed the ticket under my seat. Took pictures of the scene and video with time stamps. Showed up to court with stuff and, since Austin is a relatively big city, had the case dismissed because they didn't want to postpone my case to a later date.
One of the prosecutors tried to talk me into taking a plea bargain by telling me my options while holding the pictures the cop himself took so I could see it in the corner of my eye
As long as your ticket is in a relatively busy area like city limits or a busy county court, rescheduling court appearances is usually the death knell. The American justice system can't hope to ever catch up to colossal amount of tickets they hand out.