: Chances are that you can't get it dropped but if you go to court and talk to the prosecutor, you should be able to easily reduce the fine and points that come with this ticket. In my evil days working as a NYC Attorney, I did several traffic cases as a courtesy for clients. Most of the time we had to go to court twice, but it was rare for a cop to show. Accordingly, in the end we typically won, but it cost two appearances, which is way more than $200 of time.