[anywhichway]

The author breezed over a potentially important part:

> I had never been to any other kind of court except traffic court (at which, both times, the police officers had flat-out lied).

Reading into that it sounds like they had name, birthday, and the issuing officer saying, "yes, that was her".

If the officers can't reliably witness they shouldn't be a part of the process. There should be enough records taken at the time of the ticket that the officers unreliable testimony shouldn't be needed or used.

[Merad]

I think you have to be pretty crazy to honestly believe that cops can id a witness in anything other than extraordinary cases. How many tickets does an officer issue in the average day? 20? 30? 50+? I'd be absolutely shocked if the average cop could accurately id most of their traffic stops at the end of their shift, mustless days, weeks, or months later.

[nkrisc]

Well, that's their burden.