i dont recommend paying it, i recommend you fight it in court, you must have a good defense, and btw it will take you a couple of tickets before you get the hang of things in court, yer first time they will prob tear you apart. The calibration thing is hard, it requires alot of patience and as chuck said they group tickets together so the cop doesnt just come for one ticket at a time. You prob have a 20% chance he doesnt show and the laws may be tototally different from where i live so i dont know if the calibration thing will work, here the radar units arent recognized unless they can prove them to be working "thats the short version summed up, highway traffic act doesnt have mention of the unit, or atleast didnt used too), thus you sorta start off with a defense when using the calibration thing. Not to mention the cop is gonna obv say he did his morning tests on the unit, you can though argue (get the manufactures instructions, there gonna make it as difficult as possible to get productions in full also) on the basis he prob doesnt remember the steps required to do it. I have no idea about what you said with the insurance and not having it, you got a ticket for that? Your screwed on that front, here you can get away with the insurance ticket if you goto court and produce a document from your insurance company stating that on the date of the ticket you were infact insured. But i do agree with chuck that you should get a radar detector, especially if your 18... your alot more likely to speed and it will kill your insurance rates (if they report convictions to insurance companies there) alot more than a 40 year old with a good driving record. You may also have the option to try to talk it out before your case starts, do 20 hours community service and/or charitable donation to some city or state office) and some driver education course (pick some cheap ass driving school and take a class and get some cert) and show this and say "would you consider dropping the charges in light of the community service, donation, and driving school".