speeding ticket cop didnt show up to court

I got two speeding tickets on 1/13/08 in california I 5 north. My trial date was set for 8/7/08. I showed up for court (which is 290miles away from my residence)and the officers didnt,So i thought automatically my tickets would of been dismissed,the judge called my case and i go up,the judge explained to me that both officers werent there do to a high speed chase that was occuring that morning. He tried to get me to plead guilty and he would reduce the fine an one ticket. I still plead not guilty and he postponed the trial for thirty days. IS THAT A LEGAL REASON FOR NOT BEING THERE /DISMISSING THE TICKETS? And now i have to drive back there in thirty days and lose another day of work plus gas.

Get a damn traffic law expert and your auto club plan, if you have a good one will pay most if not all the cost. Representing yourself you have a fool for a client. What court is it and I will refer you to an attorney nearby. There is a website called www.tixnix.com thay can do this for you.

ted costa JD

You needed to make a motion to dismiss the case in court due to a lack of a prosecution witness. No witness = no case....all the judge was trying to do was set another chance up for the officer to show up before you realize that you had already won. I'm not quite sure if you can still have it thrown out even though it was rescheduled

I have a question for everyone.
Do they keep all the evidence from that moment?
Or, which kind of way to keep?