In todays courtroom environment and with the "enhancements" the state and counties have levied on tickets, I'd have to disagree.
You are
totally correct in your advise
however, that he doesn't "need" an attorney and could well do what you stated all by himself.
If the Trooper fails to appear (unlikely) or doesn't have an objection to the request, in many cases the courts will grant it.
That said, if the Trooper is one of these lets make it sound worse than it is types or God forbid, he gave him/her any reason to "remember him" (ie: some lip
) then I'd make sure I had an attorney with me at court.
As mentioned before, with a local attorney, the odds of skating out of this unscathed as a first offense are greatly enhanced