Quest, I would fight it. I personally would get the cell phone records and even driving records as I have had no violations. That would apply to my test of character. I would request the police video also and if it shows it, to show there's no cell phone visible in the video. I would get a lawyer to help advise actions to take once I get off the hook from the ticket. I would attempt to recover loss wages, if possible, loss of work time in seeking these records, and for any medical stress I can toss in there b/c if I am innocent, why should I have to undergo all that worry and stress and all that. There's probably something about intimidation....

What I would worry about would be what gets into my record. Because if I'm innocent now, and the same thing happens in the future, my second defense would be tarnished by the previous record. So I would fight it. That's what I would do.

Now.... the disclaimer: this is not legal advice, it's just what I would do.