You signature is required as your bond you'll either pay or show up in court and contest. It's real simple, if you don't sign, you're saying the law doesn't apply to you. It's JUST an appearance bond, not an admission of guilt.
If you read the ticket, you'll know what you're being charged with, it is that simple. Even if you don't sign, you'll know. How hard is it to read the ticket?
If the officer doesn't Mirandize the suspect, IF the suspect is questioned, anything gained from that questioning is inadmissible in court. You do not have to be Mirandized after you're detained, you have to be Mirandized before you're questioned. The officer only has to tell you he is placing you under arrest. I made it a habit to Mirandize suspects immediately after cuffing them, so that there would be no chance of them being questioned before being Mirandized.
Once you're failing to comply with an officer, he's likely to stop talking to you, especially if he's had to detain you. And yes, after I cuffed a suspect and put him in the car, I stopped talking to him, if he was not cooperative and compliant. If he was cooperative, I would answer most questions, if I could, and I'd tell him what was happening and would happen. If they do not cooperate, there's not much to gain by continuing to talk to them. If they do cooperate, you can talk to them to try to keep them calm and help them get through.
Most officers will try to make it easy on you in most cases, and even easier if you will be respectful and cooperative. The single biggest factor on how an encounter is how the citizen acts towards the officer. Even the officers with a bad attitude will most often be disarmed by the right attitude on the part of the citizen.
