The point is to let people know ASAP that you've been taken, and to get out on bail ASAP. I agree it won't prevent you from getting a lawyer at trial, but I pe

The point is to let people know ASAP that you've been taken, and to get out on bail ASAP. I agree it won't prevent you from getting a lawyer at trial, but I personally think spending time in jail is highly distasteful and something I'd like to minimize. (I've never actually been arrested, though, and my only time in jails or prisons has been fixing medical equipment in them.)