dunno if you'll be this lucky, but...

my friend ran a red light and got pulled over, got a ticket, went to court, cop showed up, blah blah. my friend said that he had "extenuating circumstances" that warranted his crime. those circumstances were that he was "on a bike." he got off. lucky b*stard? maybe. i dunno. maybe the judge thought he was cute.

i got a ticket the other day for making a left hand turn from the middle lane--but i had to do it to avoid crashing into this drunk guy who was flailing around. there were no cars in any direction. the cop was just being a supercilious a*shole. i made sure to tell the cop that someone being drunk in public and running around on the streets was a bigger threat to public safety than me trying to avoid a collision.