Court last night

Another adventure. You may remember that I got a ticket at 5 AM on a Saturday morning about three months ago It was on Memorial Drive. There was no one on the road but me and this policeman. I got a ticket for not signaling when changing lanes. I was very polite slowly moving into the lane at least two seconds in front of him. I was very polite when taking the ticket. But I did express my disgust at his behavior both in giving me the ticket and in making me wait 5 minutes while he stood by his squad car and I sat impatient to try to make it to Marathon prep in time to start with the rest of them. I did make it BTW, barely.

Anyway I had to go to court a month ago and got arraigned and a court date set. Last night was my court date. It was dismissed.

I was so proud of myself until I realized that DW and DD2 and others were praying for me. I have to give God the credit. No one else on this light docket was getting off. There is really no explanation except that God gave me favor. I felt that I was morally right, but that can mean little in a case like this.

He had me on the facts. The fact that the policeman did not show may or may not have been important. There were other policemen there waiting for their cases to come up.

I am tempted to think that the policeman was too embarrassed to face me in court. But maybe not. He had all the power of government on his side. He had the facts on his side. I did change lanes w/o signaling. However the situation on the road might make him look silly. He may have realized that.

I still cannot understand why he pulled me over unless he was just bored or felt dissed that I changed lanes in front of him. I did not mean to annoy him but in retrospect I should have known better.

I always park in the little neighborhood across the street from the police station. The same homeless man was there from last month to give me advice on the parking rules. He was very nice. Last month I gave him a tip. This month I did not have a small enough bill.