Well...I got a speeding ticket a few months ago and as much as I disliked it I resisted the temptation to trying to make my personal problem into a global conspiracy theme.
Pay the fine and move on, or do something about it. Life on Earth involves rules, too bad.
At this time 1999 Maryland had been in a year long dry spell and the drought showed no sign of relief.
By early July the Dem governor panicked and imposed very strict outdoor water use restrictions, no use of hoses at all. Limited watering from a container. Violations would bring a speeding ticket like fine eventually shutting off water to violators houses completely.
To enforce this the state got local papers and TV stations to publicize the ‘turn in your neighbor’ hotline which resulted in police visits and nosing around and questioning, although they rarely caught anyone during the act to fine them for obvious reasons. But many turned in their neighbors using that line.
“turn in your neighbor’, and the sheep just accepted it.
Then in early Sept a series of rainy hurricanes solved the problem.