Let me start out by saying this was some time ago, when I was young and stupid (as opposed to being old and stupid, as I am today).
It was your standard violation, expired meter in downtown Pontiac, Michigan. I was a couple of minutes late, and had the pleasure of watching Officer Friendly write the ticket. I was right in front of Municipal Hall, so I went inside to pay the ticket, but they couldn't take my money because the ticket had not yet been processed by the officer.
Needless to say, the ticket went into my glovebox, where I promptly forgot about it. Two weeks later, I get a blistergram from the Pontiac Municipal Court threatening all sorts of dire consequences, up to and including incarceration, if I did not promptly pay them their fine (which was about $10 with a $20 penalty at that point).
Well (I mentioned I was young and stupid, right?), I was offended by the tenor of their letter, so I promptly wrote them a check, but in the memo line wrote (for) A$$holes in Pontiac ______, only without the benefit of the "$" signs.
That probably would not have been too much of a problem, it might have gone unnoticed, but in my haste I forgot to sign the check...
Well, needless to say, I soon had my license suspended, recieved a much larger fine from the Municipal Court, and all sorts of dire threats were made against me and my vehicle. Around about that time, I was moving out of state, anyway, so I wrote an apologetic letter, sent them a new, uneditorialized check for $30, and moved 2000 miles away.
And, no, I have never been back to Pontiac, Michigan...