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The first & last ticket I got was in 1973. It wasn't even a moving violation. I don't drive nuts. I don't drink and drive. I drive at or under the speed limit. I signal my turns. I don't cut people off. I stop at yellow, not red. Stuff like that.

I have gotten parking tickets, only because the parking meter guys & gals who patrol the courthouse square have superhuman powers and are standing at my car the SECOND the meter goes to 0:00. This claim is also repeated by anyone who has gotten a ticket at courthouse square.

don't know about where you live, but a few years back here, i got a parking ticket because i put money in the wrong meter. very tight parking lot and with double meters...came out of the courthouse and saw the ticket, i tried to talk to the "lady" riding around in the cushman scooter truck and she was very snide and said well just take me to court and you will lose and pay the $4.00. I immediately went to the city police station and asked when traffic court was, and the lady wanted to know why. I told her i had been given a ticket even though i had put money in the meter although mistakenly the wrong meter and wanted to fight it in court. She said let me see your ticket and i handed it to her and she wrote VOID on it and told me to have a nice day and that she was sorry i had a bad experience with the parking patrol.