Back when we were dating, my wife got a ticket for an improper lane change on Westheimer in Houston. At the time that street was party central and crowded from late afternoon to well after midnight. It was eight lanes wide and was being widened. During construction the lane markers were painted all over the place, and my wife might have crossed a line, but knowing her spotless record, I seriously doubted it. We had just gotten her a rather flashy red boat-tailed Riviera, and to say she stood out in a crowd would be an understatement. A young cop flagged her down and wrote her a ticket after asking where she lived and if she was single . . . not a good move, officer Creepy, my lady is a card-carrying feminist.

We went to court a few weeks later and discovered about twenty girls who had been pulled over by the same officer that night. All were very attractive, blond and could have easily been sisters. It was pretty obvious this clown was pulling girls over that he liked, in hopes of hooking up with one - or more. After about two or three cases were hammered down, the judge noticed that all of the defendants in the front row looked remarkably alike - all 25-35 y/o, pretty blond ladies, and the courtroom was beginning to look like a Clairol ad. OK, a show of hands - how many here received a ticket from this officer? Uh-oh . . . there haven't been that many blonds waving their arms since the last Miss America pageant. Evidently this creep had pretty specific tastes in women, but no brain. Hmmmm

The judge, a middle-aged woman who might have given Judge Judy a run for the fire-breathing dragon award was NOT pleased. She stood up and dismissed all of the remaining tickets without a hearing. As we left the courtroom, the judge had the cop on the carpet and was calling for his sergeant . . . I never found out what happened, but I rather imagine some cop spent the next month washing cars down at the police garage.

 

I passed a State Park game warden on the freeway doing 115mph he pulled me over,called a local cop wrote me a speeding ticket but since I had just graduated Marine Corps boot camp and wearing my uniform the fine was $34. cheapest ticket I ever got

 

Good to hear about the outcome, and the effectiveness of your legal service.