I got pulled over for a busted license plate light and the cop thought I was giving him lip when I said I had forgotten to change my address on my drivers license. Paid $125 because 'Sorry, I forgot to do that, I've been living on my own for less than a month.' is sass to an Ingham County Sheriff. Paid another $125 because my cellphone was turned on and sitting in the passenger seat. Went in to pay the ticket and the guy behind the counter whistled and said 'you must have really pissed him off, I've never seen these citations once and I've been here almost 20 years.'
I was once cited for turning left at a green light into the inside lane while an oncoming car turned right at a green light into his inside lane. In other words, we started out coming at each other, then ended up driving alongside each other. I took it to court. The citing officer showed up and spent twenty minutes trying to find the law he had written me up for as we all sat there in silence. After an interminably long time he said "well, your honor, I'm sure it's in here somewhere" at which point the judge said "good enough for me." I crossed my arms and signed. The judge said "do you want to spend the weekend in jail, young man?" I would have said "absolutely, your honor, I'd love to see you explain this one" except I had to take the SAT the next day.