Life Is Good :o)

After yesterday's negativity, I am happy to share some good news to day.

I don't remember if I have mentioned this before or not, but on November 12th of last year, I was pulled over by a policewoman for driving in the carpool lane, which is reserved for vehicles with at least three people in them, when I was only in the car with Daughter, so we were only two.

I contested the ticket because I wanted to point out that I was only in the lane because I had just turned right, and I had always learned that when you turn onto a street with more than one lane, you have to turn into the nearest lane. In this case, the nearest lane is reserved for carpoolers, and immediately after turning, I put my turning signal on to indicate that I wanted to merge left. I wasn't taking advantage of the lack of traffic in the carpool lane. I respect the carpool lane.

The problem was that the police were hiding behind the Dairy Queen and pulling people into the DQ parking lot to give them tickets. So, the policewoman hiding behind the building only saw that I was coming in a reserved lane, but she didn't see that I had just turned.

What really bothered me about the whole situation was that Daughter was with me when I got pulled over. Children are very impressionable and I didn't want Daughter to think that I was a bad driver. No matter how I explain it to her, she will always have that image in her head of Mommy being pulled over. Now, I can tell her that I went to court to explain the situation to the judge and I can also tell her that the ticket is no longer on my record.

Long story short, I went to court this morning to explain my case, and I don't have to pay. Yaay! :o)

Happy Friday everyone!