[Rick Lee]

I was waiting for my case to come up in traffic court a few years ago, when the next case was an elderly man who got busted for parking in a handicapped spot and then handing the ticketing officer a bogus handicapped placard. WTF? The man was clearly in need of such a permit and could have easily gotten a legitimate one. But when the cop ran the number on the placard, it was long expired and belonged to someone else. At that point, cop had to write him. And the old man still didn't go get a legitimate placard and then came to court to fight it! Judge wanted to cut him a break, but said she had to fine him $250 for going to such length and lying to the cop. Old man couldn't pay it and had to go on a payment plan. WTF?