I was pulled over last night on my way to Memphis, which was strange because I wasn’t doing anything wrong. The officer told me he clocked going twelve miles over the speed limit, which was also strange because there is absolutely no way I was going that fast. I never drive that fast, ever. But even if I did, I wouldn’t do it on a stretch of road I know has a lot of speed traps. My first thought was my speedometer must be off, but I pass plenty of cops on the side of the road and never get pulled over. There was somebody coming up behind me though, so either the officer accidentally clocked him and not me, or his radar gun was off. Either way, I know for certain I wasn’t going twelve over because if I was going that fast my jeep would have been making a huge racket, and it wasn’t. That’s on top of the simple fact, I never drive that fast.

The good news is he wrote me up for inattentive driving, which apparently means it won’t affect my insurance. Still, I’m planning on fighting it, but when I called the court, the person I need to talk to is apparently not in today. I’ll call tomorrow, but I don’t know what I can do except make my court date and hope the officer doesn’t show up. The only proof I have is circumstantial at best. The last ticket I received was years ago, it was for only seven over, and I paid it right away. Hopefully that’s enough.