That Beep-Beep-Beeping Moment.

In spring Len got a $100 traffic ticket when he turned right at a corner we’ve been turning right at for seven years. However, construction had started and there were orange barrels and cones everywhere – plus a small sign NOT facing the street Len was on, telling drivers to not turn there.

Len went back later that day and took photos. Len called the city to mention that if they posted a sign that actually faced the traffic, the city could save the cost of the cop parked there ticketing drivers.

He mentioned this to the city traffic department. He explained it to an attorney in early summer. He sent letters with photos. He mentioned it again this past week when he talked to the judge plus a different city attorney the day before he was going to court on the ticket. The judge told the attorney to work it out and then left the phone call. 

The attorney mentioned that Waukesha cops have lost their police videos for the last several months (really?!!) therefore they no longer have the video of Len turning where he was not supposed to turn. 

Judge came back to the phone call. Attorney explained about the lost videos. Judge dismissed Len’s ticket.

I know you know this moment. A bad thing occurs and it’s not your fault and you can explain exactly why. Then a flying circumstance that has nothing to do with you deletes the bad thing and you are a free person - but what the heck just happened?

There’s grace in this world. There’s forgiveness. There’s also Wile E Coyote trying to catch Road Runner who just keeps beep-beep-beeping as life whizzes onwards. 

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Seems like a fine place to insert a random photo that Len took, also last spring, of an osprey about to land on a pole.