where I live, South Portland, Maine, there's not enough crime so the cops, lazy butts that they are, love to stop people. In my first 25 years of driving I was stopped maybe twice - since moving here 9 years ago I've been stopped 5 times and gotten four tix, and have beaten 3 of those in court because they were bogus (as was the one I lost on). The cops have lied, etc etc but it has paid to take them to court; on one occasion the DA said to me,"yeah, his notes do seem a little inconsistent," and dropped the charges. On another occasion I beat the ticket thanks to my cosntant watching of cop shows - the DA tried to get me to plead out and used the EXACT technique they use on NYPD Blue - I almost fell out of my chair, but I challenged her, and the judge later dropped the charges. Fun stuff.