Arrrrgggggg! I just got pulled over by a local policeman for failing to stop at a stop sign they installed two weeks ago in the middle of a street because the neighbors kept complaining that drivers were speeding down the street. I haven't driven that way since they put the sign up and since it's in a weird location (the officer's words not mine), I completely missed it. I hoped that since I was going the speed limit (25) and haven't had any kind of ticket in 30 years he would let me off with a warning, but no such luck. He gave me a ticket for "failing to observe a posted traffic sign" (a $30 ticket) which was the minimum ticket he could give me without issueing a warning. I think he felt kind of bad about it because he remarked on my great driving record, but he still gave it to me.
Knowing the people that run the town I live in, he was probably told not to let anyone off with a warning.
