Quote Originally Posted by milehi View Post
I don't know if this fits here, but today after lunch I was walking back to my car. There was a traffic officer walking towards it too. I was partly parked in a red zone and he flipped open his ticket book. I was already in the car by then and I told him, "I'm driving away". He causually said "OK", closed his book and walked back to his car. My other choice was to be silent and wait for him to write the ticket.
You got lucky! If the cop had a burr up his/her ass or a quota to meet you would have been told to take the keys out of the car, lisc/tags/registration check and the you broke the law and I have to write you up spiel. There was NO offer/counter offer in play.