Kat, it's near the end of the month. Perhaps the cop needed to fill his ticket quota? Sometimes just turning up is enough to win in court, but you might want to ask locally to see what the reading is of the police department and the court system. I have a friend who was pulled over and given a ticket when she knew she wasn't doing what the officer suggested. She went to court and described the lane she always drives in because of where she was going, and made the case for why the radar officer had seen another white car and the cop who stopped her got the wrong white car. She was excused.

I suppose you can turn his explanation on him - "Next thing I know, he'd pulled me over for "unsafe lane change" claiming he was in the middle lane and didn't see me signal." You need to make the case that you were watching for him and he failed to signal a lane change. Keep it simple. And plausible. We have all seen cops speed when they're not running their lights and/or sirens, we've all seen them weave in and out of traffic without signalling.

This evening I tested the space where my new bench is placed, at the side of the house. I sat with a glass of wine and looked out over the garden and the woods. It's a lovely area in the evening. I'm waiting for payday, when I'll go get a couple of outdoor cushions to put on it as the seat and back. Because of the size (64" wide) I'll probably have to get three sets of chair cushions and put them side by side.

SRS