While I was a prosecutor at the Director of Public Prosecution's office, I received a few traffic tickets, but the traffic ticket that changed my life was one I received from a police constable who had only recently graduated from training school. I was determined to dispute the charge, but my research revealed I had no case, so I just had to attend court, plead guilty, and pay the fine. Sitting in court as a defendant was a very sobering experience. For a change, I was able to sit in court as an observer--I mean defendant--and what I observed changed the way I did my work thereafter. Lesson 1 - I do not know everything I always knew, and accepted, that I do not know everything, but I clearly needed this reminder. It is easy to assume that you know everything in your area of practice, especially after you have had reason to go through a piece of legislation several times. I had been through the Road Traffic Act so many times, and I had never come across a se...