IRONY 101: Brandy Bottone of Plano, TX, is a mother 34 weeks into her pregnancy. On June 29 she was ticketed for driving in the HOV lane.

IRONY 201: Officer: Is there somebody else in the car?. Ms. Bottone: I pointed to my stomach and said, ‘My baby girl is right here. She is a person.’ Officer: Oh, no. It’s got to be two people outside of the body. [I’m not going to delve into the metaphysical implications of that statement, much less the physical.]

IRONY 301: Second officer: If you fight it, it will most likely get dropped. Ms Bottone: But they still gave me a ticket. So my $215 ticket was written to cause inconvenience?