Anyone who wants an upfront view of the daffiness that defines the human condition should hang out in traffic court.

Here's an example from just the other day from Little Rock District Judge Vic Fleming. Judge Vic has been Little Rock's traffic judge for 28 years, and he will shortly end his term and leave the bench.

A trolley driver had been charged with careless and prohibited driving. For those keeping score at home, it's Arkansas Code Annotated 27-51-104. Look it up, as Casey Stengel used to say.

This trolley driver had circled his route a couple of times, successfully bypassing a parked car that was slightly over the line behind which vehicles are supposed to be parked on the trolley routes through downtown Little Rock and North Little Rock.