Using an HOV Lane By Mistake
My question involves a traffic ticket from the state of: California. On March 12, 2018 I was driving home after a weekend vacation. As I was alone on my trip, I had forgotten to move the clock in my car forward because of Daylights Savings the day before. As I was traveling thru Santa Rosa, I was pulled over for being in the car pool lane. I assumed that the time was 2:50 PM, the officer did not tell me why he had pulled me over, just asked for my paperwork stuff. When he returned he told me I was being cited for being in the car pool lane. I told him the sign said car pool restriction started at 3:00 pm. He told me it was almost 4 PM. He then asked if I had forgotten to set my clock ahead. I realized that was exactly what happened and told him so. He said something to the effect that I should take care of that and left. Is there any consideration in TBD for intent rather than the act? I do not abuse the car pool lane, it was an honest mistake. Or am I just SOL?