Working people frequently ask retired people what they do to make their days interesting . Well , for example , the other day I went downtown and into a shop . I was only there for about 5 minutes , and when I came out , there was a cop writing out a parking ticket . I said to him , " Come on , man , how about giving a retired person a break ? "
According to the above context, choose the best option to answer the following question.
Question: Why might the cop be giving me ticket ?
Options:
- None of the above choices .
 - I was tailgating the cop all the way to the shop .
 - I parked in a no parking zone because I thought I could get away with it .
 - I was speeding to get to a shop before they closed .


I parked in a no parking zone because I thought I could get away with it .