Gotta love this — an old lady crossing the street in Los Angeles gets a ticket from a motorcycle cop because she was too slow. It’s still early in 2006, but this copper should be nominated for the Asshole-of-the-Year award.
Mayvis Coyle, 82, was shuffling with her cane across busy Foothill Boulevard while a traffic police officer watched and waited. And watched and waited.
Even before Coyle finished crossing the intersection at Woodward Avenue, he had scribbled a $114 ticket for crossing against a don’t-walk signal. “I entered the crosswalk, it was green,” said Coyle, of Sunland, who is fighting the infraction issued Feb. 15. “It turned red before I could get over. There he was, waiting, the motorcycle cop.
“He said, `You’re obstructing the flow of traffic.”‘
Read the rest of the article on the LA Daily News web site.
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I second that nomination.
This quote says it all:
“Right now, pedestrian accidents are above normal,” Sgt. Mike Zaboski of the Valley Traffic Division said Friday. “We’re looking out for pedestrians – people who think they have carte blanche in crossing the street.”
Blame the victim! Because, of course, it’s really very unreasonable for these pedestrian types to want to cross the street.