Elderly Woman Ticketed For Walking Too Slowly - Receives a $114 ticket

[Kadie]

Elderly Woman Ticketed For Walking Too Slowly

POSTED: 11:47 am PDT April 10, 2006


LOS ANGELES -- An 82-year-old woman has received a $114 ticket for taking too long to cross a street in the San Fernando Valley, Calif.

Mayvis Coyle said she began shuffling with her cane when the light was green, but was unable to make it to the other side before it turned red.

"It turned red before I could get over. There he was, waiting, the motorcycle cop," Coyle told the Los Angeles Daily News. "He said, `You're obstructing the flow of traffic."'

Coyle is only one of seniors at Monte Vista Mobile Estates that are upset over signals they think are too short to safely cross five lanes of traffic, the Daily News reported.

At least one of the seniors reportedly calls a cab just to cross the street.

more...
http://www.kcra.com/news/8599286/detail.html

$114 ticket? Wow!

:wow:

[Richard Steele]

1. Is it a police state YET?

[Triana]

2. !!!!!!!!!!

:wtf:

[in_cog_ni_to]

3. OMG. I hope she doesn't pay it.

Is there any judge out there who would make her pay it? That's just ridiculous!

[Gman]

9. No doubt there has to be a GOP judge somewhere that will say

"Yeah, well, we've gotta have laws."

[BR_Parkway]

15. Only if she's registered with the 'wrong' party

[Book Lover]

4. If this cop thinks he is keeping the roads clear for my speedster benefit

please let him know that I can handle waiting for an elderly person to pass. I'm glad to know this woman is getting publicity - I hope it helps her case.

[Radio_Guy]

12. The cop learned from Bush's example

Abuse your power while you still have it.

:sarcasm:

[mdmc]

16. best reply so far

imo

[Deep13]

5. Individuality will not be tolerated.

All persons are expected to behave like good machine cogs.

People have been walking for 700,000 years. Cars have been around since only about 1900. The fact that something new is invented should not cause the old and frankly prefered way to be illegal.

[seabeyond]

6. back in the old days us yungins would patiently and politely wait

for the person to cross in respect of age, and NOT wanting someone to injure or upset themselves. called kindness back then. go figure

asshole cop. goes along with some pumped texas cops handcuffing an 94 yr old woman

[MindPilot]

19. If I recall my California Vehicle Code properly

In a case like that, the driver of the vehicle closest to the pedestrian's destination side of the street is supposed to get out and help.

[mac56]

7. Words can't express how disgusted I am with this.

"On Friday, the light changed too quickly even for high school students to make it across without running. It went from green to red in 20 seconds."

And they give a $114 ticket to an 82 year old woman.

This country really has gone batshit crazy.

I would have gotten in Officer Kelly's face if I had been there. Screw the consequences.

[BlooInBloo]

8. DAMN right! Motorists woulda been within their rights....

... to run the crone down!

:sarcasm:

[lectrobyte]

25. Death Race 2000. An idea whose time has come.

[A Simple Game]

27. Don't be foolish,

not enough points for an 82 year old to be worth the bother. That and the cane could have punctured the radiator.

[rkc3]

28. And in 5 years, there won't be any 82 year olds around - the bush

medicare program will have killed the lazy shits off.

[A Simple Game]

30. Well... If she were the last 82 year old,

that definitely would increase the point value.

Ok, She's dead meat!

[BlooInBloo]

29. Ah young grasshopper... But what about 1000 82 year olds?

They don't weigh much, so little damage to car...

They're slow, so easy targets...

They're harmless, so little threat...

:rofl:

EDIT: And, per rkc3, think of the savings to Social Security and Medicare? Why do you hate America??? :rofl:

EDIT EDIT: And a certain number of them are sure to be illegals... ok - I'm done...

[A Simple Game]

32. Good points, but I still fear the cane. Some of them are feisty!

[slackmaster]

10. Wish that officer had been at Regents and Nobel in San Diego last week

A crazy woman was crossing against the traffic signal, screaming and spitting at all the cars.

[MindPilot]

11. I'm glad to see they can give tickets for this

but give an old lady a break for chrissake! Start writing tickets for those who saunter across the street against the light just because they know it's illegal to drive over them.

[countingbluecars]

13. That cop should be ashamed

of himself. He should have gotten off his ass to make sure she got across the street safely.

[Beelzebud]

14. Exactly.. what a pig that cop is..

[Ilsa]

17. That's exactly right. I wonder if her had a ticket quota

assigned to him that morning?

[MindPilot]

21. no doubt he did

and the fact that he was assigned to sit and hand out tickets is indicative that he is either some gung-ho rookie, or he's pulled that shit detail because he pissed someone off. And now he's going to make sure that shit continues to flow downhill.

[Minnesota Libra]

18. OMG, this sucks!! Now we go after our elderly and disabled? Does.........

....this crap never end????? :wtf:

[Xithras]

20. The ticket isn't legal.

The ADA requires the government to take all reasonable steps to ensure that public facilities are usable by all members of the public, despite their disability. This is one of the reasons why most cities have replaced drop curbs with sidewalk ramps on street corners, why even "vintage" government buildings are being refitted with elevators, and why you won't find a municipal bus in the country that can't load a wheelchair.

If the timing on this light is so short that a person with a disability cannot cross it, then it is not accessible and is in violation of the federal law. Not only would this ticket not stand up in any higher court, the city is placing itself in danger of serious fines and possible damage payouts to the elderly and disabled who are being harassed by this law.

[mcscajun]

23. I love it when someone has all the facts like this.

That's the answer -- slap an ADA lawsuit on their asses!

[Neil Lisst]

22. I'm just glad he didn't shoot her.

[BlueEyedSon]

24. Used to happen all the times on Queesn Blvd, Forest Hills (12 lanes)

Little old ladies getting killed when the light changed

[PA Democrat]

26. What happened to the days when people HELPED little old ladies cross the

street? This is just plain sad. It would have taken the cop less time to assist her than to write that ticket.

[Dead_Parrot]

31. WTF? "police are cracking down...

...on people who improperly cross streets because pedestrian accidents are above normal"

Crime in LA: (2004)

Murders: 518
Rapes: 1,131
Robberies: 14,181
Assults: 26,956
Vehicle thefts: 29,973

Nice to see these fuckers have thier priorities straight. Go catch some real villains, you fucking nazi.

[AnneD]

33. I think every Senior...

and those supporting seniors (Grey panthers, OWL) should do a walker blockaide around city hall and call all the media. It will be picked up nationally, I am sure of it!

[taught_me_patience]

34. then the cops here in L.A.

wonder why people hate them. F#$CK you to all you bastard cops that don't give any leeway.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

35. If The Fuckface Cop Actually Had Any Decency He Would've Taken Her Hand &

helped her across the goddamn street, rather than waiting for her like a fucking ruthless predator.

What a jerkoff.

[allalone]

36. why didn't that lazy pig get out and help her.

you see this a lot in on busy streets. Even healthy young people have trouble making it all the way across.

[Elwood P Dowd]

37. She was probably a terrorist-loving, america-hating democrat

She should be thankful for not being arrested under the Patriot Act and sent off to Gitmo.

:sarcasm:

[DearAbby]

38. If this officer was truly to PROTECT AND SERVE

would have gotten off his bike to make sure the elderly woman had a safe crossing...by do I dare say?...ASSISTING HER? People that seem to think that a couple extra seconds waiting for an elderly person to cross the street... would cut into their hectic schedules...they should have left the house 5 minutes earlier.

The lack of respect for the elderly of this country is astounding. Of course they are being demonized as sucking off the teet of america...no good bums!

What is this woman doing out on her own anyway, shouldn't she be sitting in a wheelchair, in some nursing home with a urine spot under the chair?

God, this shit chaps my ass.