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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 03:15 PM Original message |
Driving gets speeding ticket for rushing wife to hospital. baby born 6 minutes later |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. The ticket was WRONG. |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Until he creams someone... |
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DaveinJapan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 08:28 AM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Oh, brother...are you serious? |
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elias7 (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Um, police, firefighters and ambulance drivers have lights and sirens. |
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DaveinJapan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 09:55 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I'm sure people driving emergency vehicles with lights and sirens never crash, right? nt |
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uncle ray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #24 |
38. they generally don't have a emotional attachment to those situations. |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. Geez that's heartless |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. Is being a flaming asshole the base requirement for being a cop, these days? |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 04:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Squeezing revenue from offenders is the main priority. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. s/offenders/anyone except the Nomenklatura/ |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 09:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
30. Seriously - I see them turn on their lights and speed up to go through |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. I ran 2 red lights to get my pregnant wife to the hospital. It was 3:00 am and the roads |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. My brother was pulled over with his wife in labor. |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. The ticket will probably be dismissed...the driver |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. That is the correct answer. Which will disappoint the punishists, of course. -nt |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
6. What a jerk! nt |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. Don't cops have discretion to write tickets? |
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woodsprite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Many are trying to make quotas. That's probably why he didn't waive it. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. A cardiac surgeon appealed his speeding ticket in NJ ca 15 years ago. |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. Pay the ticket. He *did* give you an escort, after all. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
13. The ticket was RIGHT |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Oh please |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 04:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Sometimes there isn't time for an ambulance |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Delivery of a child at home is safer than one on the road |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 09:38 AM Response to Reply #13 |
29. Depends on where you live, |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
16. Call the ambulance |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 09:20 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. They were already on the way when her water broke |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Well stop and call an ambulance |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
19. Pay the ticket and be thankful a) you didn't kill anyone b) your child is born healthy. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. "speed limits exist for a reason" |
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smoochpooch (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
20. I was born in the hospital parking lot and I turned out perfectly cromulent! |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
40. Cool story. |
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NHHome (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
26. This happened in my town, and |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 09:35 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. The cop wrote the ticket up after safely escorting the guy... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
27. ya, well, yea for the cop turning into escort. ticket? court can decide. nt |
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elias7 (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
33. flaming asshole, asshat, fuckknob, asswipe... hate cops much? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. while speeding talking on a cell phone, .... just sayin. nt |
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uncle ray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. i generally hate cops. |
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onpatrol98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
35. Pay The Ticket And Frame It! |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
37. Having a woman in labour in the car does not make you less likely to kill someone you hit. |
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