Usually people driving down the breakdown lane to get around slow traffic is a sign of major stupidity.
Generally a sign of aggressive driver in normal circumstances.
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Woman in Labor Issued Traffic Ticket
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Usually people driving down the breakdown lane to get around slow traffic is a sign of major stupidity.
Generally a sign of aggressive driver in normal circumstances.
Have you even read the title of the thread? You clearly have no idea what you are talking about.
sorry there is no excuse to be speeding/running stop signs/etc ever in a civilian car
its not worth crashing and potentially killing a law abiding driver just because a woman is going into labor
thats why we have ambulances and other emergency vehicles
sorry if im selfish, but i place my safety while driving, at a higher importance than a husband driving recklessly to a hospital since his wife is going into labor which in fact endangers everyone on the road
They were proceeding with care, apparently, and the circumstances were not "normal".
Was anyone doing any of these things?
Absent the author of this story actually saying when she gave birth, it was most likely a non emergency.
Evidently the officer stopping them long enough to write a ticket didn't negatively impact the birth.
So they likely could have avoided everything and simply drove normally.
Edit: stopping to explain to 3 officers and getting a ticket likely added quite a few minutes to the drive.
i was listing illegal road maneuvers and i didnt think i had to include every single one to get the point across since i put etc at the end of that little list
ok ill add "driving in breakdown lane" to make you happy lol. point is, its illegal and endangers others and thus inexcusable.
why do you feel laws are ok to break depending on the circumstances? sounds like a pretty subjective measure to me which defeats the purpose of the law in the first place now doesnt it
i live in Massachusetts and this was alllll over the news when it happened. Mass statie's have no sense of judgment.
This just heightens my distaste for police. Some one mentioned seeing a cop turn on their lights to go through a red. Here that is common practice. It is also common for them to close convenience stores and then just hang out and drink free coffee.
Two days ago I had a little run in with a cop. I just left my house and noticed a couple of officers at a place down the street. I usually walk with my left hand in my coat pocket for whatever reason. Noticing the cops I took my hand out of my coat pocket, as I did not want trouble from them. I guess one of the noticed this and confronted me. "Where you coming from" he asked. Not at all unexpected. "606" I told him. So at this point he knew I was not coming out of the place they were called to. Also he saw me walking down the street toward the place they were at. I felt he should be happy with that answer. He looked around to check if I had a bag, which oddly enough I left the MBP at home. He then without saying anything started going through my pockets. So I was like "Hey, I know I have no choice in the matter, but you could at least ask, or warn me". Of course he did not like that and started threating me. "You want to go in? Even if you have nothing I will find something Mr. Smart ass". I was seriously thrown back by this. I am also very polite with these guys and never give them any reason to mess with me. So not wanting anymore confrontation I simply appologized and went on my way. As I was leaving the other cop chimed in. "We're watching you punk, don't f*** with us. We will take you down".
I seriously hate cops as a whole. There are some good ones, but the vast majority of them suck.
I should also add that my uncle who is a Lt. on the north side can commonly be found on the southside drinking coffee and BSing with the south side cops.
Two days ago I had a little run in with a cop. I just left my house and noticed a couple of officers at a place down the street. I usually walk with my left hand in my coat pocket for whatever reason. Noticing the cops I took my hand out of my coat pocket, as I did not want trouble from them. I guess one of the noticed this and confronted me. "Where you coming from" he asked. Not at all unexpected. "606" I told him. So at this point he knew I was not coming out of the place they were called to. Also he saw me walking down the street toward the place they were at. I felt he should be happy with that answer. He looked around to check if I had a bag, which oddly enough I left the MBP at home. He then without saying anything started going through my pockets. So I was like "Hey, I know I have no choice in the matter, but you could at least ask, or warn me". Of course he did not like that and started threating me. "You want to go in? Even if you have nothing I will find something Mr. Smart ass". I was seriously thrown back by this. I am also very polite with these guys and never give them any reason to mess with me. So not wanting anymore confrontation I simply appologized and went on my way. As I was leaving the other cop chimed in. "We're watching you punk, don't f*** with us. We will take you down".
I seriously hate cops as a whole. There are some good ones, but the vast majority of them suck.
I should also add that my uncle who is a Lt. on the north side can commonly be found on the southside drinking coffee and BSing with the south side cops.
You are making a lot of assumptions. At a wild guess I'd say you haven't been in this situation.
thats irrelevant really
if you dont like the law, lobby to have the law changed to allow for those to break road laws if their wives are in labor lol
I am not in the US, and that is not the point. Police are supposed to use their discretion. Two out of three did so intelligently.
Driving in the breakdown lane of Rt 2 isn't exactly the brightest of decisions.
Anyone who actually knows this road, will know what I speak of. It's one of the first "highways" ever paved out here - and has been duct-taped to meet demand it was never intended to serve. Driving on the shoulder on this highway - (outside Cambridge) is not the brightest of ideas.
Anyone who actually knows this road, will know what I speak of. It's one of the first "highways" ever paved out here - and has been duct-taped to meet demand it was never intended to serve. Driving on the shoulder on this highway - (outside Cambridge) is not the brightest of ideas.
it is to the point. if you want the law to allow for exceptions, have it changed. until then follow it or suffer the consequences
police are to enforce the law. there is no discretion when someone is clearly breaking a law.
i say 1/3 made the right call and the other 2 should be reprimanded
I've watch lots and lots of people crash due to this type of stupid driving, usually sitting in a car close enough to have to remove car fluids and parts from my hood.
So generally I don't think highly of anyone putting a pregnant mother at greater risk of injury driving like an idiot, especially when they aren't thinking clearly.
After reading his posts here, and elsewhere, I believe he has not been in any situations at all.
I'm with Red on this joker.
You are still making unwarranted assumptions about the driver. Ease up on the judgement a little.
Anyone who has actually had a baby, or is with someone who has, knows that sitting in traffic is not the best place to be, and that it could take hours or minutes for a baby to be born.
More than likely when she left home, she assumed she had plenty of time to get to the hospital and did not need the aid of an ambulance, and then she encountered the traffic.
Two out of three public safety officers agreed that she was fine following the course of action she had chosen. Also, anyone who has even been in traffic and/or used and "emergency lane" knows that that is exactly what they were created for, and that they are perfectly safe as long as you don't proceed too fast, and pay very close attention.
More than likely when she left home, she assumed she had plenty of time to get to the hospital and did not need the aid of an ambulance, and then she encountered the traffic.
Two out of three public safety officers agreed that she was fine following the course of action she had chosen. Also, anyone who has even been in traffic and/or used and "emergency lane" knows that that is exactly what they were created for, and that they are perfectly safe as long as you don't proceed too fast, and pay very close attention.
Of course police have discretion, otherwise law enforcement would be impossible.
Just got rid of one of the bad luck vehicles that seemed to attract idiot drivers around it for 10 years.
Generally people getting impatient with traffic and pulling around me only to go bang.
So I'm sort of tired of watching people getting impatient with traffic and using the extra strips of blacktop as lanes.
the argument that "he hasnt been in this situation before" should not be used as justification for law breaking as its' totally irrelevant
any measure to ensure greater saftey of those on the road nees to be enforced period. what if this husband, in his rush, collided with a motorcycle and seriously injured him. if reckless behavior can be stopped, it should to keep the saftey of everyone else on the road
in summary,
the safety of others outweighs the needs of an individual and his wife
maybe my driving on a motorcycle has made me have the mindset that safety is of the utmost importance and every step needs to be taken to ensure this
any measure to ensure greater saftey of those on the road nees to be enforced period. what if this husband, in his rush, collided with a motorcycle and seriously injured him. if reckless behavior can be stopped, it should to keep the saftey of everyone else on the road
in summary,
the safety of others outweighs the needs of an individual and his wife
maybe my driving on a motorcycle has made me have the mindset that safety is of the utmost importance and every step needs to be taken to ensure this
Being in labour is a justification for a greater number of things , Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophies. Nobody wrote a rule-book.
there is a rule book....
i will say if this bozo with his rush to get to the hospital ran into me on my bike, i would go after everything he had. no compassion as he had knowingly broken the law and therefore endangered me on my bike. no excuse
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