Praise the Lord that both, mom and baby, are doing ok.
Praise the Lord that both, mom and baby, are doing ok.
Wowsers. She’s beautiful (each one).
caveat: I am not a lawyer and this is what I would do, not necessarily what someone else should do. One should always seek the counsel of a competent attorney in all matters legal.
It’s easy to demonize the officer, but on a forum that applauds individual responsibility, I’m surprised you didn’t point out that this couple put themselves in this situation. This was her second child, so she understood the progression of labor. And they should have figured out alternate routes ahead of time, particularly as they admit they had already thought about rush hour. Sure, people make mistakes, but it seems this couple are making excuses instead of accepting that their own lack of planning was a big factor in the situation. People’s natural sympathy toward mom and baby does not justify putting blame where it does not belong, in my opinion. They should pay the ticket and be thankful.
“Though the Davises live about 30 miles away in Dracut, Jennifer Davis, 38, wanted to have her baby at Mount Auburn, where she had also given birth to her 7-year-old son, Brendan.”
I’m sorry, but I have little sympathy. And I say that as a very pregnant person right now.
Do you know how many hospitals are between Dracut and Alewife, some of which they had to go right past to get to Cambridge? Or how many are much closer than 30 miles? I can name at least 5 and I haven’t enve lived in the area for years. This is not some rural area and this is the closest hospital. Not to mention Route 2 at that point is ALWAYS backed-up. And given Boston drivers, they should be happy they didn’t wind up in a crash as I’ve seen more than one person pull their car in front of someone speeding up the breakdown lane.
If you make the choice to go to a hospital an hour away, you take the risk of not making it.
And the police wonder why they get no respect.
I nominate this scumbag for “Biggest Douchebag in the Universe” award. Protect and serve my a$$. Fire the POS, he obviously needs to find work at the IRS.
Quota system - fines for revenue - not behavior.
And people wonder why people hate cops. . .
In such a heavy liberal area she could have avoided the ticket from the union employee. Even received police and fire department escorts.
She should have said she was on her way to an abortion clinic.
but speaking as a cop, i would have given them an escort. but let's not fool ourselves that the child or mother were ever in any real danger medically.