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Woman caught breastfeeding while driving on (Ohio) turnpike
WKYC-TV/DT Cleveland ^ | 6.11.03

Posted on 06/11/2003 8:54:46 PM PDT by mhking

OHIO TURNPIKE -- A woman who claims she was breast-feeding while driving on the turnpike, has plead not guilty to multiple charges.

The Ohio highway patrol received a call that 29-year old Catherine Donkers, was driving with an infant in her lap.

A trooper tried to pull her over, but she ignored him and then exited the turnpike.

"The stop didn't occur until she exited at the 187th and then became caught up in the toll booth and that's where the officer was able to approach the car and talk to the driver," said Ohio Highway Patrol Officer, Lt. Chris Butts.

The trooper discovered the Michigan woman didn't have a license.

She's been charged with not having an operators' license, obstructing official business, and child endangering.


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1 posted on 06/11/2003 8:54:46 PM PDT by mhking
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To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....

If you want on or off this list, please let me know!

2 posted on 06/11/2003 8:55:02 PM PDT by mhking
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To: mhking
I have no words.
3 posted on 06/11/2003 8:59:21 PM PDT by ChemistCat
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To: ChemistCat
got milk
4 posted on 06/11/2003 9:00:35 PM PDT by al baby
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To: mhking
I would not think this is such a big deal, except what happens if she gets into a car accident (even a minor one)?

Does the baby get smashed by the airbag? Would it slam into the steering wheel/dashboard/etc.? It sounds like she was putting her child at extreme risk (especially if she was driving distracted because of the breastfeeding).

5 posted on 06/11/2003 9:01:45 PM PDT by xm177e2 (Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
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To: mhking
Will the baby be charged as an accessory?
6 posted on 06/11/2003 9:02:19 PM PDT by nhoward14
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To: mhking
Those passing young Catherine Donkers
on the turnpike all thought her quite bonkers;
her child in her lap,
with no safety strap,
was making poor use of her honkers.
7 posted on 06/11/2003 9:02:20 PM PDT by martin_fierro (A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
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To: mhking
She was udderly crazy.
8 posted on 06/11/2003 9:03:18 PM PDT by jigsaw (God Bless Our Troops!)
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To: mhking
She's been charged with not having an operators' license, obstructing official business, and child endangering.

A true multitasker. Was she also putting on makeup and driving while yakking?

9 posted on 06/11/2003 9:03:21 PM PDT by DeFault User
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To: mhking
Busted.
10 posted on 06/11/2003 9:03:24 PM PDT by Consort
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To: martin_fierro
Is it just coincidence that this lady and her boobs were caught by an Officer Butts?
11 posted on 06/11/2003 9:03:55 PM PDT by nhoward14
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To: nhoward14
Butts and boobs.

Some stories have it all.
12 posted on 06/11/2003 9:05:30 PM PDT by martin_fierro (A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
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To: mhking
"Hold muh...." (never mind)
13 posted on 06/11/2003 9:09:40 PM PDT by giznort
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To: mhking
Hold muh ...
14 posted on 06/11/2003 9:11:01 PM PDT by martin_fierro (A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
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To: xm177e2
I breastfed three babies. It's tricky to read a book or talk on the phone while doing it, regardless of the baby's age or capacity to cooperate. NO WAY could one drive safely while doing it. It's incomprehensible.
15 posted on 06/11/2003 9:11:40 PM PDT by ChemistCat
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To: mhking
This could be a "Hold muh milk 'n watch this!" alert. :)
16 posted on 06/11/2003 9:13:02 PM PDT by NYC GOP Chick (Clinton Legacy = 16-acre hole in the ground in lower Manhattan)
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To: TheGrimReaper
For some reason, this thread made me think of you. ;)
17 posted on 06/11/2003 9:14:01 PM PDT by NYC GOP Chick (Clinton Legacy = 16-acre hole in the ground in lower Manhattan)
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To: martin_fierro
Clever, very clever.

(Nice limerick too.)

18 posted on 06/11/2003 9:24:38 PM PDT by capitan_refugio
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To: mhking
In many states it's legal to take your baby out of the carseat in a moving car to "tend to basic needs" (like feeding, diaper changes.) But I'm thinking doing that while driving is a bad bad bad idea. Atleast no one got hurt. If my kids are out of their carseat, the car is stopped. Even if my toddler gets himself out of his carseat, I pull over whereever I am and put him right back in after a decent little swat to the bottom for getting out of it.
19 posted on 06/11/2003 9:58:34 PM PDT by honeygrl (sigh... i want hubby back home now. business trips suck.)
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To: ChemistCat
"I breastfed three babies. It's tricky to read a book or talk on the phone while doing it, regardless of the baby's age or capacity to cooperate. NO WAY could one drive safely while doing it. It's incomprehensible. "

I can't even breastfeed mine while standing up, I'd run off the road trying to do it while driving.
20 posted on 06/11/2003 10:00:25 PM PDT by honeygrl (sigh... i want hubby back home now. business trips suck.)
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