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Going nowhere too slowly (83-year-old woman fined for taking too long to cross the street)
Sunday Times (South Africa) ^ | Friday October 07, 2005 07:28 - (SA)

Posted on 10/07/2005 7:19:00 AM PDT by dead

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1 posted on 10/07/2005 7:19:00 AM PDT by dead
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To: dead

Barney Fife lives in Australia?


2 posted on 10/07/2005 7:20:21 AM PDT by leadpenny
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To: leadpenny

Bush's fault..(sarc/off)


3 posted on 10/07/2005 7:21:03 AM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32 (Honest officer, I wasn't speeding.....I was qualifying)
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To: dead

Chief Wiggums needs to find another line of work.


4 posted on 10/07/2005 7:21:59 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Darwinism is a belief in the meaninglessness of existence - R. Kirk)
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To: dead
Don't know the exact circumstances.

But one thing here in the Northeast that drives me nuts is when seniors cross the street when they think there's a gap in the traffic instead of walking an extra block to a traffic light with a signalled crosswalk.

They never judge the distance right and are liable to cause accidents.

5 posted on 10/07/2005 7:22:44 AM PDT by wideawake (God bless our brave troops and their Commander-in-Chief)
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To: dead

It might be possible to put signs up OLD PEOPLE CROSSING---a bent over figure with a cane---LOL


6 posted on 10/07/2005 7:23:25 AM PDT by brooklyn dave (Allah is a Moon god)
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To: dead

Write a ticket instead of helping her cross? What a dip...


7 posted on 10/07/2005 7:25:25 AM PDT by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?")
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To: dead

"which had been issued by officers who were passing through the town"

The "Dunkin' Donuts" on the other side of town was about to close.


8 posted on 10/07/2005 7:26:38 AM PDT by leadpenny
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To: dead

it irks me when the letter of the law is followed, instead of the spirit of justice


9 posted on 10/07/2005 7:30:15 AM PDT by Revelation 911
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To: dead

These officers are now counting Crocodiles in the outback.


10 posted on 10/07/2005 7:30:38 AM PDT by sgtbono2002
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To: theevileye

Go euthanize yourself.


12 posted on 10/07/2005 7:35:10 AM PDT by leadpenny
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To: petercooper

Wow. I was reading this story and thinking about all the elderly people in our complex....sometimes I watch those old ladies crossing First Ave or 23rd Street (inch by inch with their walkers/canes) and I just know one day a cab is going to hit them....sad.


13 posted on 10/07/2005 7:35:25 AM PDT by FeliciaCat (I like my money where I can see it...hanging in my closet.)
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To: dead

"Got yer bullet, Digger?"


14 posted on 10/07/2005 7:36:51 AM PDT by Dumpster Baby ("Hope somebody finds me before the rats do .....")
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To: theevileye

I see we have a DU troll who signed up today just to spout disgusting liberal statements. Go back to DUmmie land.


15 posted on 10/07/2005 7:38:49 AM PDT by Khepera (Do not remove by penalty of law!)
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To: theevileye

>Shoulda hit her with a bigger fine. Old fogeys slow up
>progress.

1) May the sunshine of your youth never fade
2) They should have volunteered her for assisted suicide
3) Hitting an old person crossing the street should take a point *off* your driving record
4) The fine money should fund a campaign for lowering the driving age

</sarc>

Did I leave anything out?


16 posted on 10/07/2005 7:39:39 AM PDT by ROTB
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To: theevileye

Fnuck Noo


17 posted on 10/07/2005 7:42:24 AM PDT by Dumpster Baby ("Hope somebody finds me before the rats do .....")
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To: ROTB; theevileye

Yeah

5) Take a flying f on a rolling donut.


18 posted on 10/07/2005 7:44:07 AM PDT by leadpenny
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To: leadpenny
Barney Fife lives in Australia?
19 posted on 10/07/2005 7:44:53 AM PDT by scott says
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To: dead

Good thing she wasn't chewing gum on the subway!


20 posted on 10/07/2005 7:46:09 AM PDT by linkinpunk
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