Government profited all the way around on this one -- the driver got a ticket too, according to the story.
((( starchild )))
It's a perfect example of why people despise the police.
This 'bust 'em all let the courts sort 'em out' attitude makes even
crime victims or good samaritans more fearful of them than the
criminals.
Government profited all the way around on this one -- the
driver got
a ticket too, according to the story.
((( starchild )))
> Eric (lincolnproducts@...) has sent you a news article.
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> More reasons why we need to clamp down on our out-of-
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> enforcement'.
>
> Injured good Samaritan ticketed for jaywalking
>
>
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keted
Maybe I got this wrong, but it seems that the so called good samaritan was the bus driver. He apparently stopped the bus and helped the folks accross. Thats nice, but wreckless. If he was going to help folks to cross the street, he should have done it at a corner, Jaywalking is dangerous.
Phil,
The bus driver *is* the one who was ticketed for jaywalking. Presumably the reason he didn't cross at the corner is that the bus stop where he stopped to let the women off was not located at a corner. Sure, jaywalking can be dangerous, but ticketing people is pretty pointless as a deterrent. In the cases where it carries little risk, only a real jerk of a cop is going to write you a ticket, and in the cases where the risk is high, the chance of getting hit by a car provides a much more effective deterrent. Also, the more people jaywalk, the less dangerous it becomes, because drivers are more on the lookout for it. So the very few lives the law saves by deterring people from jaywalking are also offset by the increased risk to other jaywalkers that results from the law making jaywalking less expected.
Love & Liberty,
((( starchild )))
Tell that to the Judge(:-))
True---it justs shows how, in the police state, that even an innocent
act can have legal consequences.
Phil,
The bus driver *is* the one who was ticketed for jaywalking.
Presumably the reason he didn't cross at the corner is that the
bus
stop where he stopped to let the women off was not located at a
corner. Sure, jaywalking can be dangerous, but ticketing people is
pretty pointless as a deterrent. In the cases where it carries
little
risk, only a real jerk of a cop is going to write you a ticket, and
in
the cases where the risk is high, the chance of getting hit by a
car
provides a much more effective deterrent. Also, the more people
jaywalk, the less dangerous it becomes, because drivers are more
on
the lookout for it. So the very few lives the law saves by
deterring
people from jaywalking are also offset by the increased risk to
other
jaywalkers that results from the law making jaywalking less
expected.
Love & Liberty,
((( starchild )))> Maybe I got this wrong, but it seems that the so called good
samaritan
> was the bus driver. He apparently stopped the bus and helped the
folks
> accross. Thats nice, but wreckless. If he was going to help folks
to
> cross the street, he should have done it at a corner, Jaywalking
is
> dangerous.
>
> > It's a perfect example of why people despise the police.
> > This 'bust 'em all let the courts sort 'em out' attitude makes
even
> > crime victims or good samaritans more fearful of them than the
> > criminals.
> >
> >
> > --- In lpsf-discuss@yahoogroups.com, Starchild <sfdreamer@>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Government profited all the way around on this one -- the
> > driver got
> >> a ticket too, according to the story.
> >>
> >> ((( starchild )))
> >>
> >>
> >>> Eric (lincolnproducts@) has sent you a news article.
> >>> (Email address has not been verified.)
> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------
> >>> Personal message:
> >>>
> >>> More reasons why we need to clamp down on our out-of-
> > control 'law
> >>> enforcement'.
> >>>
> >>> Injured good Samaritan ticketed for jaywalking
> >>>
> >>>
> >
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