Man Saves Lives, Gets A Ticket...

[Spidey-Bat]

That's actually in the Uniform Vehicle Code, of which the US traffic laws reflect. Vehicles are to yield to pedestrians when they cross in the crosswalk. At other locations, pedestrians are to yield to traffic or are prohibited from crossing.

That doesn't give the driver of the vehicle to plow right into them.

Edit: So if a person is attempting to cross without using the crosswalk, they shouldn't be surprised if takes longer to cross instead of walking to the crosswalk and waiting for the lights.

There's a difference between running right in front of a car and crossing the street with a car approaching. If it was jaywalking whenever you didn't walk in a crosswalk, I wouldn't be legally allowed to cross the street in my neighborhood. Any cop who is enforcing this rule is being anal retentive.

It's like the cops in my town who sit on the long, straight streets no one is ever crossing giving out speeding tickets while there are people speeding in the downtown district and people running in front of cars.

 

[Addendum]

I never said it gives the driver "the right to plow into them". Just stating that pedestrians don't always have the right of way

 

[hippie_hunter]

That's actually in the Uniform Vehicle Code, of which the US traffic laws reflect. Vehicles are to yield to pedestrians when they cross in the crosswalk. At other locations, pedestrians are to yield to traffic or are prohibited from crossing.

Edit: So if a person is attempting to cross without using the crosswalk, they shouldn't be surprised if takes longer to cross instead of walking to the crosswalk and waiting for the lights.

Where I live, vehicles are supposed to yield for pedestrians regardless. When I was taking my road test I got points knocked off because I didn't yield to them, even though there was no crosswalk and they were walking incredibly slow to where I could pass them with no danger to them at all.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

I never said it gives the driver "the right to plow into them". Just stating that pedestrians don't always have the right of way

Yes, a person should yield to a vehicle before crossing but if they're already in the road, a vehicle should yield to them regardless of whether or not they're in a crosswalk. The only time they shouldn't is on a major road or highway where cars travel 45mph or greater.

 

[Addendum]

I've had several instances in Memphis where someone tries to cross on a busy street, instead of either going to the crosswalk, or waiting for it to be safe to cross. I give them the horn and the finger and continue on, instead of suddenly hitting my breaks and then get hit in the rear end because the driver behind me didn't expect me to suddenly stop in the middle of the damn road

 

[The Geek Vault]

Also maybe the people could not see the cross walk, this was during a snow storm

 

[Scarlet spidey]

If I were that man I'd walk into the police station with the ticket in hand and rip it up right there.
How dare they give him a ticket for such a thing.

 

[Majic Walrus]

I have to agree with Addendum.

This guy broke the law which helped cause an accident. I've gotten tickets while still strapped to a body board and this guy is no different. He should've let the ladies off at a crosswalk and then helped them across the street. That way he doesn't run the risk of getting smacked by a ****ing truck.

If anything this man didn't as much save lives as put lives in danager and manage not to get them killed. The ends don't justify the means. It is nice to help old ladies but it is illegal to jay-walk. It's illegal to jay-walk because it can cause accidents, in this case it did.

 

[Majic Walrus]

Also maybe the people could not see the cross walk, this was during a snow storm

He's a ****ing bus driver. He knows where the crosswalks are.

 

[Kelly]

It's a $22 ticket, and there are already people writing in to news shows saying they will pay for it.

It's not that big of a deal....

It was probably simply a formality for insurance purposes, and when he goes in to pay the ticket it will probably be taken off.

It's the idiot media that is making a big deal about this....

 

[Addendum]

Would you rather they have an article about "What will the President's family name their dog?"

 

[Kelly]

Would you rather they have an article about "What will the President's family name their dog?"

That was right under this one....

 

[The Guard]

Shouldn't people be making a bigger deal out of the fact that he saved lives than the fact that he was given a ticket for doing so? I'd frame the damn thing and use it as a badge of honor.

 

[Cunning Stunts]

It's a $22 ticket

Not anymore!

DENVER - The Colorado State Patrol has withdrawn the $22 jaywalking ticket issued to a good Samaritan who was seriously injured by a pickup after he pushed three people out of its path.

Bus driver Jim Moffett of Denver and another man were helping two elderly women cross a busy Denver street in a snowstorm when he was hit Feb. 20.

Moffett, 58, suffered bleeding in the brain, broken bones, a dislocated shoulder and a possible ruptured spleen. He remained hospitalized in serious condition Friday.


"He's doing better, but it's going to be a long, hard road for him," said his wife, Donna. "His knee is just completely destroyed, his shoulder was badly dislocated, he's got a lot of internal injuries."

The State Patrol said in a statement that it withdrew the citation "after examining the ... circumstances" and consulting with prosecutors. A patrol spokesman didn't immediately return a call seeking comment.

The patrol initially said that despite Moffett's intentions, jaywalking contributed to the accident.

The patrol also withdrew jaywalking citations against the other good Samaritan and one of the two women. The other woman wasn't cited because troopers said she wasn't directly involved.

A citation against the pickup driver for careless driving resulting in injury still stands.

The two women and the other good Samaritan were passengers on Moffett's Regional Transportation District bus.

"He told his son he'd do it again, which really upsets me because he almost lost his life," Donna Moffett said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29429591?GT1=43001

 

[Kelly]

I figured that would end up happening.

Same thing happened to me one time with a low end traffic ticket. I went in to show proof of registration, and even after that I had a $20 fee to pay, and they waved that as well....

I think in the case of this accident, a paper trail was needed and that's all it was.

 

[Majic Walrus]

Shouldn't people be making a bigger deal out of the fact that he saved lives than the fact that he was given a ticket for doing so? I'd frame the damn thing and use it as a badge of honor.

Shouldn't people be making a bigger deal out of the fact that he CAUSED the damn lives to be in jeopardy?

 

[Cunning Stunts]

Shouldn't people be making a bigger deal out of the fact that he CAUSED the damn lives to be in jeopardy?

Lol, I don't know where you guys are getting this part of the story from... The old ladies were crossing the street, and he jumped out of his bus to help them. If it's anyone's fault, it's the old ladies'.

 

[zanos]

If you break the law prepare to face the consequences.