OAP fined for being too slow
A pensioner using a walking stick has been fined for crossing the road too slowly reports The Scotsman.
Mayvis Coyle, 82, said she began shuffling across a busy five-lane street in San Fernando Valley, California, when the pedestrian light was green, but she was stopped by a policeman when she failed to reach the other side before the light turned red.
He issued the pensioner a £65 [$115USD] ticket and said she was obstructing traffic. Mrs Coyle, who is contesting the ticket, said, ‘I think it is completely outrageous. He treated me like a six-year-old.’
Police said they were cracking down on people who disobeyed traffic signals because of the high number of pedestrian accidents. Around a third of pedestrians killed in the San Fernando Valley between 2003 and 2005 were elderly. The Los Angeles Police Department allows pedestrians one second to cover four feet.
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