It’s all the old people’s fault for getting old.
Isn’t this all too predictable? Now it’s open season on old people.
An 82-year-old woman has received a $114 ticket for taking too long to cross a street in the San Fernando Valley, Calif.
Mayvis Coyle said she began shuffling with her cane when the light was green, but was unable to make it to the other side before it turned red.
“It turned red before I could get over. There he was, waiting, the motorcycle cop,” Coyle told the Los Angeles Daily News. “He said, `You’re obstructing the flow of traffic.”‘
Coyle is only one of seniors at Monte Vista Mobile Estates that are upset over signals they think are too short to safely cross five lanes of traffic, the Daily News reported.
“He treated me like a 6-year-old, like I don’t know what I’m doing.”
On Friday, the light changed too quickly even for high school students to make it across without running. It went from green to red in 20 seconds.
Fix the damn light! It’s not supposed to be a revenue generator!!
Another article indicates that Mayvis Coyle’s ticket was given to her by Officer Kelly, the same officer that gave my 15 year old son a ticket for riding his bicycle against a ‘don’t walk’ sign. Officer Kelly apparently isn’t aware that according to the vehicle code, bicyclists are not pedestrians. I don’t feel comfortable commenting further regarding either Mayvis Coyle or my son, as I expect to be seeing Officer Kelly in court when my son pleads not guilty.
Al Levey