Woman must wear sign for 2 hours "Only an idiot drives on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus."

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/woman-drove-sidewalk-wear-idiot-sign-17650037

A woman caught on camera driving on a sidewalk to avoid a Cleveland school bus that was unloading children will have to stand at an intersection wearing a sign warning about idiots.

Court records show a Cleveland Municipal Court judge on Monday ordered 32-year-old Shena Hardin to stand at an intersection for two days next week. She will have to wear a sign saying: "Only an idiot drives on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus."

The judge ordered her to wear the sign from 7:45 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. both days.

Hardin's license was suspended for 30 days and she was ordered to pay $250 in court costs.

[codjh9]

1. GOOD! I read about that idiot - and she had reportedly done it EVERY DAY!!

A lot of people, even some I consider normal in general, do crazy **** once they're in a car.

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. so she's the type that doesn't think the rules apply to her. n/t

[codjh9]

7. Exactly - and I hate them. Like the type who's sitting there in their SUV right in front of a

store's doors, on the yellow-and-black fire-lane-only stripes, waiting for someone who's in the store. F-----s! What you said is what I always want to say to them: 'Oh how nice for you - the rules don't apply to you, do they?'

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. that happens near the redbox and water machines at my local stores

[BlueMan Votes]

2. my...what an UNUSUAL punishment.

you'd think that there would be some kind of rule about the government doing that kind of thing...

[-..__...]

8. I wonder if the judge specified the exact details of the sign?

She could hang a business card size using 8 point type around her neck (although, I'm sure that would piss the judge off even more).

Video here...

&feature=relmfu

[Liberal_in_LA]

30. wow. She drives on the sidewalk at full speed. Good sting, good catch by the cops

[Nye Bevan]

11. Nope. Has to be be CRUEL too (nt)

[BlueMan Votes]

15. depending on the emotional state of the defendant...

it could very well be seen as "cruel".

[LanternWaste]

17. All things being equal, precisely how could wearing a sign be considered cruel?

All things being equal, precisely how could wearing a sign be considered cruel?

[BlueMan Votes]

18. what if the person suffers from severe agyrophobia...?

or some other such malady that relates to the situation...?

[demwing]

19. Then that person would have had ample opportunity to present evidence

in front of the judge.

I think you're reaching way too far here

[BlueMan Votes]

20. exactly- and if they did, the punishment would be deemed cruel.

all jurisdictions have statutes that give specific punishments for specific infractions...

if 'wearing a sign' isn't listed as a possible punishment, then it shouldn't be allowed.

[demwing]

27. whatever

[Matariki]

22. Public humiliation is cruel.

And that is clearly the judge's intent.

[BlueMan Votes]

28. yep.

imo- Judges shouldn't be allowed to mete out punishments that aren't clearly defined/outlined in the applicable statutes.

[AtomicKitten]

3. Sounds like a slap on the wrist to me. What she did was outrageous.

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. fine and 30 day suspended license also

[cloudbase]

5. They should make her wear a Hillsdale College or Liberty University sweatshirt.

It would proclaim the same thing.

[hughee99]

10. I think that would violate her constitutional rights (cruel and unusual punishment). n/t

[cecilfirefox]

12. GOOD! nt

[sammytko]

13. She's messing up that nice grass too. Someone should go drive on her lawn! n/t

[Egnever]

14. Hmm Sign should say I am an idiot that drives on the sidewalk

The way it is it seems almost like she is reprimanding other people instead of her self.

[frylock]

16. i positively loathe people like this with their elevated sense of entitlement..

this is that same kind of asshole that uses the carpool lane by herself.

[ProfessorGAC]

23. You've Used The Word Entitlement

At least you're using it in reference to someone who actually ISN'T entitled to this special privilege.

So, this isn't a sense of entitlement, it's a misplaced sense of privilege. The right wing has hijacked the term entitlement, because if it is an entitlement, one is TRULY entitled to it.

But, a misplaced sense of privilege is in inidcative of someone who believes they are owed something they aren't.
GAC

[frylock]

29. thanks for the correction

[ProfessorGAC]

31. Oh, I Wasn't Correcting You

I was complimenting you for at least using the hijacked term in a way that wasn't perjorative. While i wouldn't have used the word at all, at least you meant it in a way that wasn't made to intentionally obfuscate.
GAC

[Matariki]

21. Cruel and unusual.

That judge should be disbarred.

[ProfessorGAC]

26. Why?

If the sign doesn't say that SHE is an idiot, why is this PSA cruel and unusual.
GAC

[Quantess]

24. She deserves it.

She could have killed somebody, easily. I say she got off light.

[Initech]

25. Sounds like something Larry David would do.