Heart attack behind wheel leads to 3 tickets in N.J.

[Marengo]

SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS, N.J. -- Though Dan Langley had a heart attack while driving here, that did not stop a police officer from giving him three traffic tickets.

A little more than a week after the April 1 heart attack, which led to a minor traffic accident, Langley, a 20-year-old Wall, N.J., resident, received the tickets in the mail. When he went to the Spring Lake Heights Municipal Court to fight them, he and his family figured a doctor's note would help convince the local prosecutor or judge to dismiss the summonses.

"Please forgive Mr. Langley's tickets due to his unfortunate experience of having a heart attack seconds prior to his car accident," stated the note from Wall physician Harold Cotler.

The result? Two tickets were dismissed, but a third was only downgraded — to a $133 fine.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/06/12/driver-gets-tickets-after-heart-attack/2417629/

[In_The_Wind]

1. It's totally absurder that he got the tickets in the first place.

[Orrex]

2. He's lucky that the cop didn't hit him with a taser.

[GreenEyedLefty]

3. Douchebaggery at its best (worst)

The now-deceased supervisor of my township lost consciousness behind the wheel and crashed his car. It was a one-car affair (his own) and no one was hurt. The result of the accident was a diagnosis of brain cancer. He was ticketed in his hospital bed for reckless driving.

Assholes.