Ticketed After Saving Son From Falling Off Cliff

[1monster]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/22/frank-roder-ticketed-after-saving-son-jeep-falls_n_1536447.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl7%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D163174

He may have been ticketed for not saving his Jeep from a cliff dive, but his other option was to let his 5-year-old son die and go to jail.

Frank Roder of New Jersey was ticketed on Thursday for failing to use his emergency brake, after which his Jeep flew into the Rahway River. Roder had leaped out of the vehicle because his son opened the door and was running straight toward a 35-foot embankment, according to Fox News. (snip)

A cop on the scene reportedly handed him a pair of tickets -- one for the brake, and another for failure to produce his insurance card, which was in the water-bound Jeep -- and told Roder he should have just applied the brake.

"I say, 'Really? And if I did and my boy stepped over the edge and fell instead of the Jeep, then where would I be?' He says, 'Jail, for child endangerment'."

Rather than type out the profanity-laced diatribe that wants to pour out of me, I'll suggest you read the comments that come after the article. The public is just as disgusted by this cretinist cop as I am.

[Cerridwen]

1. Remember, always follow the letter of the law

and make sure to ignore the spirit of the law.

It's the American, law and order, rules following, "I'm not really an authoritarian I just like rules" way.

Amen.

Ramen.

So mote it be.

Whatever.

Meh.

[elleng]

2. Cop was doing his job. I wouldn't have done the same,

but tickets will be dismissed when he appears in court, imo.

[Cerridwen]

5. But of course you would have. n/t

[elleng]

6. ...

[Logical]

3. Ego filled cop. Typical. n-t

[AnotherMcIntosh]

7. of·fi·cious, adj

1.Assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way, esp. with regard to petty or trivial matters.

[siligut]

8. Officious definitely applies to the TSA

Great word, but I wouldn't use it in front of any of them.

[Robb]

9. Do 5 year-olds throw themselves off cliffs?

Seems odd.

[Coyote_Bandit]

10. Why wasn't a 5 year old buckled in his child safety seat? n/t

[Alcibiades]

11. Because five year olds can unbuckle the seat belt

Both of my kids could do it by age three.