Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Busted!

I got a traffic ticket today! How so, you might ask, being that I use public transportation? The answer is JAYWALKING! That's right freakin' jaywalking! Apparently the police are on a campaign this week to protect the safety of the "piéton" (pedestrian)...Nobody informed ME!

By the way, out of the half a dozen or so people to whom I mentioned this news, all locals, NONE of them has EVER known anyone who got a ticket for jaywalking!


These law-abiding citizens shown crossing le chemin Queen Mary last November waited for the little white man to light up before they crossed.

Alas, tomorrow, I shall do the same.

6 comments:

  1. Ne t'en fait pas Julie: le mari de ma cousine Fabienne a déjà eu un "ticket" parce qu'il a passé sur un feu rouge ... en vélo!

    J'espère que tu es allée t'acheter un billet de lotto ce soir-là!!!

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  2. I'm actually glad to hear that the occasional cyclist is caught because they can be so dangerous as they share the car lanes or the sidewalks!

    A lottery ticket would've been a good idea, but it actually wasn't so random...it was more of a sting operation...a sort of speed trap for jaywalkers. They were catching people left and right at this particular intersection (in front of Metro Villa Maria).

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  3. Julie fought the law and the law won. You cannot escape the long arm of the law! Was the arresting officer on a horse?

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  4. ha ha very funny. No, she wasn't a mountie.

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  5. This would have never happened if you were on a bike!

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  6. then maybe you should call yourself "gotakeabike" : )

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