Did Not Want to Stop for Schoolbus

[Darkest Angel]

Originally Posted by WinglessAngel

I clicked the "Contribute" to thread link and attached a photo that I guess might be added to the original post at the top? It didn't allow me a chance to add any text though so here is the update:


Woman who drove on sidewalk holds 'idiot' sign

Posted: Nov 13, 2012 1:00 AM MST
Updated: Nov 13, 2012 7:20 AM MST

CLEVELAND (AP) - A woman caught on camera driving on a sidewalk to pass a Cleveland school bus that was unloading children stood in the cold at an intersection holding a sign warning people about idiots.

A Cleveland Municipal Court judge ordered 32-year-old Shena Hardin to serve the highly public sentence for one hour Tuesday and Wednesday. She arrived bundled up against the 34-degree cold, puffing a cigarette, wearing head phones and avoiding comment as passing vehicles honked.

Satellite TV trucks were on hand to stream the event live near downtown Cleveland.

The sign read: "Only an idiot would drive on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus."

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

Seems like WAY too light a sentence and fine considering her previous driving infractions.

Thanks for the update/pic wingless!
& I agree- she got off very light!

[pbaj12]

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Cleveland resident Shena Hardin, 32, was sentenced by Municipal Court Judge Pinkey Carr to hold the sign, which read, “Only an idiot would drive on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus” on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Hardin was caught making the dangerous maneuver in a cell phone video from Sept. 11. The school bus had stopped to unload children.
On Tuesday, Hardin chain-smoked, texted on her cell phone and repeatedly jumped in and out of a nearby car during the hour she was supposed to be displaying the sign. That did not sit well with Carr.

“If I wanted someone standing there for an hour texting and smoking cigarettes, I would have had that as part of her sentence," Carr told WKYC. "But, clearly, she's missing the point. Clearly, it's still a situation where she's defiant.’’
Carr denied media reports that she would personally supervise Hardin holding the sign on Wednesday morning, telling WKYC that she did not want to cause a scene. Carr informed lawyers for Hardin, who also lost her license for 30 days, that she wants Hardin to hold the sign up higher.
“She's offended the public,’’ Carr told WKYC. “She's offended this community and they have a right to know who this person is. It's cold out there and it's snowing but at least hold the sign because that was part of your sentence. She needs to hold that sign up. It kind of defeats the purpose."
Hardin wore a winter hat and large sunglasses in the 34-degree weather while leaning on the sign Tuesday, which Carr said is acceptable as long as the words are visible. Passing cars honked, news crews filmed and pedestrians taunted Hardin at times. She was also yelled at by Lisa Kelley, the mother of a girl in a wheelchair who was heading toward the bus when Hardin drove around it.
"She did this almost every day last year," Kelley told the Associated Press. "She won't stop laughing. She's not remorseful, she laughed at every court appearance. She's still laughing, so she needs to be humiliated like this."
"How else are you going to stop her from doing it again?" nearby resident Bill Lipold, 37, told the AP. "She really didn't show remorse for her action after being caught, so you've got to try something."

http://todaynews.today.com/_news/201...s-defiant?lite

[DiamondSmiles]

I love the punishment! Public humiliation is great!

She should have had her license suspended for 6 months though!

[DiamondSmiles]

Originally Posted by Hvergelmir

While I agree that passing a stopped school bus is asinine, school buses should pull over and let vehicles pass them so that they don't impede them by stopping every few blocks.

The cars stop so the children and teens can cross the street in either direction, unless it is a divided highway.

If you don't like to stop, wait until after 5 PM and drive in the traffic!

It's sad when two teen girls told me I was the only person who ever stopped for them to cross a street at a green light when they had the right of way. Pedestrians shouldn't have to run.

[Insideoutbodies]

what kind of inbred retard would do somthing like that

[Spiffyfable]

Actually she's probably from China

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Originally Posted by Insideoutbodies

what kind of inbred retard would do somthing like that

Shena Hardin

[Seven Of Nine]

Contribution to the thread by WinglessAngel:

[ambvlnt.ideal]

LOL who the FUCK does this!? I gladly stop and wait for everyone to cross the street. It's not worth someone's life, whatever it may be. What a selfish, impatient bitch. She looks like she has no remorse and will probably do that shit again.