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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHeart attack behind wheel leads to 3 tickets in N.J.
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.
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/
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Heart attack behind wheel leads to 3 tickets in N.J. (Original Post)
Marengo
Jun 2013
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In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)1. It's totally absurder that he got the tickets in the first place.
Orrex
(63,233 posts)2. He's lucky that the cop didn't hit him with a taser.
GreenEyedLefty
(2,073 posts)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.