NBC Los Angeles – by Jeanne Kuang
Fifteen drivers in Riverside County got traffic citations on Wednesday for allegedly failing to give the right-of-way to a traffic cone on legs.
The cone was an undercover Moreno Valley cop in costume, walking the crosswalk near a middle school to catch drivers who don’t stop for pedestrians.
The traffic sting at Eucalyptus Avenue and Running Deer Road was part of Moreno Valley’s “Pedestrian Decoy Program,” according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.
The program was created in response to complaints that many drivers don’t stop for people at crosswalks and intersections.
Drivers who have been stopped during the decoy program in the past have said that they didn’t see the undercover cop trying to cross the street, Sgt. Bill Guimont said in a statement.
This time, officials hoped a bright, orange, human-sized traffic cone would be more visible, but some drivers still said they didn’t see the cop.
“Our goal is to make motorists more aware of their surroundings and to be vigilant while driving, especially near schools and crosswalks,” Sgt. Bill Guimont said in a statement.
Nine drivers were also cited for other traffic violations during the sting, officials said.
what!!! You mean your not supposed to hit those things???? Sheesh!!!
Diggerdan said to me, on more than one occasion, he would have liked to bury an enemy up to his neck on a dirt road and put a cone over his head. It was either that or fire ants! 😆
yup. sounds like him. Still miss him Millard.
I think about digger every day Paul. He’s with all of us every day behind the doors of perception cheering us on in our struggle to be free men in a Militarized Police State. “Keep the faith” brother.
🙂
Dressed as a traffic cone, omg, the world has gone insane. Seriously, if I saw something dressed as a traffic cone walking the street, I would try to get away from it as fast as reasonably possible, too.
i’d probably be so distracted wonderin what the hell as I forgot that i’m still rollin thru the crosswalk. maybe the idea was to cause a distraction thus netting more revenue under the pretense of a goofy innocent cone getup and how could you miss me type setup. or I think wayyy too much.
Now THAT is lame.
Even for cops.
But then again, it IS Crazifornia.