Ohio driver sentenced to hold 'idiot' sign

http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-504083_162-10014525.html

Yeah... Driving on a sidewalk to pass a school bus driving children is a GREAT idea! :P

"only an idiot would drive on the sidewalk to avoid a bus"

mhm.

Awesome punishment. More judges need to get creative rather than just slap a fine or jail time.

Awesome punishment. More judges need to get creative rather than just slap a fine or jail time.

Aljosa23

pmsl, that's a great punishment!

He should of sentenced all Ohioans to hold an "idiot" sign.DaBrainz

Delicious tears

That is not a great punishment, its demeaning and inhumane.GazaAli

He should of sentenced all Ohioans to hold an "idiot" sign.DaBrainz

That's a perfect punishment.

that punishment should be handed out more often.

That is not a great punishment, its demeaning and inhumane.GazaAli

[QUOTE="DaBrainz"]He should of sentenced all Ohioans to hold an "idiot" sign.dave123321

Kudos to that punishment. :P

That is not a great punishment, its demeaning and inhumane.GazaAli

That is not a great punishment, its demeaning and inhumane.GazaAli

Not if it makes her think twice about doing something as stupid next time she wants to pass a schoolbus

That's awesome.

That is not a great punishment, its demeaning and inhumane.GazaAli

Awesome punishment. More judges need to get creative rather than just slap a fine or jail time.

Aljosa23

[QUOTE="GazaAli"]That is not a great punishment, its demeaning and inhumane.sSubZerOo

Her, not him.

Not if it makes her think twice about doing something as stupid next time she wants to pass a schoolbus

R4gn4r0k

It's troubling that the government apparently has the power to shame and ridicule people for no constructive purpose.Laihendi

It has been used in the past (think the stockade where your head and wrists were locked up) where you were stood outside to serve a sentence. It really needs to be used more often if you really think about it.

It's troubling that the government apparently has the power to shame and ridicule people for no constructive purpose.Laihendi

It has been used in the past (think the stockade where your head and wrists were locked up) where you were stood outside to serve a sentence. It really needs to be used more often if you really think about it.

Damn, GlitchSpot is acting up again.

[QUOTE="Laihendi"]It's troubling that the government apparently has the power to shame and ridicule people for no constructive purpose.WhiteKnight77

It has been used in the past (think the stockade where your head and wrists were locked up) where you were stood outside to serve a sentence. It really needs to be used more often if you really think about it.

[QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]

It has been used in the past (think the stockade where your head and wrists were locked up) where you were stood outside to serve a sentence. It really needs to be used more often if you really think about it.

Sajo7

I have no problem with humiliation though I would draw the line at witch burnings.WhiteKnight77

It's troubling that the government apparently has the power to shame and ridicule people for no constructive purpose.Laihendi

[QUOTE="Sajo7"][QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]

It has been used in the past (think the stockade where your head and wrists were locked up) where you were stood outside to serve a sentence. It really needs to be used more often if you really think about it.

WhiteKnight77

[QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]I have no problem with humiliation though I would draw the line at witch burnings.MrGeezer

I am usually the guy that often takes a strict view on sentencing and charges. I want the monther who has lost a child in a wreck to be charged for and fined for not having their kid in a child safety seat (this happened in the city I live in, but wasn't fined as she had lost to much, :roll: ). I am all for making an example out of someone and in this case, she is being made an example of for others to see. I would be just as fine with her being sent to jail for a year.

[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"][QUOTE="GazaAli"]That is not a great punishment, its demeaning and inhumane.WhiteKnight77

Her, not him.

I am usually the guy that often takes a strict view on sentencing and charges. I want the monther who has lost a child in a wreck to be charged for and fined for not having their kid in a child safety seat (this happened in the city I live in, but wasn't fined as she had lost to much, :roll: ). I am all for making an example out of someone and in this case, she is being made an example of for others to see. I would be just as fine with her being sent to jail for a year.

WhiteKnight77

I approve of this.ghoklebutter

so let me get this straight.

she drove on the sidewalk, to pass a bus, the was unloading children.

so had endangered several children.

and her only punishment was having to hold a sign for 2 fvcking hours?

SMH

This is the kind of justice that prevents people from doing it again. Fines and slaps in the wrist just don't do it anymore.Zeviander

:lol: I can't stop laughing. :lol:

Now I can stop. It doesn't work if it is a different crime or the same crime...... again. How many times Lindsay got arrest for the same thing?

I can wait....

Judge didn't do anything but add something ridiculous to the fine. If I had a fine like that, I pay it and won't do it again. That's a lesson I will forever remember. Like the user above my post. I'm smh because the driver didn't serve time but for 2 hours holding a sign + a fine....... COME ON!

And using the justice system to become some sort of edgy hero judge for the Twitter generation: always -1000. MrPraline

He should of sentenced all Ohioans to hold an "idiot" sign.DaBrainz

That's funny because you wrote "should of" instead of "should have".

I could tell you why that is funny but it's funnier to have you be obvlivious.

[QUOTE="DaBrainz"]He should of sentenced all Ohioans to hold an "idiot" sign.NailedGR

That's funny because you wrote "should of" instead of "should have".

I could tell you why that is funny but it's funnier to have you be obvlivious.

I don't and can never approve of this sort of inventive punishment from those behind the bench. We once had a character here named Ted Poe who did that sort of crap all the time. Every ruling I saw him make in that regard was a circus show on his part, attempting to become popular with the public at large. It worked too, since he now sits in Congress.

And using the justice system to become some sort of edgy hero judge for the Twitter generation: always -1000. MrPraline

This times A milly

[QUOTE="GazaAli"]That is not a great punishment, its demeaning and inhumane.sSubZerOo