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Rush hour driver asked police to use hardshoulder to get wife in labour to hospital - and got issued a $100 traffic ticket
Jennifer Davis's contractions were just three minutes apart when she and her husband John got stuck in rush hour traffic as they tried to get to the hospital in Cambridge, Boston. Mr Davis said he drove in the breakdown lane and stopped to ask a state trooper if they could take the lane to the next exit. But the officer not only refused, he made them wait on the roadside while he finished writing someone else's ticket, then returned to their car and told them they would be getting a ticket in the post. The case, reported in local media today, outraged Bostonians so much that the couple have been flooded with calls and interview requests and even offers from people who wanted to pay their ticket - offers the couple have declined. A State Police spokesman said the trooper was not expected to be disciplined over the incident...
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