Judge Makes Idiot Who Drove Around a School Bus Hold ‘Idiot’ Sign AP Six weeks ago, we saw a video that made us lose our faith in humanity, then asked the world an important question: Who would drive on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus that’s unloading children? A judge in Cleveland came to the same conclusion as we did: an idiot. Thirty-two-year-old Shena Hardin was instructed to hold a sign that read ONLY AN IDIOT WOULD DRIVE ON THE SIDEWALK TO AVOID A SCHOOL BUS. The AP: 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. Hardin’s license was suspended for 30 days and she was ordered to pay $250 in court costs. Shame. Public shame. Love it. Adults act like children and endanger children? Treat them like children. This judge deserves his or her own show. Original vid here: </noscript> Follow Us SEE MORE: • What Idiot Would Drive on a Sidewalk to Get Around a School Bus? • 25 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Park Like an A**hole [AP]
Montana Vigilante 13.11.12 @ 11:38 am A punishment is needed. But that is not a professional decision.
ghs 14.11.12 @ 12:45 am The commentary indicates that they were expecting this person to proceed in this way. I suspect the bus probably has a history of sitting with it’s blinker running, and the car usually gets tired and proceeds. In this case, she probably thought she was being punked, and drove around the car on the sidewalk. Stupid, but not as though this was not a trap that was deliberately set.
toomanyairmiles 14.11.12 @ 10:04 am What point would be served by spending valuable money on imprisoning her or rendering a small fine. People like this will only change their behaviour when shamed into doing so, I think the judge had the right idea and sent a strong message that this is the kind of treatment others can expect when acting like idiots on the road.
Montana Vigilante 14.11.12 @ 1:14 pm “People like this” you speak as if a racists. Yet drunk drivers in that same neighborhood get little punishment. Why not make every law beaker stand on a busy intersection with a humiliating sign. Where friend and family can point and laugh. Think of the money our justice system would save…. IDIOT
toomanyairmiles 14.11.12 @ 1:23 pm By ‘people like this’ I mean idiots – as is made quite clear by the article I’m commenting on. Drunk drivers are committing an imprisonable crime by drunk driving. This woman was not committing a crime worthy of imprisonment so the judge came up with a novel punishment.
JimD 14.11.12 @ 3:34 pm Clearly you’ve convinced yourself that toomanyairmiles was making a racist comment. i suppose it’s easy to see racism when one decides it’s there no matter how obviously it isn’t.
evilplatypus 14.11.12 @ 10:20 pm From what I read when this first hit the news, this women did this EVERY morning (not just running the stop sign, but going on the sidewalk to do so). That’s why the bus driver had the camera ready and there was a cop waiting. They knew she would do it because it had happened so many times before.