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12-10-2012, 10:25 PM
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| Man Gets $1,000 Speeding Ticket (and loses licence) Trying To Save His Baby
Man... Shxt like this totally boils me up. 
I rarely ever like to call police officers "pigs". But in this case, both of those officers involved fully deserve this title and worse. Man Gets $1,000 Speeding Ticket Trying To Save His Baby Quote:
A man in Manitoba, Canada has been given a whopping $1,000 ticket and a suspended driver's license as punishment for speeding to the hospital in order to save the life of his pregnant wife and his unborn child, reported the Winnipeg Free Press.
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The couple's first reaction was that of relief, thinking the officer would hear their situation and offer them an escort to the hospital. Forget it.
"[The officer] said, 'If you go to [the hospital], I don't want to see you guys speeding,'" David told the Winnipeg Free Press. "I was half-crying... I said, 'We don't have time for a lecture.' (I was) trying to save my wife and baby's life."
After a 15-minute delay, the Weber's were back on the road, but with a baby-gift of a $1,000 speeding ticket, and time running out.
Mr. Weber knew the delay had made it even more imperative that they get to the hospital, so he again mashed the gas pedal. But 30 minutes later, incredibly, the couple was stopped by another police officer who had actually been alerted by the first that the Webers might be speeding again in the direction of the hospital.
The second officer also ignored the situation, started another lecture on speeding, and called an ambulance instead of allowing Mr. Weber to continue to the hospital, or escorting him there. Genevieve suffered through yet another 15 minute delay in pain and agony as they waited for the ambulance to arrive.
Fortunately, the Weber's baby was born healthy at the hospital, but it was a dangerously close call. According to the couple's doctor, Genevieve's uterus was very nearly ruptured.
Mr. Weber decided to fight the ticket with the support of the doctor that delivered the couple's baby. But in spite of the doctor's testimony that speeding was absolutely necessary to save Mrs. Weber and her baby, the police refused to drop the ticket. They did, however, reduce the fine to $400.
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12-10-2012, 10:28 PM
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this is an old story...
man could have called ambulance, how safe is it to mash on the gas pedal while ur preganant wife is in the car. yes the officer was stupid, but he was right to tell the man to slow down, but shouldn't have kept him for so long.
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12-10-2012, 10:32 PM
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12-10-2012, 10:38 PM
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12-10-2012, 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by nabs  this is an old story...
man could have called ambulance, how safe is it to mash on the gas pedal while ur preganant wife is in the car. yes the officer was stupid, but he was right to tell the man to slow down, but shouldn't have kept him for so long. | Doh, that's right. Old story... 
Got too pissed off and didn't see the date when I read the story.
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12-10-2012, 11:09 PM
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