Dad saves boy before car plunges down cliff -- and gets pair of Traffic tickets

Foxnews ^ | 5/21/12 | Greg Wilson

[CommerceComet]

“as innocent as” instead of “as innocent than”. Sorry.

[Tennessean4Bush]

You are channeling the church lady. You know that don’t you?

[Tennessean4Bush]

You are channeling the church lady. You know that don’t you?

[Clintonfatigued]

Police carping strikes again.

[PistolPaknMama]

A properly trained five year old does not unbuckle and jump out of the car without permission

I've had kids and grandkids and you're the first person I've known of that everything goes according to plan when they're 5. Parents can "properly train" all day long, and the kid will surprise you nonetheless. A properly trained parent knows that, expects it, and prepares for it.

[Jeff Chandler]

You are channeling the church lady. You know that don’t you?

Because I think a guy who can't control a five year old is a pathetic fool?

I really don't care if you let your kids jump out of your car before it's parked. Forgive me when I laugh at your water-logged car.

[Jeff Chandler]

you're the first person I've known of that everything goes according to plan when they're 5.

I'm reviewing the thread to see where I claimed that. Hmmm. Nope. Can't find it.

The man is obviously an idiot who does not have control of his kid.. I deduced that from viewing the photo of his car in a freaking river.

[PistolPaknMama]

I deduced that from viewing the photo of his car in a freaking river.

When I was first married, we came outside to discover that my new husband's car was half submerged in a pond. I was obviously an idiot that didn't have control over my new husband. That made me a bad wife? Sometimes stuff just happens. If the kid had been floating in the river instead of the car, our dialogue would be a whole lot different.

[Jeff Chandler]

When I was first married, we came outside to discover that my new husband's car was half submerged in a pond. I was obviously an idiot that didn't have control over my new husband. That made me a bad wife?

That's what you get for marrying a five year old.

[Tennessean4Bush]

Is your middle name Richard?

[HiTech RedNeck]

This must be judgment night or sumfin!!!

We are not told, and cannot see from the limited area photographed, whether only that particular parking spot is tilted towards a high embankment having no fence, and whether walking a few feet to either side would put a pedestrian in a safe area.

We are also not told whether the child had a habit of misbehaving like this.

Of course such details might flummox the “night court” here. Much more fun to pass them by.

[wastedyears]

Does anybody still think cops are on our side, at all?

[Jeff Chandler]

I see a car in a river. That there is Jeff Foxworthy sign territory. By the way, ever seen one of these?

[Jeff Chandler]

I have a great idea for a TV show:

Are You Smarter Than a Five Year Old?

[mellow velo]

Wow! Brings back memories. I grew up in the town adjacent to Winfield Park, and that town was so small, they were like the forgotten stepchild of towns. About the size of a postage stamp. We used to consider them a step above a trailer park.

[Jeff Chandler]

His problem was he was driving the wrong car.

[1FreeAmerican]

Around these parts the County would be sued for not having adequate curbs or bollards. He'd be looking at a $100k OOC settlement.

[HiTech RedNeck]

You might be a redneck iff’n your truck lands in the river???

[Jeff Chandler]

I was thinking, here’s yer sign.

[free-in-nyc]

“Around these parts the County would be sued for not having adequate curbs or bollards. He’d be looking at a $100k OOC settlement.”

Perhaps that’s the real reason for the tickets - they will help the government’s defense in the expected upcoming lawsuit?