The Southside Curmudgeon

Those of you who live in Edmonton, and more specifically, those of you who have driven a vehicle on the southside of Edmonton, have likely encountered one particularly curmudgeonly traffic cop. He lives and breathes traffic tickets and if you are pulled over by him you will get a ticket no ifs, ands, or buts. He is the type of guy who would give a ticket to his own mother -- you get the picture. Well, today I heard a story about him that topped all of the stories that I've heard about him (and I've heard plenty!)

A woman was driving when she got hit by another vehicle. She pulled over to the right side and motioned for the other driver to do the same. Instead, the other driver pulled away making the collision a hit and run. The woman got back in her car and tried to catch up to the other vehicle to get a license plate and in doing so, inadvertantly drove for a couple of blocks in a bus lane. The traffic cop pulled her over for driving in a bus lane at which point she frantically explained that she had been hit and run and indicated which car it was that hit her. Instead of doing something, the traffic cop ignored her and accused her of lying in an effort to get out of the ticket! She pointed out the damaged spot on her car but the cop told her that had she actually been hit there she would have been behind the other car and would have been able to get the license plate. He then proceeded to write her a ticket! He is the kind of person that gives all police officers a bad name.