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| Published Oct. 7, 2009 at 10:45 a.m. |
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I heard that the state now has a law that allows football teams heading toward Lambeau Field -- actually more the opposing teams than Packers themselves -- to run red lights. After all, what could be a bigger emergency than getting to the locker room four hours early?
This common sense law has me wondering about others who ought to be afforded similar status.
- Baseball players cabbing it to Miller Park from The Pfister. Surely, they need to get there on time at least as much as football players do. However, soccer and hockey players must not only stop at red lights, they must also stop at yellow lights and every second green light.
- OB-GYNs on their way to the hospital to birth babies? You betcha.
- Kopp's employees hurrying to put the butter burgers on the grill? No doubt.
- Bartenders? They should be allowed to run red lights both going to work and returning home afterward.
- Musicians on the way to a gig? Absolutely. What could be worse than nursing another beer while Paul Cebar sits at an interminable red at Water and Wisconsin?
- Politicians? Well, no, they should sit at red lights and take an extra moment to ponder things.
- Windell Middlebrooks on the way to pull some High Life out of a hipster bar? What could be more important than this, really?
- Visual artists working in all media? Hey, they're rarely getting paid, let's give 'em something!
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Posted by Hckyboy00 on Oct. 9, 2009 at 3:11 a.m. (report)
Why can't they just close the street for a 2 hour period, much like Milwaukee does for any of it's charity race events? Slap up signs on Friday saying street closed, and be done with it?
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Posted by hardgeminiguy on Oct. 7, 2009 at 12:30 p.m. (report)
this is a BAD law and must be removed--talk about something really unnecessary. STUPID! STUPID! STUPID!
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Posted by Chrisna on Oct. 7, 2009 at 11:48 a.m. (report)
I guess I was wrong. According this article: http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20090922/GPG0101/909220552/1207/GPG01/Bill-speeds-up-team-trips-to-Lambeau The two sheriffs departments began escorting the caravans of NFL teams staying overnight in Appleton before games against the Green Bay Packers in the early 1980s. The escorting police vehicles used sirens, flashing lights and additional squad cars posted at intersections to provide teams with nonstop arrangements until 2007. After the liability questions were raised, the escorting officers avoided stops by controlling traffic signals by remote control. The change came after law enforcement instructors at Fox Valley Technical College, Grand Chute, noted the traffic disruptions violated state law, leaving the police agencies liable for damages from potential crashes. The bill lets police agencies decide when disrupting traffic for nonemergency escorts is justified. It includes fines ranging from $20 to $100 for motorists who fail to yield to the to the escorts.
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Posted by Chrisna on Oct. 7, 2009 at 11:46 a.m. (report)
The new law says that they can pass through red lights with a police escort. Seems funny that they had to put this into law. Can't police escorts basically control traffic whenever they want anyway?
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