Hazards of Jaywalking

I had to laugh, with sadness, when I read the letter from Sara Arditti. It seems a big bad motorcycle cop “had nothing better to do” than cite her for jaywalking, even though she was seven months pregnant.

Sara, I am an L.A. motor cop, and a few years ago, between writing tickets to pregnant women and men with white canes with red tips, I received a traffic accident call on La Brea. When I arrived, I was met by the paramedics, who informed me that a pedestrian, a pregnant woman, had been hit trying to cross La Brea, mid-block. They advised me that both the mother and unborn child had been killed.

The moral to my story: If you don’t see the cop and get caught jaywalking, be thankful he wasn’t the truck you didn’t see, and that you are able to sign your ticket.

CRAIG BUSHEY

Los Angeles