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ziyulu Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:8,481 Points:1,599,015 Joined:Aug 2007	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 6:27:20 AM Ignore ziyulu Report Abuse It’s things like this that give cops a bad rap. A New Jersey man whose car rolled over a cliff after he jumped out to save his son from falling over the edge was slapped with $110 in traffic tickets Thursday. Frank Roder, 38, of Winifield Park, took his son Aidan to the river to feed ducks after school. Just before he finished parking his Jeep, the boy jumped out of the car and started running toward the edge of the 35-foot cliff nearby, Fox News reported. “I saw him running towards this log... I just envisioned him like, hopping over it to go to the water,” Roder told New Jersey 101.5 radio. “And once you hopped over it was straight down. And I just panicked and jumped out after him.” Visit NY Daily News for full article

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It’s things like this that give cops a bad rap.

A New Jersey man whose car rolled over a cliff after he jumped out to save his son from falling over the edge was slapped with $110 in traffic tickets Thursday.

Frank Roder, 38, of Winifield Park, took his son Aidan to the river to feed ducks after school. Just before he finished parking his Jeep, the boy jumped out of the car and started running toward the edge of the 35-foot cliff nearby, Fox News reported.

“I saw him running towards this log... I just envisioned him like, hopping over it to go to the water,” Roder told New Jersey 101.5 radio. “And once you hopped over it was straight down. And I just panicked and jumped out after him.”
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jjjleblanc Champion Author Rochester Posts:5,857 Points:1,515,305 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 8:26:58 PM Ignore jjjleblanc Report Abuse He's very lucky despite the tickets.
PDQBlues Champion Author San Diego Posts:7,054 Points:1,444,325 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 8:01:12 PM Ignore PDQBlues Report Abuse ... and one of the tickets was for littering (his car). Sheesh! What a lousy cop.
des7902 Veteran Author Virginia Posts:385 Points:212,240 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 11:52:56 AM Ignore des7902 Report Abuse Lets hope the judge is smarter than the cop.
Jeff4U Champion Author Atlanta Posts:8,728 Points:1,849,120 Joined:Nov 2004	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 11:46:45 AM Ignore Jeff4U Report Abuse As soon as I read the title of this article, I knew it was something ziyulu had posted - another off the wall irrelevant news bit unrelated to GasBuddy.com
LetemEatCake Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:5,595 Points:1,201,860 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 9:54:03 AM Ignore LetemEatCake Report Abuse PLEEZ! As another poster said, "No good deed goes unpunished"!
aquarinut Champion Author British Columbia Posts:1,628 Points:436,005 Joined:Jul 2011	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 9:37:50 AM Ignore aquarinut Report Abuse Goes to show that even cops aren't immune from stupid!
GetMaxCashBack Veteran Author Trenton Posts:386 Points:161,925 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 9:17:52 AM Ignore GetMaxCashBack Report Abuse Really?! That cop should be fired for being an ass.
D61 Rookie Author British Columbia Posts:90 Points:82,575 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 9:17:11 AM Ignore D61 Report Abuse I agree with cgrey8.
CapriceWagon All-Star Author Washington Posts:929 Points:475,520 Joined:Feb 2008	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 9:12:58 AM Ignore CapriceWagon Report Abuse Nothing like a ticket to make your day better
knutzAL Champion Author Alabama Posts:2,248 Points:372,680 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 9:08:52 AM Ignore knutzAL Report Abuse Sounds like Barney is alive and well in this city! He is also around in Gadsden, AL!
EZExit Champion Author Phoenix Posts:10,370 Points:1,704,680 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 8:46:05 AM Ignore EZExit Report Abuse Ingredients 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon ground cumin 1 tablespoon ground coriander 3 cloves garlic, minced 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided 2 boneless pork loin chops ground black pepper to taste Directions Mix the salt, cumin, coriander, garlic, and 1 tablespoon olive oil to form a paste. Season the pork chops with salt and pepper, and rub with the paste. Heat the remaining olive oil in a skillet over medium heat, and cook the pork chops about 5 minutes on each side, to an internal temperature of 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).
JCI46009IN Champion Author Indiana Posts:2,129 Points:439,570 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 8:35:47 AM Ignore JCI46009IN Report Abuse This is unbelieveable! The cop should recieve a write up and given the worst duty possible................
buckets42 Champion Author New Jersey Posts:1,690 Points:329,550 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 8:27:50 AM Ignore buckets42 Report Abuse Give em a break man.
leraar2 Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:3,744 Points:783,680 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 8:26:27 AM Ignore leraar2 Report Abuse not gas related, although the story is a gas.
car253 Champion Author Ohio Posts:6,278 Points:1,465,595 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 7:58:33 AM Ignore car253 Report Abuse The government needed his $110.
Skunk63 Champion Author Phoenix Posts:2,541 Points:554,475 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 7:54:11 AM Ignore Skunk63 Report Abuse This one went viral.
lcleveland Champion Author San Antonio Posts:2,646 Points:647,275 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 7:37:04 AM Ignore lcleveland Report Abuse too bad, hope he gets them overturned
reb01501 Sophomore Author Worcester Posts:119 Points:297,080 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 7:36:16 AM Ignore reb01501 Report Abuse > Call me heartless You're heartless.
MusicalMan7 All-Star Author Ohio Posts:597 Points:93,330 Joined:Apr 2012	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 7:28:26 AM Ignore MusicalMan7 Report Abuse A friend of mine was cited for I think excessive speed under bad conditions when she had a bad single-car wreck on an icy mountain road.
cgrey8 Champion Author Atlanta Posts:1,012 Points:259,920 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 7:25:59 AM Ignore cgrey8 Report Abuse Call me heartless, but I say the fines should stand. This will teach him a lesson to either keep the disobedient kid on a leash or teach/train it to mind when he yells for the kid to stop. Not to mention, we didn't see everything the cop saw. There may have been some mitigating circumstances that would've left the cop to believe he simply over-reacted. The article, after all, did say the father stopped the kid FEET before the cliff's edge. There's a fair chance the kid was smart enough to look before he lept. And if not, we call that DARWINISM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They have awards for acts of senselessness like that.
orphancarguyPE Champion Author PEI Posts:3,827 Points:730,990 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 7:25:55 AM Ignore orphancarguyPE Report Abuse Somehow, although I feel sorry for him getting the tickets, and I hope they are waived what with the recovery cost and the destruction of the car/increased insurance bill due to his carelessness, he was more than just a bit careless with his son in the first place. Evidently, although it isn't spelled out, the son was young enough to not know any better--and therefore if THAT young, should have been in a child seat in the REAR seat with child proof door lockouts on the rear doors. Virtually every vehicle sold in the last decade or so has this feature. Heck it was an available option back as far as 1948 or so, long before there were electric door locks. I remember riding in a neighbour's 1957 station wagon that had that--the adults had to let the kids out of the rear seat. Just flip a lever near the latch, and only the outside door handle works.
GingoutMD Champion Author Maryland Posts:3,495 Points:713,305 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 7:24:47 AM Ignore GingoutMD Report Abuse I'm sure the judge will drop the tickets given the circumstances. I also hope the officer get reprimanded for his actions.
Xavier80 Champion Author Victoria Posts:1,758 Points:375,190 Joined:Apr 2012	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 7:19:03 AM Ignore Xavier80 Report Abuse too bad
BEGTWO Champion Author Maryland Posts:1,927 Points:720,615 Joined:Sep 2010	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 7:07:32 AM Ignore BEGTWO Report Abuse This is RIDICULIOUS!!!!!
amoshins Champion Author Trenton Posts:2,185 Points:638,095 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 7:01:24 AM Ignore amoshins Report Abuse Forebearance is proper in this instance, in my mind
Wally3023 Champion Author Pennsylvania Posts:2,014 Points:536,355 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 6:53:50 AM Ignore Wally3023 Report Abuse Wow
doeslayersr Champion Author Illinois Posts:9,087 Points:868,005 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 6:50:13 AM Ignore doeslayersr Report Abuse A local police beat item, better suited for another forum.
TerrySawchuk All-Star Author British Columbia Posts:850 Points:305,395 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 6:50:08 AM Ignore TerrySawchuk Report Abuse Gas related how?
rbrk02 Champion Author Rhode Island Posts:5,719 Points:813,230 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 6:50:08 AM Ignore rbrk02 Report Abuse From the article, "Union County Police Chief Daniel Vaniska told Fox News his officers have some discretion about when and when not to write a ticket, and admitted in this case, “It probably could have gone either way.” Could have gone either way? Then dismiss the ticket and be done with this foolishness. The guy was more concerned about his child than the car. I would have been, too.
EricBrazil Champion Author Miami Posts:2,114 Points:468,475 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 6:46:44 AM Ignore EricBrazil Report Abuse No good deed goes unpunished.
cdrrod Champion Author Wisconsin Posts:4,134 Points:779,775 Joined:Feb 2006	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 6:44:30 AM Ignore cdrrod Report Abuse Hopefully a judge will take the higher road and give him a break!
dave27johnson Champion Author Chicago Posts:1,784 Points:404,915 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 6:38:08 AM Ignore dave27johnson Report Abuse Unfortunate.
billk44077 Champion Author Cleveland Posts:3,157 Points:627,555 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 6:33:11 AM Ignore billk44077 Report Abuse some cops have no common sense