Chicken Ticketed For Crossing Road

[x635 4,066]

OK, how do you ticket a CHICKEN?????

Ticket Against Jaywalking Chicken Tossed

RIDGECREST, Calif. - A chicken that got a ticket for crossing the road has clawed his way out of it. The $54 citation for impeding traffic was dismissed Friday after Linc and Helena Moore's attorney argued that the fowl was domesticated and could not be charged as livestock. 

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State law restricts livestock on highways, but not domestic animals.

The chicken was ticketed March 26 for impeding traffic after it wandered onto a road in Johannesburg, a rural mining community southeast of Ridgecrest.

The Moores said they got the ticket because they were among several people who complained that deputies have done little to curb noisy off-road vehicle riders.

"For the last two and a half years, no one has been able to stop the kids riding their bikes in the middle of the road or the neighbors' dogs running around our neighborhood," Linc Moore said. "But when our chicken escaped and crossed the road once it became a huge issue."

Sheriff's officials said the ticket had nothing to do with the Moores' complaints.

[ajsbear 11]

Where do you find this stuff??????

[x635 4,066]

Where do you find this stuff??????

It was actually on the front page of Yahoo! this AM, with the top stories. I think the bigger question is where does Hoss find this stuff.

[JM15 386]

how is it domesticated? can it roll over or dance or something

[firemn23 8]

I think this needs to be in street eats

[Guest NYTruckie]

I think this needs to be in street eats

Do you really want to start a domesticated animal food thread in street eats? #-o

[firemn23 8]

it got ticketed for being on the street

a chicken is eats

[Skooter92 7]

Should we start a thread for chicken-crossing-the-road humour?