Woman Ticketed For Crossing Street Too Slowly

from San Diego TV 10

Mayvis Coyle, 82, believes she's not getting a fair shake from the Los Angeles Police Department.

She says she was shuffling with her cane across busy Foothill Boulevard in Sunland Feb. 15, carrying groceries, while a traffic police officer watched and waited.

Even before Coyle finished crossing the intersection , he had scribbled a $114 ticket for crossing against a don't-walk signal.

Coyle claims that she entered the crosswalk on a "Walk" signal but it started to change to "Don't Walk" before she could cross.

Coyle and other seniors at Monte Vista Mobile Estates are up in arms over signals they say are too short to safely cross the five-lane boulevard.

So many seniors have complained about hasty intersections that the city council has asked transportation officials last week to study how to accommodate them.