Weird News

We've all heard the question "Why did the chicken cross the road?" The have been reams of paper dedicated to the answer. Well, apparently it's against the law in one California town, and this chicken got a ticket. Seems that common sense prevailed and the ticket was thrown out, but a wired story just the same

From The News Tribune

Ticket against jaywalking chicken tossed

(c) The Associated Press
Sunday, May 29th, 2005 07:06 AM (PDT)

RIDGECREST, Calif. (AP) - 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. 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.