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Irregular News for 06.13.06
Pleasant Hill, OR -- Graduating seniors at Pleasant Hill High School were in no rush to get to school for their final day.
About a dozen of them drove to school Wednesday on riding mowers, forcing traffic on Highway 58 to slow to about 10 mph.
"We wanted to make people wait," said Kodi Long, 18. "We were trying to teach them a lesson -- not to hurry."
Ty Holloway, 17, was puttering along on a John Deere when he was stopped by a policeman. The officer laughed and sent him on his way when told of the circumstances, Holloway said.
But police Sgt. Mike Wisdom said it was technically illegal. A riding lawn mower meets the legal definition of a motor vehicle and the statutes that apply to vehicles apply to riding lawn mowers, too.
"Riding lawn mowers are not supposed to be on the highway," he said. "There's just a multitude of violations."
Among the infractions: equipment violations (lack of brake lights, turn signals and horn) and lack of registration, licensing and insurance, Wisdom said.
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Pleasant Hill, OR -- Graduating seniors at Pleasant Hill High School were in no rush to get to school for their final day.
About a dozen of them drove to school Wednesday on riding mowers, forcing traffic on Highway 58 to slow to about 10 mph.
"We wanted to make people wait," said Kodi Long, 18. "We were trying to teach them a lesson -- not to hurry."
Ty Holloway, 17, was puttering along on a John Deere when he was stopped by a policeman. The officer laughed and sent him on his way when told of the circumstances, Holloway said.
But police Sgt. Mike Wisdom said it was technically illegal. A riding lawn mower meets the legal definition of a motor vehicle and the statutes that apply to vehicles apply to riding lawn mowers, too.
"Riding lawn mowers are not supposed to be on the highway," he said. "There's just a multitude of violations."
Among the infractions: equipment violations (lack of brake lights, turn signals and horn) and lack of registration, licensing and insurance, Wisdom said.
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