The big red buses, white vans and black taxis that usually skimmed pedestrians as they tried to beat the maddeningly slow grid of traffic lights at Oxford Circus, were stone still for thirty seconds.
On Wednesday, I found a new incident on my Facebook feed, this one allegedly involving the guards of a member of Parliament, Ahmad Behzad, who beat up a traffic cop.
A suburban Detroit police chief resigned Wednesday, two days after one of her officers was charged with assault in the beating of a motorist during a traffic stop recorded on dashcam video, according to Click on Detroit.
Dece is following in his parents' footsteps: his mother, who died of cancer, was a housing policewoman; his father, a patrol officer, committed suicide after taking part in the beating of a black man stopped for a traffic violation.
Many leave early to avoid that horrifying chaos in the parking lot, rather than just "beating the traffic". A lot of commuters go directly to the Dodger game from work.
Mopeds are a national addiction, a way of beating the snarled traffic that clogs Rome and most other major cities.
A police officer in Inkster, Michigan, was charged with assault last month in connection with the beating of an unarmed man at a traffic stop.
Mr. Pearce had been a sheriff's deputy for 23 years before his election to the State Legislature in 2000, and his recent unpopularity was partly a result of his brusque demeanor, which resembled that of an annoyed beat cop during a traffic stop.
Cursing and stuck in the middle of a traffic jam, Cohen said Maqdisi opened up the hood and started beating the engine with a wrench.
Tiger Woods has a creative way of beating the traffic snarl that lines the route to Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, site of the 2018 U.S. Open.
