WOMAN GETS $200 TICKET FOR PUTTING ON CHAPSTICK AT A RED LIGHT

A Las Vegas woman received a ticket for putting on lip balm at a red light. Stephanie Fragoso was cited Wednesday. She said she was at a red light when it happened. Initially, Fragoso thought the entire thing was a joke, especially since it was April Fools Day, but when she received the $200 citation, she quickly realized that wasn’t the case. Fragoso said when she asked the officer why he pulled her over, he told her it was for putting on makeup. “It was Chapstick,” Fragoso said. The officer told her, “It could have been anything; you could have been drinking water, shaving your legs,” said Fragoso.
* Yeah, I hate it when the cops catch me shaving my legs.
* She also could have been field-dressing a deer, or assembling an IKEA table, so that’s why.
* Now she’s really chapped.
* The brilliant PR move here would be for Chapstick to pick up the tab.
* I guess a new month means a new quota of tickets you have to write.
* When the casinos are hurting, you’ve got to get your revenue from somewhere.
* So it isn’t just Chris Rock then.
* I think the message here is wait ’til the car is moving so it’s harder for them to see you.
* I know suggesting the whole thing is a joke isn’t going to win over the cops.