Alabama mother had daughter, 13, ride in box atop minivan

I really wish there was a picture included in this report.

Stupid Human Trick Cops: Alabama mother had daughter, 13, ride in box atop minivan

OCTOBER 6--Meet Jackie Knott. The Alabama woman, 37, is facing a child endangerment rap for allegedly having her teenage daughter ride in a cardboard box atop her minivan as it traveled along an interstate highway Saturday morning. Knott, pictured in the below Albertville Police Department mug shot, told cops that her 13-year-old daughter Haley was serving as a human paperweight to keep the box from falling off the vehicle (and careening down U.S. 431). While Knott explained that the box was too large to fit inside her van, it is unclear why she did not seek to simply flatten it in an effort to squeeze the box into her crowded vehicle. When stopped by cops, Knott, a Boaz, Alabama resident, noted that "the box was tied to the van with a clothes hanger," according to a police press release. That assurance did not sway cops, who arrested Knott in the shadow of a Tyson Foods poultry processing facility, according to an October 3 police report. (3 pages)

Shades of Michael J. Fox as teen wolf

poor daughter does not stand a chance at life

[sarcasm] I'm pretty sure that coat hanger would hold - afterall it was a sturdy cardboard box. If she fell off the roof it could come in handy to beat her with for ruining the trip.[/sarcasm]

[disclaimer] To those of you who can recognize sarcasm... I apologize for the mark-up. To the rest of you - I am indeed advocating the beating of a child for screwing up what is a really awesome idea[/disclaimer]

I often wonder what today's trooper would have thought of my cousin and myself (2 10yr olds at the time) atop a huge pile of fresh cut firewood in an old F100 driving down I81. There was plenty of room in the cab - we just thought it was cool to ride in back and nobody seemed to think it was a big deal. Times really were different then.

I remember riding in the back of my Grandfather's courior (can't spell today) pickup... that was fun

Thank you! Ive been wondering how to keep the Miata instead of buy a 4 seater.

have the kids ride with their butts on the trunk cowl.. just like we used to do with a Friend's Mother's Alfa Duetto

mad_machine wrote: I remember riding in the back of my Grandfather's courior (can't spell today) pickup... that was fun

That would be "Courier"...

thanks... after working till 4:30 am.. my brain turns to the consistancy of dried mush

My mother-in-law and the fire hydrant in front of my house are both from Albertville. I wonder if they are related.

While Knott explained that the box was too large to fit inside her van, it is unclear why she did not seek to simply flatten it in an effort to squeeze the box into her crowded vehicle.

Uh a'duh....

pete240z wrote: My mother-in-law and the fire hydrant in front of my house are both from Albertville. I wonder if they are related.

Try http://www.ancestry.com . See if your m-i-l and the hydrant come up in the same family tree

A few years ago, 2 kids were seriously injured when the pickup truck they were riding in (actually, in the bed of the pickup) was in an accident. Soon after that, a law was passed that no children could ride in the bed of a pickup truck in Memphis. Not only do folks ignore that law, but I daily see folks riding around with kids sitting on "grandma's" lap because the driver thinks he or she is exempt from child restraint laws.

Driving "skills"/smarts, seem to reach new LOW levels, the further south of the Mason-Dixon line you travel,

Some years back, cops in California reported that an officer had noticed a truck being driven at highway speeds with the driver hanging his head out of the window. The cop pulled up to the truck (which was still going highway speed) and observed the driver talking to a guy who was sitting in the engine compartment. Their explanation: there was a noise only audible at highway speeds, so they took the hood off and put the guy in the engine compartment to try to locate the sound.

As Ron White said,

"You can't fix stupid."

Why is it wrong to let Darwinism run it's coarse?

Boy, Alabama has sure been in the news lately with stupid human tricks (and general redneckishness). Glad I'm not from here. Only live here now and Huntsville area does have its redneckishness but not nearly as bad as just a 30 minute drive away. Oh and I can't say where I grew up is much better, just different. There's a reason I don't go back to California.

Rant over.

NYG95GA wrote: As Ron White said, "You can't fix stupid."

yes you can.. you can fix them so they can't breed

Ain't that funny? In many places you have to have a license for a pet but you can breed all the kids you want. Seems kinda backwards...

mad_machine wrote:

NYG95GA wrote: As Ron White said, "You can't fix stupid."

yes you can.. you can fix them so they can't breed

the problem is that they breed before anyone else and they do it more often.

Kia_racer wrote: the problem is that they breed before anyone else and they do it more often.

Which brings up right back to "Idiocracy"

I work with a couple of people we want to fix before they breed.. out of the list of 4... so far only one has succeeded in breeding. We may have to up his dosage so he does not do it again

Can somebody just tell me what the hell the Tyson Foods poultry plant has to do with this? If they had arrested her "in the shadow of" a Chucky Cheese or a particle accelerator, would the situation be different somehow?

Stealthtercel wrote: Can somebody just tell me what the hell the Tyson Foods poultry plant has to do with this? If they had arrested her "in the shadow of" a Chucky Cheese or a particle accelerator, would the situation be different somehow?

I suspect what you are seeing is the results of of some attempt to describe the scene by a reporter, being chopped into something irrelevant by an editor with a tight deadline.