Video footage shows woman caught driving on SIDEWALK to avoid waiting for a bus... but she still pleads not guilty



A Cleveland woman has been filmed driving on the sidewalk - past the entrance to a local day-care - to avoid waiting for a school bus.

Shena Hardin, 32, appeared in court Tuesday morning and pleaded 'not guilty' to charges of not stopping for a school bus and reckless operation.



A Cleveland Schools bus driver has been credited with helping police to catch Hardin making her illegal maneuver.

Footage shows Hardin about to mount the sidewalk to avoid waiting for the school bus

Now clearly driving on the sidewalk, the car has just passed the entrance to the local day-care center

He claims that she had been breaking the law on a regular basis for months by mounting the sidewalk each morning to get past his school bus when it is stopped on a two-lane street to pick up a disabled child.

A sting was set-up and successfully caught Hardin commit the illegal act on September 11. The bus driver filmed the incident and as the footage shows, the police were waiting to give Hardin a ticket.

Hardin’s unusual detour is made all the worse by the fact that the path is the entrance to a local day-care.

Daycare worker Tonya Butler told Fox8 : 'I was very alarmed, we are a daycare and we walk the children down the sidewalk. And other children are walking to school coming down the street.'



Hardin must return to court on October 22.

Hardin's car returns to the road after making its off-road detour

Sting: The police are waiting for Hardin and she is forced to pullover for a ticket

Shena Hardin has pleaded 'not guilty' to charges of not stopping for a school bus and reckless operation

VIDEO: Driver hops sidewalk to avoid school bus

VIDEO: Driver who passed school bus on sidewalk pleads not guilty

