Drivers ticketed for not yielding to 'chicken' in Sunnyvale

SUNNYVALE, Calif. (KGO) -- Why did the chicken cross the road? No, this isn't the beginning of a joke. Officers in Sunnyvale were hoping to make their streets safer for pedestrians.

This was a decoy operation on the very busy El Camino Real at Helen Avenue.
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For about 20 minutes this morning an officer from the Department of Public Safety walked out into the crosswalk with the chicken.

If a vehicle didn't stop, they were pulled over by waiting officers on motorcycles.


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Eventually, the chicken went back to her coop and gave way to other pedestrians.

Several tickets were handed out during the operation.