Blow your nose? Get a fine.
indianwells
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Is this what we have come to? Justified or not?
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8484978.stm
I know what I think!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8484978.stm
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At least he will challenge it through the court, I hope he wins and should, unless the police tell a few porkies.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=1207937
It could be more of a dangerous distraction not to blow his nose, when it's runny.
At any rate, ridiculous, and another quite staggering modern day, unthinking error of judgement on the part of the authorities.
It has been reported, for real that the police officer who issued the ticket, was the same on who fined someone littering the guy who dropped a £10
This will proably get thrown out of court
The thread you are now reading is the better one, because it has a clear title; the one mentioned in the above quotes could be about anything.
In Labourland, that's a job well done and the police deserve a pat on the back for their fine investigative work in bringing another criminal to justice and - more importantly - being one solved crime closer to hitting their targets.
Thank you. I did have a quick scan to see if it had been raised before but nothing was immediately obvious.
It's not about being "better" is about who came first.
Labour aren't in charge up here.
Daily Record
It would be if both thread titles addressed the subject, but failing to do so forfeits the right to be considered the definitive thread.
Or present what really happened instead of jumping to conclusions from hearing one side of the story.
But in terms of public relations, it puts a very bad light on the police - just as bad as the Facebook entry for Edinburgh Poliuce that shows two nightshift traffic boys parked up in their BMW and fast asleep.
If I was a member of the public in the town where the nose wiper lives, I would be watching that cop's every move and just wait for him to step out of line and report him for it.
I personally think he should be given a bollocking for being so petty, when a simple warning (not that even that was warranted) could have done.
No wonder the Police of Strathclyde get such a bad reputation - it's assholes like him that spoil it for the good cops.
"The traffic was nose to tail in the high street and the traffic
Back on topic, if it happened as reported in the media, being done for blowing your nose while stopped in traffic, I'd be equally furious and I'd take it all the way to the Supreme Court (if I could!). Wouldn't surprise me though if some key fact has been omitted. If not, I expect the case to be quietly dropped before it goes to Court.
As has been mentioned above, we only have the driver's word for it that he was fined for blowing his nose. He might not have been stationery as he claimed, or he might have done something else. It's a bit harsh to call a Policeman an asshole when you have no idea whether he has done anything wrong or not.
The only time I can see such a charge being valid is if someone does it while negotiating a junction or if they lean across when getting the tissue.
Tbh though it does make me wonder. I just don't see the police charging someone just for blowing their nose when stationary. We currently only have his word for what happened and it does beg some questions. Where did he get the tissue from and when? Was he really stationary all the time?
Anyway it's up to the police to prove that he did something wrong and unless they have pictures I can't see how that will happen.
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