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A MAN told today of his disbelief at being fined for blowing his nose while his van was stopped in London.
Michael Mancini wiped his nose with a handkerchief while stuck in traffic in October 2009.
But when the traffic cleared, he was pulled over by police who told him he had not been in control of his vehicle.
Mr Mancini, from Ayrshire in Scotland, was handed a $US97 fine and three points on his driving license.
"I was stopped in traffic and had the handbrake on and thought to myself, 'I?ve just got time to blow my nose,'" he said.
"Then police pulled me over and I was booked. I genuinely thought they were joking."
Mr Mancini refused to pay the penalty.
His solicitor wrote to prosecutors earlier in January explaining that Mr Mancini was in charge of the vehicle because his handbrake was on, therefore the offense did not occur.
But prosecutors replied the next day warning that if the fine wasn't paid the case would be taken to court.
Mr Mancini said, "I intend on taking this all the way to court. I still don't believe it actually happened".[/quote]
[url=http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/driver-fined-for-blowing-nose-in-van/story-e6frfku0-1225824533692]Source[/url]
That must blow.
Gotta blow my nose hold on.
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And that's what I think of society.
Really?
Wow REALLY?
Stupid cop is stupid
HE HAD THE HANDBRAKE ON!
AND HE WASNT MOVEING
Wow, WTF?
This is ridiculous
[QUOTE=Hezzy;19912333]This is ridiculous[/QUOTE]
Stop giving people tickets for blowing their noses
Putting on the hand brake must have blew his cover.
I don't see why they ticketed him for doing such a small thing.
Unless he was acting like a dick when they stopped him, in which case he deserved it.
Otherwise, fuck da powh-lice.
It's also quite unfair that they charged him in dollars, not many brits carry that currency around with them.
[QUOTE=Hezzy;19912333]This is ridiculous[/QUOTE]
I bet it was you. :argh:
...yeah, well you should see the Aus cops. :saddowns:
[QUOTE=BradB;19913258]...yeah, well you should see the Aus cops. :saddowns:[/QUOTE]
The only people I ever hear complain about cops here are stupid teenagers who don't have any reason to hate them and just hate them because that's what the soopa kewl gangstaz do.
Example?
Not doing anything about my brother's assault for several months.
[url=http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,26553282-952,00.html]Revenue raising[/url], rather than even attempting to do anything else (like giving people fines for blowing their noses. Even if they are laughably shit, at least your cops try).
(Faren. It is past your bedtime. Live a few more years before having your own opinions too. Wait... what? '06er?? you joined FP when you were 10 :confused:)
Err.... No one noticed?
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Talk about completely blowing something out of proportion.
Those cops must have been having a bad day.
Another nail in the British coffin.
Late :)
British efficiency at it's finest.
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