Penatly points for blowing nose

opinion guy

This guy got £60 fine and 3 penatly points for blowing his nose whilst stop at traffic lights with his handbrake on:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100128/tuk-stunned-driver-fined-for-blowing-his-45dbed5.html

Madness i say!!!
As someone who gets unpredicatable sneezing attacks including when driving I say blowing the old nose is far less dangerous than having an irritated mucous filled conk whilst behind the wheel. I say we support our brother in his noble fight!!!! Who is with me ???


opinion guy may be procrastinating currently.....

walshb

Two sides to every story. Wait till we hear the coppers side and then we can debate.

MaybeLogic

S'not fair,tbh.

WindSock

Not to be sniffed at

Gone Drinking

Take that, Martin O'Neill

pickarooney

That's his perfect record boogered up.

cyberhog

The cop who handed out the ticket was PC Stuart Gray - dubbed PC Shiny Buttons for his zealous approach to the job.

He was exposed last year after he issued a £50 fixed penalty to a man who accidentally dropped a £10 note in the street.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/01/28/motorist-receives-50-on-the-spot-fine-for-blowing-his-nose-in-car-86908-22000682/

Quazzie

In fairness he has the head of a pedofile. Lock 'im up. He has a guilty head on him so he deserves it.

ride-the-spiral

What the hell's a penatly point?

jd007

People should not turn their nose up at this story.

AnonoBoy

Is he sure the fine wasn't for the joint he had smouldering in the ashtray at the time of the incident?

Cause that's what I heard happened.

Dave147

This has been blown way outta proportion!

Fiftysix

Well, he could have been blowing cock....

tech77

I think there's more to this story tbh.
I heard his defence was a tissue of lies.

Minstrel27

"See you in court" I would say.

Mike 1972

he has

Minstrel27

Yes, so would I.

Duckjob

Maybe it was an offence under the green laws.

starbelgrade

I've heard of being stitched up on bogus charges, but this is ridiculous!

opinion guy

Lets hope the cop in question gets the smack down for wasting the courts time

InKonspikuou2

If i ended up having to pay a fine over that i would find the station he works at, follow him home and cut his nose off while he sleeps.

RTTH

walshb wrote: »

Two sides to every story. Wait till we hear the coppers side and then we can debate.

I bet he was picking his nose and eating it when the copper saw it, this is why he got the ticket.

funnyname

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/article7007172.ece


Ayrshire businessman has to pay through the nose for using tissue at the wheel.


A businessman has been fined £60 and had his driving licence endorsed for blowing his nose while stuck in a traffic jam.

Michael Mancini, a furniture restorer from Prestwick, Ayrshire, was given the fixed penalty and docked three penalty points after leaning over and pulling out a paper handkerchief to wipe his nose when stuck in Ayr High Street. Mancini said that his van was in neutral with its handbrake on, and that he was flabbergasted when he was signalled into a parking bay by an approaching policeman.

Matters became “a little bit surreal”, he said, when he wound down his window and was promptly charged by the stern-faced PC Stuart Gray, a man known locally as “Shiny Buttons” in recognition of his zealous attention to detail. “I honestly thought it was a joke,” said Mancini, 39, who was booked for failing to be in control of his vehicle.

“I said, ‘You’ve got to be kidding’. But he was absolutely deadpan. He’s a policeman, so you’re not going to start shouting abuse at him. I thought, ‘What is the world coming to?’ You pick the papers up every day and they are full of horror stories — but this bloke has nothing more to do with his time.”


PC Gray earned notoriety for doling out a £50 fine to Stewart Smith, another Ayr man, who dropped a £10 note from his back pocket. Mr Smith was charged with littering.

Edmund King, the president of the Automobile Association, said: “We have never ever heard of a driver being fined for blowing his nose at the wheel before. One could argue it is safer to blow your nose rather than suffer the consequences of not doing so.”

Mr Mancini’s first instinct after his arrest last October was to contact the press and express his outrage, but he decided instead to give Strathclyde Police the opportunity to drop the case. They did not, and last week the local procurator fiscal reaffirmed his determination to proceed.

The district court has no power to award costs, so even if Mancini’s case is dismissed, he may face considerable expense.

“It is absolutely crazy, but I have no option but to press on,” Mancini said. “The police must show some common sense. I believe absolutely in road safety, but I am not going to sit back and accept a £60 fine and three points on my licence for something that I didn’t do. I will fight this all the way.”

Bill Aitken, MSP, the Conservative justice spokesman in the Scottish Parliament, condemned the police behaviour as perverse. “Frankly, when this sort of thing happens, it is quite depressing for those of us who wish to uphold the Scottish legal system. This matter should proceed no further.”

Fago!

Who nose what that cop was thinkin'!!!!?























Gets leather jacket, hops on harley, drives off

Ciaran187

Even though I hate when people do this, I have an inexplicable urge to say... IBTL.

Cookie_Monster

What was the actual offence though?

Mimikyu

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star.chaser

what a strange fetish

opinion guy

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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Yeah it kind of begs the question whats wrong with him ? Powertripping? Asperger's Syndrome ?