Friends who drive in Perth will often meet. When you wait for a red light at a big crossroads, there will always be a few children cleaning the window for you while you wait.
Maybe their windows are really dirty, or maybe drivers see a few children working and studying, and many drivers will allow their children to serve them and, of course, give generous tips!
However, this case, which recently broke out in the Perth court, must arouse everyone`s vigilance!
Because this kind of behavior is illegal in Western Australia!
Perth man Luke Bresland on the afternoon of February 13, driving past Perth West Subicao, waiting for the red light for a moment, received the service of a roadside window cleaner! And gave a tip of A $5!
Then his behavior was seen by the police by the side of the road!
The police did not hesitate to go forward and fined Luke A $50.
The incident occurred at the traffic lights of: Roberts Road and Thomas Street, one of the busiest intersections in Subiaco, when Luke, the father of three, was waiting for the big red light at the busy intersection!
Suddenly, a teenager came up and motioned for him to wipe the glass from the front window of the car.
Everything seemed normal, and when the child wiped it, Luke gave the child a fee of 1.5 Australian dollars as a service charge.
However, just as Luke was about to start the vehicle leave, something unexpected happened to him.
A policeman stopped Luke`s car and asked him if he had just tipped the window cleaner!
Luke admitted that he had just cleaned the front windshield and gave the window cleaner A $1.50 after the cleaning.
Luck thought it was a normal inquiry, but then the police shocked him!
The police issued a $50 ticket!
Police told Luke that soliciting services on the driveway violated section 259 (2) of Western Australian traffic law 2000 and fined him A $50.
Luke recalled today: he was surprised to impose a fine on the police at the time. What? Is that illegal?
"he pulled me over and asked if I gave the man money," Luck said. I replied, yes, I gave him A $1.5. He said, do you know it`s illegal for you to give window cleaners money? I said, well, I really don`t know. I`ve never heard of it before. "
"I told the officer that you could remind me, because I didn`t know it was illegal, you know, it`s not my excuse, but I didn`t actually ask the window cleaner to do that."
"the police said he could remind me or warn me, but at the time he chose not to do so, but instead to fine me directly. so I was really surprised."
Mr. Luke Bresland also mentioned that the officer said that if I had any objection to the sentence, I could go to court to present accusation at any time.
I said to him at the time, "it will waste my time, and it will waste your time." And the police said to me, come on, man, I`m not worried about myself. I`m on business. Salary is on an hourly basis, so it all depends on what you want. "
"I was enraged by what he said, and his attitude was very disappointing."
Later, Luke paid a A $50 fine, but the more he thought about it, the more he couldn`t figure it out. It was illegal, and he decided to go to court to file a complaint.
However, Vic Hussey, who is in charge of traffic operations at the Western Australian Police Department, said accusation had been withdrawn.
On Perth`s streets, whenever window cleaners take the initiative to ask motor vehicle drivers, there are "a lot of potential problems," Vic Hussey said, and nearby police officers have to "try to solve the problem."
He said it was definitely bad to pay window cleaners, breaking road safety laws, but "the A $50 fine for the incident shows that such behaviour has become a social problem."
So we got to know more about it with the officer, and he reflected on it and said, "well, it`s a little bit of a big deal, so it`s probably not the best way to solve the problem."
"this is an unfortunate reality," Vic admitted. "when you make a decision, reflect on it and find that your approach is not necessarily the best."
"sometimes we do the right thing, but sometimes we don`t. In this case, we really have problems."
Finally, according to the Western Australian Police Department, after a re-examination, the Western Australian Police Department is already arranging a ticket for Luke to be withdrawn.
As for the reasons, the Western Australian Police Department did not give an explanation, and some netizens were also very confused:
A netizen named Peter: since the law is illegal, then the fine is natural. However, while saying that it has broken the law and revoked the fine at the same time, what does that mean?
Alex: has never heard of such an act, which is illegal and subject to a fine.
Amy:, I`ve had a lot of things like this. I didn`t ask them to clean the windows. They all ran up and wiped them.
Editor of this article: intern Patrick, material comes from the Internet
