By the way, friends in Australia know: Australian police may not be able to do anything else, but it is very efficient to check speeding and issue tickets! Tell me today what happened to an uncle: he just poured a cup of coffee out of the window and was fined $450!
450 bucks, 90 cups of coffee, uncle's heart must be dripping blood ~
Uncle Matthew Banks, came to Australia from England. Uncle Brunswick Heads.Matthew, who lives in Sydney's Byron Bay, was a mechanic who had been injured in his knee and operated on. Uncle has a Mercedes-Benz camper parked near Brunswick River, but he hasn't touched his car for a while because of hospitalization and recuperation. Maybe because of fear that the car does not go wrong for a long time, so uncle asked a few friends, let them help drive their own car.
On Sunday morning, Uncle's friends took a look at the parking area and helped drive the car.
Then, a few friends found coffee and milk in the car, just want to say make a cup of milk coffee, small Party just started driving ~
"Milk with coffee ~ one for free ~"
But people's stomachache happened, just after the bubble, these friends just discovered that the original milk expired!
Uncle said: because of hospitalization, I haven't been driving for a whole week, and the milk has gone bad. So my friends did what everyone would do: pour out the coffee.
Since there was no coffee and Party couldn't drive, Uncle's friends were bored sitting in the car and a couple of people decided to go for a walk.
But when he came back, he found a ticket on the windshield of the car.
The fine was $450 for the reason: "littering from the car, the circumstances are serious!"
$450! But it's not a small sum. What to do? who's going to pay?
A few people you look at me, I look at you, everyone has come up with the only way-call uncle: you come to see it!
Uncle received a phone call, heard the words of friends, thought it was ridiculous, so took some painkillers, went to the scene to see the pain.
When Uncle arrived at the scene, he found a family celebrating their 2-year-old's birthday and asked the family. Not expecting to hear their story, uncle is simply angry, they said: the patrol is so shameless, shameless enough that they almost use their cell phones to record the patrol's evil behavior.
When the patrol saw the coffee on the floor, he did not know what kind of ticket to issue, so he took out a booklet made of A4 paper and turned it over. Then, when they turned to a page, they finally shouted, 'found it, finally got a name to issue his ticket'.
When the family told me about the whole process, I couldn't believe it!
The family said they were shocked by the patrol's actions, the uncle added.
Because when they gave their children their birthday, they also threw milk powder into the grass, but the patrol did not come to "look for trouble"!
Knowing what had happened, my uncle was furious and said, "I will never pay this fine, and they will send me to prison and I will not pay it!"
I went to the police station, they said that the patrol should issue a warning before issuing tickets, otherwise, I can not issue tickets, so I will not go to court defendant. The police even told me that when they caught alcoholics in the street, they would pour the wine to the ground. I'd love to see a patrolman give a ticket to the police!
Uncle also explained why he parked his camper outside: he rented an apartment and the parking lot was too small. His camper was too long and too high-6.5m long, the parking lot couldn't stop, so it had to stop at public bay..
Also because his car is too eye-catching, so uncle just guessed: those patrol officers are deliberately targeted at him!
If you have a large vehicle, you will be caught in the eye of them. They saw me nearby and thought I lived in the car, so they were angry. They wanted to get me all together, and they thought I was a good bully.
It is reported that the uncle has already received two parking tickets, a total fine of 350 dollars, the uncle has been resentful.
That's why he won't pay the third ticket for littering.
Uncle came all the way from England to Tuao. He wanted to buy a piece of land here and settle down! But after a few years, he felt: this place is too out of control!
He left behind the last sentence: "is the world crazy?" This is ridiculous. "
In fact, according to Australia's environmental protection law, the (Protection of Environment Operations Act), littering is indeed punishable:
Litter that is harmful to the environment, such as needles or unextinguished cigarette ends, can be fined $450; the general type of garbage thrown, fined $250; garbage thrown out from the car, fined $250; Throw small trash, such as bottle covers, cigarette buttocks, and a fine of $80.
But Ralph Jame, of the Byron Shire Parliament, said the patrol was not specifically targeted at anyone:
Patrolmen need to build good relationships with the public and create a safe and tidy environment for residents and tourists whose work is cumbersome and laborious.
Residents hope that our parliament will enforce strict laws, including littering, waste disposal, illegal camping, illegal parking, and so on.