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Originally posted by Aimee:
for dropping a cigarette at the side of the car, i wouldn't mind but she's got of those things to put used butts in

This warden bloke started banging on the car window telling her to get out of the car and demanding her name and address *think it has shaken her up abit* the acutal car park is used for fly tipping and i said to the bloke look around you surely if she picks it up and warn her not to do it again that would be ok, but he wouldn't accept that

i now have an abso mum

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Originally posted by Towno :
Oh dear, what a shame for your mam. I keep hearing of stories of people getting fined. £75 is a bit steep isn't it?

Is she working out how many packets of fags she could have bought with that money? How long does she get to pay, and is it reduced if paid quicker (like a parking fine?).

Imagine the shame of it all. Eeh your poor mam.x

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Originally posted by Jenny:
That warden is probably so peed off at not being able to catch the fly-tippers, he took all his angst out on your poor mum.

£75 is a bit strong. Do they fine people for throwing their chewing gum down too?

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Originally posted by Aimee:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Towno :

£50 if she pays it within 14 days, she was mortified bless her *her fault for doing it though*

wouldn't mind but the car park had sofas, washing machines and bin bags of rubbish and this was all for a cig butt, that she offered to pick up my dad had to drag me away before i got fined as well

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Originally posted by Barolo:

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Originally posted by Aimee:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Towno :

£50 if she pays it within 14 days, she was mortified bless her *her fault for doing it though*

wouldn't mind but the car park had sofas, washing machines and bin bags of rubbish and this was all for a cig butt, that she offered to pick up my dad had to drag me away before i got fined as well

Can she appeal, like you can with parking fines? If so, I'd go back to the car park and take photographs of all the other rubbish there, show them to the people who collect the fines and ask how they can justify such a fine for a ciggy butt when there's so much more and worse rubbish! I'd be absolutely outraged!!

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Originally posted by Aimee:
all the ads at the bottom are about fines now

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Originally posted by Jenny:
I think I'd follow the route Barolo suggested. It does seem wrong that there is all that rubbish around and she got fined for the cig butt. Especially, as she offered to pick it up.

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Originally posted by Aimee:

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Originally posted by Barolo:

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Originally posted by Aimee:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Towno :

£50 if she pays it within 14 days, she was mortified bless her *her fault for doing it though*

wouldn't mind but the car park had sofas, washing machines and bin bags of rubbish and this was all for a cig butt, that she offered to pick up my dad had to drag me away before i got fined as well

Can she appeal, like you can with parking fines? If so, I'd go back to the car park and take photographs of all the other rubbish there, show them to the people who collect the fines and ask how they can justify such a fine for a ciggy butt when there's so much more and worse rubbish! I'd be absolutely outraged!!

i did say to my dad after, she shouldn't have given her name and address, i mean what proof did he have, but like my dad said, he would have took the car reg instead

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Originally posted by kattymieoww:
My cousin got fined £50.00 for dropping a cig butt,she just gave a fake name and address..then legged it.

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Originally posted by cologne1:
In Germany you get fined if the police catch you chucking the cigarette butt out the car window. Harsh.

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Originally posted by Aimee:

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Originally posted by kattymieoww:
My cousin got fined £50.00 for dropping a cig butt,she just gave a fake name and address..then legged it.

thats what i would have done my mum isn't like though, she did look seriously shaken about it though, i wondered what the hell she had done, when he started banging on the window at her

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Originally posted by Barolo:

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Originally posted by Aimee:

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Originally posted by kattymieoww:
My cousin got fined £50.00 for dropping a cig butt,she just gave a fake name and address..then legged it.

thats what i would have done my mum isn't like though, she did look seriously shaken about it though, i wondered what the hell she had done, when he started banging on the window at her

Banging on the window surely isn't the way he was trained to approach people; I'd use that, too, saying that the shock of it almost caused her to choke on the sweet that she had in her mouth! Seriously, Aimee, I'd milk it for all it's worth just to get one up on the gobsh*te jobsworth!!

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Originally posted by old hippy guy:

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Originally posted by cologne1:
In Germany you get fined if the police catch you chucking the cigarette butt out the car window. Harsh.

HARSH??? sorry cologne I dont agree on this one at all, dropping ya fag but on the ground is fair enough in my view, throwing it out of a car window is damn dangerous, if you have ever been riding a motorbike at 70 mph and had one hit ya in the face (as I have) ya would know what I mean,

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Originally posted by Aimee:
i took his name and number, he looked abit shocked at that she's 66 not some teenager that was likely to run off

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Originally posted by Barolo:
I'd use that, too, saying that the shock of it almost caused her to choke on the sweet that she had in her mouth!

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Originally posted by Daniel J*:
I get quite at litter droppers but £75 seems quite steep.

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Originally posted by tupps:

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Originally posted by Daniel J*:
I get quite at litter droppers but £75 seems quite steep.

FPN innit.. £50 if you pay within 21 days. Of course you pay nothing if you don't litter in the first place.

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Originally posted by Barolo:

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Originally posted by Aimee:
i took his name and number, he looked abit shocked at that she's 66 not some teenager that was likely to run off

Good for you - get in first and complain about his attitude - they may write the whole thing off!

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Originally posted by Daniel J*:

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Originally posted by tupps:

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Originally posted by Daniel J*:
I get quite at litter droppers but £75 seems quite steep.

FPN innit.. £50 if you pay within 21 days. Of course you pay nothing if you don't litter in the first place.

I suppose a fag butt is the same as a bag of McDonalds rubbish as far as the notice is concerned. Maybe a warning from the PCSO would have been more suitable, they don't have a duty to act afaik.

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Originally posted by pussycatj:
When I was working at our local hospital, parking was an absolute nightmare. I couldn't get parked one day and had driven round and round so in the end I parked in a bay for 'visitors only', there were no signs to say otherwise, so in I went. When I came back I had a parking ticket, it was the equivalent of working a 10 hour shift at their hospital. I did contest it, but they came back saying 'Although there were no notices as such, you should be aware of the protocol of the hospital'. By this time my fine had doubled. Conseqently, 1 month later I left.

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Originally posted by Daniel J*:
I get quite at litter droppers but £75 seems quite steep.

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Originally posted by Tartanveggie:
I am the biggest anti smoker in the entire world, and even I have sympathy for your poor mum. That is a ridiculous fine. Poor thing

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Originally posted by Kaytee:
She was caught bang to rights, but even so, that fine is excessive for something biodegradeable anyway.