On 08/12/2023 05:15 pm, Mungo Jerry wrote:
On Fri, 08 Dec 2023 05:31:51 -0800, Simon Mason wrote:
A man who was forced to stop for a wee in a layby because of his
prostate problems that make him urinate frequently was shocked to
receive an £88 fixed penalty notice for littering.
Michael Mason, 69, was about to join the M25 but was worried he wouldn’t >> have been able to drive the whole trip without going to the toilet so
pulled over to relieve himself. He claims that after a “very, very
discreet” wee an officer from District Enforcement tapped on his car
window and told him he had been “caught littering”.
Although Michael says he explained it was an emergency, the firm
contracted by Dacorum Borough Council that dealt with the incident said
this wasn’t made clear. Michael, from Winslow in Buckinghamshire, later
went to his doctor to get a note that proved he had a medical condition.
He told the BBC after phoning the Jonathan Vernon-Smith show to
highlight what happened: “I managed to make it to the layby. I made sure >> nobody could see me and was very, very discreet. I don't believe it's
the spirit of the law, in this case, to fine people for littering.”
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/driver-who-stopped-wee-
layby-31621021
That's taking the piss.
That would be May Sun's standard MO if only he were clever enough.
But despite his extensive academic training in the legal and janitorial professions, he... isn't.
But he thinks he is.
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