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July 28, 2008
Brit Gets £30 Fine for Smoking in His Car
Any Britons who think they are safe from the Nanny State when in the privacy of their own vehicles had better think again:
A painter and decorator from Ceredigion says he is "dumbfounded" after being slapped with a £30 fine for smoking a cigarette in his own van.
Gordon Williams says he had popped to the shops earlier this month [to buy tea for his wife], when he was pulled over by council officials.
"I was told that because my van is my place of work I had broken the smoking laws," he said. […] "I am dumbfounded — the van is only insured for private use and to get me to and from work," added Mr Williams, from Llanafan, near Aberystwyth.
"It['s] not my place of work — I decorate houses not vans."
Tell it to the judge, you potential drain on the socialized healthcare service!
On a tip from mega.
Posted by Van Helsing at July 28, 2008 9:48 AM
Comments
Did they bring in a haz-mat team and execute a proper hazardous waste abatement plan?
Hopefully, Gordon Williams was decontaminated before going back home. Wouldn't want to give his wife cancer from his second-hand smoke.
Posted by: Lyle at July 28, 2008 10:05 AM
A man can't smoke in his own car in Airstrip One, but he is allowed to apply eyeliner.
Posted by: V the K at July 28, 2008 11:32 AM
BTW, the leftist government in Airstrip One has over 1,000 laws that let authorities invade the homes of British subjects, including laws letting them invade a subject's home to check for forbidden plants, genetically modified food, bin tax violations, and to confiscate a subject's refrigerator if the energy rating is insufficient.
Posted by: V the K at July 28, 2008 12:10 PM
I've got a Whiteowl that those socialists can smoke.
Posted by: Farmer Ted at July 28, 2008 1:31 PM
Great Britain is no longer 'Great'. The loons have completely taken over.
If a gang of toughs attacks you and you don't surrender and die, or at least run away the courts will send you to jail. No lie. I was there in '63 to '66. A Great time for Great Britain. Those days are gone now. A pity. America is next.
Posted by: chuck in st paul at July 28, 2008 1:36 PM
Never mind the fact that inhaling his idling van's fumes is far more immediately hazardous to the health...
Posted by: BURNING HOT at July 28, 2008 7:27 PM
Here you are Guvnah, smoke this Smith & Wesson.
Posted by: Mockinbird at July 29, 2008 2:23 PM
