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DRIVER FINED FOR DE-ICING HIS CAR
by kendrive @ 2007-12-30 - 09:20:03

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A motorist has been fined £30 for defrosting his car outside his home because he left it unattended with the engine running.

Ken Hardman, 45, was prosecuted for the offence of "quitting" after the vehicle was spotted by a police officer.

However, Mr Hardman, of Whittle-le-Woods, Lancashire, said that thieves had no way of stealing his Mercedes saloon because its windows and doors could be locked while the engine was running.

He said: "I heard a knock on the door at 8.20am. The officer asked me whether the car was mine and said that, if it was, I was committing a crime.

"I think it's completely outrageous. This fine means that I'm paying stealth charges even though there was no way of stealing it."

A police spokesman said: "The officer tried to offer words of advice but the male refused to accept them. So the officer was left with no option but to issue a fixed penalty notice of £30.

"Every year we appeal to the public not to leave their cars running unattended on frosty mornings as they are easy pickings for thieves."

(The Telegraph)

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30/12/07 @ 10:16

The fine was over the top as long as no one could just jump in and drive off,But as he was "letting it warm up" to defrost the screen then it clearly was undriveable.Some modern cars have the facility to be set to warm up with out even a key in the ignition and are non drivable.There eqivilent to a night heater bmw have made one i remember reading in my bmw manual many years back if i remember?The policemen obviously was taken back by the owners apparent lack of concern I must admit i would never leave a running car unattended but it's his car if anything happened to it its his problem.

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30/12/07 @ 11:20

Fines, for long time, have been nothing but a way of raising money for the government and authorities. The more random the fines are, and the more impossible they are the better they serve their purpose. I wonder what law did the man break by keeping his car running.

Horatio [Visitor]

01/01/08 @ 00:46

I see that in nearby Bamber Bridge a gunman shot a policewoman in the leg only hours later - could it be a totally crazed tealeaf, thwarted by the vigilance of a valiant Plod from making off with a Merc, and driven in desperation
to breaking into a...pub???
I can see that merc owner's fine going up: personal damages, enforced retirement of policewoman, kiddies, mortgage protection, extreme negligence of owner in tantalisingly leaving engine running even if vehicle locked so no theft possible (Section 2,405,697 of the whatever). Also, Whittle-le-Woods is well-known as a hot crime-spot!

Tantalisingly provoking crimin- sorry, offenders, to commit a crime a few miles away, by leading them on and then not letting them steal, is a breach of the HRA under EU Law.
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