skippy41 wrote:
It could have been a dinkydo special, or another type, he was smoking, if so he has no case to answer
You clearly need to take your medication, with the best will in the world you can't disguise a real cigarette from a plastic one
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| Author: | captain cab [ Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Huntingdon taxi driver fined for smoking |
Huntingdon taxi driver fined for smoking Smoking in his taxi has proved expensive for driver Kevin Mercer who has been ordered to pay more than £400 in a fine and costs. Magistrates at Huntingdon heard that it was the third time Mercer, who works for Steve’s Taxis, had been spotted smoking by an officer from Huntingdonshire District Council. Mercer, of Blenheim Court, Mere Way, Wyton, made no attempt to contact the court and did not attend on the day. The council had already sent him a fixed penalty ticket and a reminder, but he did not reply to either. He was found guilty of smoking in a smoke-free vehicle in his absence and was fined £100, ordered to pay £300 costs and a £15 victim surcharge. The court heard he was seen smoking on 28 June last year and has also been spotted smoking in the cab earlier in 2012 and 2010. Cllr Tom Sanderson, executive councillor for healthy and active communities, said: “By smoking in his taxi Mr Mercer shows not only to break the law, but denied his customers their rights to travel in a smoke-free vehicle. “The council is committed to protecting the health of the local community and flagrant breaches of public health legislation will not be tolerated.” source: http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Hunting ... 151748.htm |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Huntingdon taxi driver fined for smoking |
captain cab wrote: “The council is committed to protecting the health of the local community and flagrant breaches of public health legislation will not be tolerated.” Yeah, Huntingdonshire has a great tradition of toleration; http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... farce.html |
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| Author: | skippy41 [ Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Huntingdon taxi driver fined for smoking |
It could have been a dinkydo special, or another type, he was smoking, if so he has no case to answer. Unless the inspector actually caught him in the act where is the proof |
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| Author: | toots [ Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Huntingdon taxi driver fined for smoking |
skippy41 wrote: It could have been a dinkydo special, or another type, he was smoking, if so he has no case to answer You clearly need to take your medication, with the best will in the world you can't disguise a real cigarette from a plastic one
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| Author: | grandad [ Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Huntingdon taxi driver fined for smoking |
skippy41 wrote: It could have been a dinkydo special, or another type, he was smoking, if so he has no case to answer. Unless the inspector actually caught him in the act where is the proof If he doesn't reply or turn up at court he will be found guilty. |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Tue Mar 05, 2013 8:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Huntingdon taxi driver fined for smoking |
skippy41 wrote: It could have been a dinkydo special, or another type, he was smoking, if so he has no case to answer. He had a case to answer, but by not turning up to court he lost. Another buffoon who thinks ignorance will win. |
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| Author: | gusmac [ Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Huntingdon taxi driver fined for smoking |
He should have turned up in court with an ecig, the type that looks like a real fag, and bluffed his case. It would then have been down to the council to prove he was in breach of the no smoking laws. 
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