Husband's just been fined for dropping cigarette butt!

Littlemadam83

Hi guys,

We have just recieved a fine today of £75.00 as my husband was seen throwing a butt from his car. Not very money saving at all!

We are obviously going to pay it, and reading about it I do understand why they are doing so, but just never occurred that people dropping Macdonalds litter getting fined, let alone a cigarette butt!!!

So am just warning anyone who has this bad habit like us to think twice before throwing it out the window!!

DCFC79

Littlemadam83 wrote: »

Hi guys,

We have just recieved a fine today of £75.00 as my husband was seen throwing a butt from his car. Not very money saving at all!

We are obviously going to pay it, and reading about it I do understand why they are doing so, but just never occurred that people dropping Macdonalds litter getting fined, let alone a cigarette butt!!!

So am just warning anyone who has this bad habit like us to think twice before throwing it out the window!!

been common knwowledge for at least maybe a year (im not a smoker so could be longer) that you can get fined for dropping litter whether its a fag end or maccy dees wrapper,

Littlemadam83

That's fair enough, but however many people do know, I am sure there are just as many that don't and are as naive as me!

dmg24

Littlemadam83 wrote: »

That's fair enough, but however many people do know, I am sure there are just as many that don't and are as naive as me!

Is about naivety, or basic good manners? I would not dream of dropping a cigarette, or any other litter.

jamespir

Littlemadam83 wrote: »

That's fair enough, but however many people do know, I am sure there are just as many that don't and are as naive as me!

ignorance isnt an excuse

Googlewhacker

Littlemadam83 wrote: »

Hi guys,

We have just recieved a fine today of £75.00 as my husband was seen throwing a butt from his car. Not very money saving at all!

Yes you're right, smoking is not very moneysaving!

And he deserved the fine.

Littlemadam83

jamespir wrote: »

ignorance isnt an excuse

Oh my goodness, I never said it was an excuse! We are paying it! I am not arguing about it or anything. I have just never heard of anyone being fined for littering, and there is a lot worse than cigarette butts.

Bad manners - yes, I suppose so looking at it now, but am I the only one that does it? If anything I have posted on here to a) help people realise that it is actually classed as littering, and b) to stop people getting the same fate.

If I was the only person doing it then villify me, but exactly what percent of cigarettes end up in a bin?

dmg24

Littlemadam83 wrote: »

Oh my goodness, I never said it was an excuse! We are paying it! I am not arguing about it or anything. I have just never heard of anyone being fined for littering, and there is a lot worse than cigarette butts.

Bad manners - yes, I suppose so looking at it now, but am I the only one that does it? If anything I have posted on here to a) help people realise that it is actually classed as littering, and b) to stop people getting the same fate.

If I was the only person doing it then villify me, but exactly what percent of cigarettes end up in a bin?

That is a pretty childish excuse!

Valli

There have been a few cases locally, published in the paper, of people fined for that hereabouts actually.

vyle

I was taught you could get fined for littering (because it's a crime) back in primary school, and I left there in 1996.

DCFC79

Littlemadam83 wrote: »

Oh my goodness, I never said it was an excuse! We are paying it! I am not arguing about it or anything. I have just never heard of anyone being fined for littering, and there is a lot worse than cigarette butts.

Bad manners - yes, I suppose so looking at it now, but am I the only one that does it? If anything I have posted on here to a) help people realise that it is actually classed as littering, and b) to stop people getting the same fate.

If I was the only person doing it then villify me, but exactly what percent of cigarettes end up in a bin?

yes im sure other people have been fined for doing so, obviosuly there cant be someone watching every single person who could drop litter so some will slip the net