Fined for chucking a apple into a hedge

KatanaDV20 · 6 Oct 2012 at 13:11

What a dumb law! Seriously...man. Ok cans, plastic bottles, 50 apple-cores..ok fair enough.

But one random core. And that "officer" who fined this guy has never ever thrown somethin outta his car right? Never ever right

UncleRuckus · 6 Oct 2012 at 13:17

Another reason to hate apple, frankly.

theleg · 6 Oct 2012 at 13:18

KatanaDV20 said:
What a dumb law! Seriously...man. Ok cans, plastic bottles, 50 apple-cores..ok fair enough.

But one random core. And that "officer" who fined this guy has never ever thrown somethin outta his car right? Never ever right

I have never, ever thrown anything out of my car while on the road. Is that unusual or something?

darubio · 6 Oct 2012 at 13:51

Apple core litter fine angers County Down driver

A teacher has said he is angry about being fined £150 for throwing an apple core out of his car into a hedge.

Cyril Falls, 53, who is a teacher at Bangor Academy, County Down, said he thought it was OK to throw the apple core because it is biodegradable.

The incident happened in Saintfield, County Down, earlier this year.

A Down District Council enforcement officer who was in the car behind him as they were stopped at a junction took down his registration number.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-19846121

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estebanrey · 6 Oct 2012 at 13:52

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18448433

joxang · 6 Oct 2012 at 13:52

Getting a bit of dejavu FOR SOME REASON

Kenai · 6 Oct 2012 at 13:52

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18448433

You didn't think the thread on the front page called 'Fined for chucking a apple into a hedge' might be about this already?

arknor · 6 Oct 2012 at 13:54

returning something back to nature is hardly litter imo

darubio · 6 Oct 2012 at 14:06

joxang said:
Getting a bit of dejavu FOR SOME REASON

sorry didnt realised #geezmakingabigdealoutofnothing

Moothead2 · 6 Oct 2012 at 14:23

Balddog said:
133 days for this time lapse apple...and its still very much there

Don't forget though it was only the core that was thrown into the hedge. It will be gone a lot quicker than a full apple.

bhavv · 6 Oct 2012 at 14:26

Balddog said:
Ok then...So its cool to lob feces on peoples property too then? Hell, you're doing them a favour, why not just walk onto their property and take a huge dump smack bang in the middle of their lawn.

No of course not, I'll agree that the person should have been fined for throwing the thing onto someone elses property, I missed that point.

lucy_bee · 6 Oct 2012 at 14:39

Balddog said:
I have never, ever thrown anything out of my car while on the road. Is that unusual or something?

Neither have I.

However, I have been sick out of a car window if that counts in any way

theleg · 6 Oct 2012 at 14:44

Moothead2 said:
Don't forget though it was only the core that was thrown into the hedge. It will be gone a lot quicker than a full apple.

Im not sure it would though. Apple flesh is eaten by a lot of stuff, apple cores are eaten by fewer things i believe.

It sounds like an experiment waiting to happen tho.

bhavv · 6 Oct 2012 at 14:55

I remember once I ate some apples, and when it got to the middle I simply took out the seeds and ate the core. Why am I not meant to do that?

Dis86 · 6 Oct 2012 at 14:57

Balddog said:
Im not sure it would though. Apple flesh is eaten by a lot of stuff, apple cores are eaten by fewer things i believe.

It sounds like an experiment waiting to happen tho.

The issue really is the skin on them from what I know. It's often waxed, covered in chemicals still and can have lingering doses of radiation. Once it's gone I imagine the rest would go quite quickly

Try the experiment at home! Peel one and not another, stick em in roughly the same place and see which goes first

theleg · 6 Oct 2012 at 14:59

Dis86 said:
The issue really is the skin on them from what I know. It's often waxed, covered in chemicals still and can have lingering doses of radiation. Once it's gone I imagine the rest would go quite quickly

Try the experiment at home! Peel one and not another, stick em in roughly the same place and see which goes first

Will do.
Sounds like an interesting little experiment.
Ive got apples coming out of the ears so might as well put them to use.

Dis86 · 6 Oct 2012 at 15:02

Balddog said:
Will do.
Sounds like an interesting little experiment.
Ive got apples coming out of the ears so might as well put them to use.

time lapse!

estebanrey · 6 Oct 2012 at 15:06

I thought County Down was the Irish version of Count Down.

semi-pro waster · 6 Oct 2012 at 15:10

bhavv said:
No of course not, I'll agree that the person should have been fined for throwing the thing onto someone elses property, I missed that point.

You might have missed it because that isn't apparently the case here if Transam is correct, as per the below quote.

Transam said:
I live where he lives, and know of the bloke - it was extensively covered in the local rag, and yes, it was a hedgerow beside a field. Not some other bloke's immaculately cut front hedge.

Amp34 · 6 Oct 2012 at 15:24

dfarrall said:
In the eyes of the law then yes, you take possession of that item when you take it. If it happens naturally then of course theres no issue.

Which is why interpretation of the law is actually such a grey area, until you get the occasional jobsworth.

Balddog said:
Im not sure it would though. Apple flesh is eaten by a lot of stuff, apple cores are eaten by fewer things i believe.

It sounds like an experiment waiting to happen tho.

Just as long as it's not done in an almost sterile environment like that video.

In my time we've had a lot of Apple trees, including an orchard and apples would not still be visible after that long in most situations.