What do you do when a Council Officer walks up to you?

[im4gine3]

Not the first time, but yesterday i was caught by an officer trying to issue me a FPN ticket for littering. (i dropped a cigarette into an outside drain)

Now i did the 'good samaritan' by paying, but not without some cheekiness mixed in.. by providing an incorrect name, dob and address.. and well it was silly since technically i was on private property.

How common would it be for them trying to track you down if you didn't pay? Reason i mainly paid was because a gave my address but a different door number. (caught me off guard and didn't want to appear flustered). but since it was close to where i live, i didn't want to risk it.. i'll have to remind myself to store a random address in my head for next time.

I've heard they are unable to chase you if you walk into a shop or a large building but not sure.

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Maybe you shouldn't drop cigarettes in drains, or outside at all

 

[im4gine3]

Maybe you shouldn't drop cigarettes in drains, or outside at all

yeah.. no bins about.. sad thing is, there were other people beside me smoking in the same area.. and it was unfortunate i was the one picked on

 

[ci_newman]

You aren't going to get any sympathy here.

If there were no bins nearby, go somewhere else or take your rubbish with you.

I hope they do track you down tbh.

 

[im4gine3]

You aren't going to get any sympathy here.

If there were no bins nearby, go somewhere else or take your rubbish with you.

I hope they do track you down tbh.

no sympathy required.. i knew what i was doing.. i just didn't think it was still an offence if you are on private property and you drop down a drain.. understndable if it was anywhere else on the road

 

[throwaway4372]

Do some litter picking so you realise how cig butts get everywhere, way more of them than you'd think.

 

[darkgen]

So happy to litter on private property irrespective whether it's an offence or not eh? Gotcha.

 

[dirtychinchilla]

no sympathy required.. i knew what i was doing.. i just didn't think it was still an offence if you are on private property and you drop down a drain.. understndable if it was anywhere else on the road

Aren't the drains publicly owned?

 

[Diagro]

Not the first time, but yesterday i was caught by an officer trying to issue me a FPN ticket for littering. (i dropped a cigarette into an outside drain)

Now i did the 'good samaritan' by paying, but not without some cheekiness mixed in.. by providing an incorrect name, dob and address.. and well it was silly since technically i was on private property.

How common would it be for them trying to track you down if you didn't pay? Reason i mainly paid was because a gave my address but a different door number. (caught me off guard and didn't want to appear flustered). but since it was close to where i live, i didn't want to risk it.. i'll have to remind myself to store a random address in my head for next time.

I've heard they are unable to chase you if you walk into a shop or a large building but not sure.

Stop smoking.

 

[Kenai]

I would imagine most people on here are unlikely to have experienced this scenario on account of not throwing their crap on the floor or down a drain instead of putting it in a bin.

 

[Mercenary Keyboard Warrior]

Its always been the case that smokers see their litter as somehow different to everyone elses litter.

IMO the offence of littering should come with a punishment of litter picking.

Same for gum chewers who think its fine to spit it out onto pavements etc.

Caught = an hour of picking other peoples hardened gum off the pavement with your fingernails.

 

[Teknobry]

Why would you throw a cig end down a drain? Blocking up the drains causes all sorts of problems.
Honestly instead of looking at ways to get out of being fined stop the behaviour which would lead to a fine in the first place.

 

[im4gine3]

noted

 

[Richie]

OP be like this now:

 

[Fubsy]

Oof, OP has had his behind properly spanked by GD. Love it.

 

[bloodiedathame]

I'm glad GD considers littering a really ****** trait. It's a personal pet peeve of mine.

 

[Ayahuasca]

 

[Nasher]

The country is a mess with litter. Should be a lot more fines dished out, bigger ones too.

Not sure a council "officer" can make you hand over any details though, they aren't the police.

 

[radderfire]

Drains are not bins.

 

[Feek]

Paging @cheesefest to come and tell us about picking up litter, cutely described as wombling