"It was 11am, there were no cars on the road and I wasn't speeding. There was nothing and no one," the driver said. But then a Civil Guard officer pulled the driver over and slapped him with a €40 fine for not paying attention to the road.
He had looked repeatedly at the passenger next to him, the officer explained. "I kept smiling but only out of indignation," Armando C.S said. He has decided not to appeal the decision but only because he believes it will only make the whole ordeal more expensive. And even sources within the Civil Guard have admitted the fine is excessive.
"The fine is certainly correct but it would have been enough to pull the driver over and give him a warning," said Civil Guard union AUGC. The union said the fine was probably the result of rules which meant officer had to hand out a certain number of penalties to pocket a €240 productivity bonus.
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I believe people copy this kind of behaviour from TV and movies. Just watch any show where they are driving and the person behind the wheel will look at the person they are talking to without looking at the road. People don't seem to realise they are in a studio, no actually on the road. This guy is an idiot for believing he did nothing wrong. Where are the cops when people are talking or texting while driving. Good on the cop. He did the right thing.
Was his friend the dummy that's in the photo?
No, Dee, that's another one of Arbroath's brilliant photos.
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