Driving While Innocent. STUPID ROUND PLANET!

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Lovely visual, but did you offer to pay Mustafa's fine for him?

Boru

Boru, you should sign all of your posts with "Contrarian" and not "Boru".

Actually I did ask him how much it was but he declined to say and wasn't really mad at me at all.  This was more like a Homer Simpson "DOH" to both of us. 

He only got a ticket, I damned near got myself killed and my van went out into a busy, one lane each way street.

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[101-A.   Use of mobile telephones.– (1) A person shall not drive a motor vehicle if he is using a hand-held mobile telephone or a device which performs an interactive communication function of transmitting and receiving data.

      (2)  A person shall not be guilty of contravention of sub-section (1) if, at the time of the alleged contravention, he is–

            (a)  using the mobile telephone or the device to call the police, fire, ambulance or other emergency service; or

            (b)  acting in response to an emergency.

      (3)  A person who contravenes the provision of sub-section (1), shall be punished with fine which shall not be less than two hundred rupees and which may extend to five hundred rupees, and in case of a transport vehicle, with a fine which shall not be less than five hundred rupees and which may extend to one thousand rupees.]

http://punjablaws.gov.pk/laws/189.html

Mustafa is so broken up  about this. His life is over. I mean, how horrible is it to get a ticket?  I agree, with all the murder and rape and war going on, humans should be concerned about a mere traffic violation.

Regarding your repeated used of the word 'contrarian':



Regarding Mustafa's ticket for answering his phone:

The correct answer is, 'Of course I didn't offer to pay his ticket. Why should I?  All I did was place the call - he was under no obligation to answer.  He's my friend and I think well of him, but if he's old enough to drive, he's old enough to be aware of the rules.  He could have pulled over to answer or could have let it go to voice mail. I'm sorry he got a ticket, but it's his responsibility, not mine.'

Glad to be of help.

Boru