Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#1
just a note that some enviro people who have been working in folkestone [kieth s knows who i mean],will be working in dover as from tomorrow.so if any smoker unwittingly drops his ciggerete butt on the street its a fixed penalty fine of 80 quid.quite heffty fine really.
but what makes me larf is that it looks like they on pease work more they catch the more they earn,apparently so i am told out the 80 quid they get 45 smakers in there pay packet.so if one nobbles 10 a day thats 450 quids in there pocket.but how true this is i dont no.
so be warned.
Guest 715- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
- Posts: 2,438
#2
Be careful if you take something out of your pocket and a piece of paper, a receipt or similar, falls to the ground, you will receive a ticket! no discretion will be shown if the way they operate elsewhere is the benchmark.
Audere est facere.
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,948
#3
im unaware of the bonus part brian
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#4
my understanding is that our forthcoming enforcement officers will be working with that system.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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#5
That's a positive step, and good to hear.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#6
there was an incident up north where a woman peeled the wrapping off a plaster which blew away in a strong wind and she got an instant fine, i hope that sort of thing doesn't happen here.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#7
kieth,word soon spreads,a good job if you can get it.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
- Posts: 8,115
#8
The other day on walking through Pencester gardens I noted all the litter bins were full up, and some litter was lying around on the green.
The seafront litter bins always seem full in the evening.
So people do throw litter in bins, but these need emptying more regularly, even twice a day in the Summer period. Seagulls are notorious for emptying rubbish from overflowing bins.
As for getting a fine for something unintentional, such as wind blowing paper out of your hand, one does not need to pay it, if you can reasonably prove it was not intentional.
An appeal is there for things like this.
Guest 719- Registered: 11 Jul 2011
- Posts: 443
#9
Yorkshire Born And Yorkshire Bred
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#10
ted they havent got a flying section yet.
. but they looking at some drones to enforce the no littering policy.
Guest 719- Registered: 11 Jul 2011
- Posts: 443
#11
Yorkshire Born And Yorkshire Bred
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#12
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
#13
I think the zero-tolerance is a good thing and a move in the right direction, but common-sense has to prevail; there's a world of difference between a plaster covering blowing away from someone and fish and chip paper (and sometimes the chips too) being thrown down.
If they fine people for dropping cigartette butts, there must be millions of pounds to be made.
Roger.
Judith Roberts- Registered: 15 May 2012
- Posts: 637
#14
I hope fines apply to chewing gum too. Dreadful stuff and very expensive to remove from pavements etc.
Guest 648- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 258
#15
I hope these enforcement people travel on the buses .The amount of rubbish threwn onto the floors of buses is appaling.
Guest 715- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
- Posts: 2,438
#16
Why do I get the feeling the enforcement officers will look like they should be on the door of a night club?
Audere est facere.
Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 2,335
#17
More than likely 'Blakey' clones aka 'On the Buses' from dna stored deep within the bowels of the earth for that specific purpose
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#18
martin,do you mean gorillas on the doors.
hey posh,blakey from the busses nah to soft,more like ross kemp.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#19
been going for a while in shepway but if my memory is correct ddc are hiring individuals direct while shepway have farmed it out to an outside company.
http://www.shepway.gov.uk/content/view/201466/4364/
