'˜The fine fits the crime'
Kelly Beardsworth, 26, Amberbanks Grove, South Shore, was seen by a council anti-litter officer when she dropped the bottle from the car as it travelled down the Promenade in September last year at 6.40am.
It is the first time a person has been prosecuted for dropping litter from a moving vehicle in the resort.
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Hide AdShe was issued with a £50 fixed penalty ticket but didn’t pay up, so was summonsed to court. She was fined £80 and ordered to pay £140 court costs, as revealed by The Gazette yesterday.
Here’s a selection of your comments on our Facebook page.
I always have a spare carrier bag in the car and every so often go round and pick all the rubbish up! The only thing I throw out of the window is a cigerette butt now and again plus I rarely smoke in my car unless it’s a long journey
Rebecca Nicholls
The fine fits the crime throwing a bottle is disgusting from a moving car
Jane Shipley
I watched a woman on Whitegate Drive do this with a Subway coffee cup the other day as she walked down the street with her children towing behind her. I beeped at her and pointed out she had dropped something. She picked it up and acted as if she’d accidentally dropped it, even though I saw her chuck it
Kelly Collins
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Hide AdIf people didn’t drop litter then the council wouldn’t need to employ street cleaners etc so really she’s keeping people in a job
Glen Johnson
Throwing litter on the floor and then trying to justify it by claiming it creates jobs, is moronic
Ryan Green
I know of someone who was fined £80 20 years ago for disposing of an empty 10 pack of fags from their car window, they never did it again
Dave Garrett
Should have made her do some community service picking up litter. Would have made it more inconvenient.
Colin Macfarlane
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Hide AdI applaud Blackpool Council for its stance on scruffs who try to blight the town. Rogue landlords, mucky tattoo parlours, dog poo and litter.
Jane Littlewood
My car is like a mobile skip. Use it and chuck it in the back. Once a month clean all of it up and bin it. A lot cheaper than a fine and better for the environment.
Benn FS
I remember years ago my friend was going past this car in Clifton Street and this man threw his can out of the window right in front of her so she picked it up and threw it back in. The expession on the man’s face was a picture.
Elaine Hartley
Challenge litterers. If they won’t pick it up, you pick it up.
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Hide AdI’d say many litterers are thoughtless or careless rather than malicious and when challenged change their ways.
Bill Drury
Would be perfectly fair providing following cases don’t get let off with a telling off
Ed Lea
Way too much considering speeding fines are much, much less
Kevin Southern
Maybe a day or two of road sweeping or litter picking is more appropriate
Angela Lunn
See it every day from school kids and car drivers
Allan Woods
Bit of litter picking would have been better suited
Steve Minto
How could it possibly be a mistake? It was a deliberate act and she knew fine well what she was doing.
Should put her on litter picking duties as well as the £220 fine.
Kenny Marshall