It’s unlucky for Daniel Horne to be hit by a police car when walking on pedestrian pavement; to make it worse, he received a ticket of £80 fine… for denting the vehicle.
Mr Horne and his broken leg
The 28-year-old businessman had been walking home in June when the marked police car mounted the pavement and crushed his foot under the wheel. An apologetic officer then took him to hospital where he spent three hours being treated for his damaged foot, before sending him back home.
Daniel didn’t expect though, that the officer would issue him the £80 fixed penalty notice, for ‘running into a police vehicle causing a dent’.
“It is just crazy. I was just innocently walking down the road when the car swerved in front of me to arrest us in a complete mistake.
“I just can’t believe that anyone would honestly think that you would run into a police car.”
The fine ticket reads: “You ran into the n/s [near side] front wing of a marked police vehicle causing a dent.”
Mr Horne, of Llanharry, South Wales, added: “It is a complete joke – who the hell would run into a police car made out of solid metal?”
[Thisislondon, via Neatorama]