Un uomo della British Columbia, Canada, is starting the new year with hundreds of dollars in fines after police officials said he touched his taxi driver’s face and refused to wear a face mask inside the car.
On New Year’s Day, in giro 1 a.m., the taxi driver in Victoria called 911 to report that a passenger was “belligerently refusing the driver’s requests for the passenger to adhere” to the province’s Covid-19 Related Measures Act guidelines (CRMA), secondo il Victoria Police Department.
When using a taxi or other ride hailing service, those guidelines advise to “as much as possible, avoid physical contact with passengers,” maintain social distance and wear a face covering. Violators of any of these rules are subject to a $ 175 ($ 230 CAD) bene.
The man was not identified by authorities, and it’s unclear if he is a Canadian resident.
After calling 911, the taxi driver took the man to police headquarters, where he refused to comply with officers’ demands to leave the car, hanno detto i funzionari. Officers removed him from the taxi and placed him into custody.
The man was fined on three accounts for failure to wear a face covering, abusive or belligerent behavior and failure to comply with the direction of an officer, totalizzando $ 542 ($ 690 CAD), the largest number of CRMA fines issued to an individual by VicPD officers, ha detto la polizia.
The passenger was also ticketed for being intoxicated in a public place, and was held at headquarters behind bars until he was sober.
Da lunedì, Canada has recorded 610,740 Covid-19 cases and 15,944 deceduti, secondo la Johns Hopkins University dati.
