freespirit
20th June 2012, 09:14 AM
i bet the next time this guy takes a mini vacay, he'll rent a car!
http://autos.sympatico.ca/strange-automotive-news/13997/uk-police-blow-up-illegally-parked-car
Hatch exploded open when mis-parked car deemed suspicious
A tourist in London, England had his broken down, illegally parked car's doors exploded open by police and was then handed a ticket and had his car towed.
Nima Hosseini Razi, a business student from the University of Wales, had headed to London for a 24-hour vacation June 13 when, while driving around Parliament Square, his car started having trouble.
Apparently he thought it'd be alright to park his busted Ford Mondeo right in front of the House of Commons and Westminster Abbey illegallybecause, y'know, he left a note on the windshield, reports the London Evening Standard.
Dear Sir or Madam, this car is broken. I am just waiting for the AA to arrive. Please do not fine! Thank you, yours sincerely, he wrote on a slip of paper that he left on the dash while he sauntered off to visit Buckingham Palace, a 15-minute walk away.
That was when anti-terrorism police on edge, no doubt, with the upcoming summer Olympics and all discovered the apparently abandoned car and decided it might pose a risk.
They evacuated the area, used a controlled explosion to blow the hatch off of Razi's car and were picking through the wreckage when the tourist returned.
Police didn't end up finding anything suspicious, but Razi wasn't off the hook; when the anti-terrorism unit was through, parking enforcement stepped in and wrote Razi a ticket, then towed his car.
Blowing up a tourist's car because it looked abandoned does seem kind of excessive but on the other hand he was parked just yards in front of the country's government buildings.
(London Evening Standard (http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/welcome-to-london-2012-tourist-has-illegally-parked-car-blown-upand-then-naturally-hes-given-a-ticket-7850993.html) via Jalopnik (http://jalopnik.com/5918512/london-cops-explode-illegally-parked-car))
Did U.K. police go too far in blowing up this tourist's car?
Is exploding open an abandoned car in front of London's capital buildings overreacting?
...sooo let me get this straight... tourist breaks down, leaves note indicating situation and the fact help is on its way.
...police check out the vehicle, then blow it open rather than verifying the details of the note,
...then once the owner returns, they hand him a ticket and impound his vehicle.
...never let a good training op go to waste, eh?
the only thing i think the car owner did wrong was to abandon his vehicle, had he simply stayed with it till the tow truck arrived, he maybe would have faired better...
http://autos.sympatico.ca/strange-automotive-news/13997/uk-police-blow-up-illegally-parked-car
Hatch exploded open when mis-parked car deemed suspicious
A tourist in London, England had his broken down, illegally parked car's doors exploded open by police and was then handed a ticket and had his car towed.
Nima Hosseini Razi, a business student from the University of Wales, had headed to London for a 24-hour vacation June 13 when, while driving around Parliament Square, his car started having trouble.
Apparently he thought it'd be alright to park his busted Ford Mondeo right in front of the House of Commons and Westminster Abbey illegallybecause, y'know, he left a note on the windshield, reports the London Evening Standard.
Dear Sir or Madam, this car is broken. I am just waiting for the AA to arrive. Please do not fine! Thank you, yours sincerely, he wrote on a slip of paper that he left on the dash while he sauntered off to visit Buckingham Palace, a 15-minute walk away.
That was when anti-terrorism police on edge, no doubt, with the upcoming summer Olympics and all discovered the apparently abandoned car and decided it might pose a risk.
They evacuated the area, used a controlled explosion to blow the hatch off of Razi's car and were picking through the wreckage when the tourist returned.
Police didn't end up finding anything suspicious, but Razi wasn't off the hook; when the anti-terrorism unit was through, parking enforcement stepped in and wrote Razi a ticket, then towed his car.
Blowing up a tourist's car because it looked abandoned does seem kind of excessive but on the other hand he was parked just yards in front of the country's government buildings.
(London Evening Standard (http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/welcome-to-london-2012-tourist-has-illegally-parked-car-blown-upand-then-naturally-hes-given-a-ticket-7850993.html) via Jalopnik (http://jalopnik.com/5918512/london-cops-explode-illegally-parked-car))
Did U.K. police go too far in blowing up this tourist's car?
Is exploding open an abandoned car in front of London's capital buildings overreacting?
...sooo let me get this straight... tourist breaks down, leaves note indicating situation and the fact help is on its way.
...police check out the vehicle, then blow it open rather than verifying the details of the note,
...then once the owner returns, they hand him a ticket and impound his vehicle.
...never let a good training op go to waste, eh?
the only thing i think the car owner did wrong was to abandon his vehicle, had he simply stayed with it till the tow truck arrived, he maybe would have faired better...