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Truck driver Steve Hill must be regretting his demonstration of solidarity with the nation's firefighters. All he did was copy thousands of other road users by sounding his horn as he passed Tooting fire station In South London. The cops took exception to this blatant message of impending revolution and a patrol car was dispatched to pull h]r.ri over. Hill was duly fined £30 for his heinous crime.
They told me they were giving me the fine for causing unnecessary noise," he says. "I was absolutely stunned."
The Metropolitan Police, inevitably, are standing by their decision. A spokesperson says: ``You should only use the horn when it's appropriate." Well, yes, the law is clear and Hill broke it. But Backfire can't help wondering in these days of rampant crime, the Met hasn't got more pressing matters to deal with.
TWo corrtrastingtaies of Christmas for you to ponder
One features a CMnews hound under the influence of something or other at Oaf's Christmas party sitting next to a startled Dutch marketing exec and hallowing the hardpressed hack's traditional plea: "Give me news!" And a contrasting picture of saintly behaviour from David Russell at the Freight Transport Association who took time out from his parliamentary travails to answer the letter from an eight-year-old wanting to know how to join the Lorryspotting club. It's nice to see the industry showing its human face.