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PSAs have to strike a chord in order to be the most effective and one man’s love of fast food could be that. As such, his story would serve as the perfect public service announcement for Australians who still get behind the wheel and drive for non-essential purposes: don’t do it.
Australia is now dealing with the second wave in the ongoing health crisis, and many of the restrictions lifted just a couple of months before are back in place. Among them is the recommendation to limit all trips outside to just essential ones. Getting at the wheel and driving whatever distance to satisfy a momentary food craving does not fit the bill.
This particular man from Melbourne wanted buttered chicken, so he thought nothing of jumping in the car and driving 32 km (which is roughly 20 miles) to get it. Under normal circumstances, this distance is nothing, least of all by car, but let’s face it, 2020 is anything but “normal circumstances.” A food craving is not a good enough reason to go out driving, as he found out when the police caught him.
According to The Australian, the man was slapped with a AUD$1,652 fine, meaning about US$1,172, for breaching the country’s stage three restrictions. Here’s to hoping he got to get his buttered chicken before he was pulled over, because that’s probably the most expensive fast food dinner ever.
Under the reinstated restrictions, this man was one of the 74 people fined over the course of 24 hours, and one in 10 motorists caught on the public roads in that same timeframe. Most reasons cited for not following through with official recommendations include going out to the pub (hopefully, not by car) and meeting friends, both of them terrible ideas at this moment in time.
Australian roads are clearing of vehicles again, and no food craving should interfere with that.
This particular man from Melbourne wanted buttered chicken, so he thought nothing of jumping in the car and driving 32 km (which is roughly 20 miles) to get it. Under normal circumstances, this distance is nothing, least of all by car, but let’s face it, 2020 is anything but “normal circumstances.” A food craving is not a good enough reason to go out driving, as he found out when the police caught him.
According to The Australian, the man was slapped with a AUD$1,652 fine, meaning about US$1,172, for breaching the country’s stage three restrictions. Here’s to hoping he got to get his buttered chicken before he was pulled over, because that’s probably the most expensive fast food dinner ever.
Under the reinstated restrictions, this man was one of the 74 people fined over the course of 24 hours, and one in 10 motorists caught on the public roads in that same timeframe. Most reasons cited for not following through with official recommendations include going out to the pub (hopefully, not by car) and meeting friends, both of them terrible ideas at this moment in time.
Australian roads are clearing of vehicles again, and no food craving should interfere with that.
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