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| France: Woman Fined For Driving Badly Because Of Veil |
| 2010-06-14 |
| French police have fined a woman driver for erratic driving caused by her Islamic headscarf, just weeks after a similar incident sparked a major political row. Police on Thursday in Vaucluse, south France, had not stopped the driver for wearing the niqab, a veil that leaves only the eyes exposed, but for "erratic" driving, commanding officer Charles Bourillon said. Bourillon said officers had decided to check the vehicle after it showed erratic behaviour on the road, and it was only when they signalled for the driver to stop that they saw she was wearing a niqab. The headscarf "was bothering the driver in her manoeuvres... It was obvious she could not see a thing," he said. Police gave the driver a ticket for $31 for driving with a reduced field of vision. Officers then suggested that the woman remove her niqab to improve her sight, which she did. |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #4 crosspatch: Now that's an idea. You must be channeling the spirit of Benjamin Butler. Bitterly derided in the South, much like W.T. Sherman, Butler was a big city machine expert, and was put in charge of the military occupation of New Orleans. The locals decided to be pestiferous toward the Union Army, so Butler's response: "Most notorious was Butler's General Order No. 28 of May 15, issued after some provocation, that if any woman should insult or show contempt for any officer or soldier of the United States, she shall be regarded and shall be held liable to be treated as a 'woman of the town plying her avocation', i.e., a prostitute." However, despite their bitter hatred of "Beast Butler", it should be noted that, "In the administration of that city he showed great firmness and severity. New Orleans was unusually healthy and orderly during the Butler regime." How unlike modern New Orleans. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-06-14 09:46 |
| #3 A woman 'religious' enough to be wearing the niqab ought not to be driving or out by herself anyway. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-06-14 07:38 |
| #2 Eeeeevillll! |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-06-14 02:24 |
| #1 France should pass a law that says that all prostitutes must wear the veil when working the street. That should cause a change in things. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2010-06-14 01:34 |