In case you wondered if the United States has enough regulations, this should set your mind at rest. On a public street, a man is approached by a panhandler who asks for money. The kind gentleman hands the guy two dollars. In making the transaction, one of the bills falls to the ground and the recipient of the charity quickly picks it up and pockets it. The men part company but just a ways up the path, the charitable man is stopped by the police and cited . . . for littering!
In my way of thinking, littering is deliberate dropping or dumping of trash with no regard of the outcome of said trash and leaving it for others to deal with. These people should definitely be fined for this behavior. In the case mentioned above, one man was handing the other man a couple of dollar bills and, as sometimes happens, one fell down but was immediately picked up. No mess, no fuss, and certainly no littering . . . yet the police felt obligated to fine the man who handed over the bills a hefty fine.
Over regulation? I think so! Fortunately, the judge dropped the charges for the fine but why would a kindly citizen even be faced with this? The man was charged a $500 fine because he dropped a dollar bill that didn't stay dropped more than a few seconds.
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