Police defend fining woman for not holding handrail

Hold on to a dirty, germ infested handrail, no thanks.

Wow! I glad I live where I do!

So are the rest of us.... .....

Good one, eh!

So are the rest of us.... .....
I was looking to the perfect comeback to this and you top anything I could think of.

I bow to your superior intellect Hyack.

$100 fine for not holding the handrail on an escalator??? First I've ever heard of this. Is this a law only in Laval or all of Quebec or all of Canada? Do they have signage stating that failure to comply with holding on will result in a fine?

I'd be surprised if it's a law, sounds more like a regulation. I didn't think you could be fined and handcuffed for breaking a regulation. Glad they've solved all the more serious crime in Quebec.

The offense was something like "The person refused to follow the indications of a pictogram" (that said: hold the handrail).

Good thing they didn't tazer her.

Wow, free country eh? Under an NDP government the cops would have helped he lady get up the stairs and find her change.

And the clouds will be made in marshmallows .

And the clouds will be made in marshmallows .

Would it rain those mini ones then?

Although this appears to be a petty arrest, it looks like this chick talked her way, or shouted her way to an arrest and a charge.

In the police world it's called "The attitude test."

She failed.