NEWSTALK 860 » fines http://ksfa860.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:27:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Brussels Plans to Battle Offensive Language With Hefty Fines http://ksfa860.com/brussels-plans-to-battle-on-offensive-language-with-hefty-fines/ http://ksfa860.com/brussels-plans-to-battle-on-offensive-language-with-hefty-fines/#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2012 20:23:23 +0000 Mike Adams http://tsminteractive.com/?p=139956 Brussels, Belgium, has unleashed a sonic street sweeper into the city, hoping to curb the verbal cesspool coming from the mouths of its citizens and, in turn, make the city a more habitable community for its residents.

According to a spokesperson for Brussels mayor Freddy Thieleman, any form of insult, be it racist or homophobic, offensive language or words used to sexually harass someone in public is now punishable with fines anywhere from $95 to $315.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/brussels-plans-to-battle-on-offensive-language-with-hefty-fines/feed/ 0 Jbjelloid, Flickr New Jersey Town Raises a Ruckus for Ticketing Pedestrians Who Text or Talk on the Phone [VIDEO] http://ksfa860.com/new-jersey-town-raises-a-ruckus-for-ticketing-pedestrians-who-text-or-talk-on-the-phone-video/ http://ksfa860.com/new-jersey-town-raises-a-ruckus-for-ticketing-pedestrians-who-text-or-talk-on-the-phone-video/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 19:45:56 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=98905 You’ve probably seen the countless YouTube videos of people so transfixed by their mobile phones that they walk into inanimate objects or fall into fountains.

And while it’s easy to laugh at such incidents, the truth is that distracted pedestrians can cause serious harm to themselves or other people — and now one New Jersey town is taking a stand.

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