91-year-old fined after neighbour complaint about noisy rocking chair
Published Friday, May 1, 2015 9:11AM EDT
An elderly Quebec woman was slapped with a $148 fine after a neighbour called police to report she was making too much noise with her rocking chair.
Police were called to the 91-year-old woman’s apartment in Saguenay, Que., a town approximately 200 kilometres north of Quebec City, on the evening of April 17.
A neighbour reported there was excessive noise coming from the woman’s home at approximately 8:45 p.m.
Nonagenarian Yvette Vachon had been watching television in her rocking chair, and was told by police she was making too much noise with the chair.
Saguenay police spokesperson Bruno Cormier told CTVNews.ca that the officer gave her a $148 ticket for violating the city’s excessive noise bylaw, which applies to anyone “shouting, swearing or behaving in a way to annoy the neighbours or passersby.”
Vachon’s ticket covers a $100 fine, plus a standard $48 administrative fee.
Police said it was the first time any complaint had been made against the woman.
Quebec senior fined $148 after neighbour complains about noisy chair | CTV News
WTF is the matter with people? A rocking chair violated the excessive noise bylaw? Even if it did, was there maybe another way this could have been handled? Good grief!
Published Friday, May 1, 2015 9:11AM EDT
An elderly Quebec woman was slapped with a $148 fine after a neighbour called police to report she was making too much noise with her rocking chair.
Police were called to the 91-year-old woman’s apartment in Saguenay, Que., a town approximately 200 kilometres north of Quebec City, on the evening of April 17.
A neighbour reported there was excessive noise coming from the woman’s home at approximately 8:45 p.m.
Nonagenarian Yvette Vachon had been watching television in her rocking chair, and was told by police she was making too much noise with the chair.
Saguenay police spokesperson Bruno Cormier told CTVNews.ca that the officer gave her a $148 ticket for violating the city’s excessive noise bylaw, which applies to anyone “shouting, swearing or behaving in a way to annoy the neighbours or passersby.”
Vachon’s ticket covers a $100 fine, plus a standard $48 administrative fee.
Police said it was the first time any complaint had been made against the woman.
Quebec senior fined $148 after neighbour complains about noisy chair | CTV News
WTF is the matter with people? A rocking chair violated the excessive noise bylaw? Even if it did, was there maybe another way this could have been handled? Good grief!
