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Decorator fined for smoking in his own van 裝潢師在私家車上抽菸遭罰
Tuesday, Aug 05, 2008,Page 13
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Right: Smokers are increasingly being banned from smoking in public places. They are being confined to outdoor smoking zones, like this caged facility at Tampa Airport, Florida, US, seen here on May 23, 2008.
右圖：禁菸的公共場合愈來愈多，癮君子只能在戶外吸菸區吸菸，如圖中這個設置在美國佛羅里達州坦帕機場的鐵籠吸菸區；照片攝於五月二十三日。 照片：法新社
PHOTO: AFP
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A decorator has been fined for breaching Britain’s smoking ban — by puffing on a cigarette in his own van, he said earlier this month.
Gordon Williams, 58, of Llanafan in west Wales, was told by officials that his van was classed as a workplace. This meant he fell foul of the smoking ban, brought in last year to cover enclosed public places but not private areas.
He was fined £30 (NT$1,800), even though he says he was not working and was on the way to buy his wife some teabags at the time.
“I appreciate that a driver of a coach or a bus can’t smoke at the wheel because obviously, that is the law of the land,” he said.
“Of course, there are tools and things in the van but a barrister would carry about documents in a briefcase in his own car. This is no different to my mind.”
Ceredigion County Council, which imposed the fine, said it would be inappropriate to comment on individual cases. (AFP)
本月稍早，一位裝潢師表示，他因為違反英國的禁菸令──他在自己的小貨車上抽了一根菸而被罰款。
現年五十八歲、住在威爾斯西部拉納凡的高登．威廉斯被相關單位人員告知，他的箱型貨車被歸類為工作場所，這表示他違反了去年起實施的禁菸令，該禁令適用於密閉式公共場所，但不包括私人領域。
雖然他說他當時不是在工作，而是要開車去幫太太買一些茶包，但他還是被罰款三十英鎊（新台幣一千八百元）。
他說：「我很高興客運或公車司機不能在車上吸菸，因為很明顯地，英國的法律就是這樣規定的。」
「當然，我車上是有放工具和一些用品，但我覺得這跟律師車上放著裝有訴訟文件的手提箱沒什麼兩樣。」
對威爾斯開罰的錫爾迪金郡議會表示，他們不會針對單一案件發表評論。
（法新社／翻譯：袁星塵）
| TODAY’S WORDS 今日單字 |
| 1. breach v.i./v.t.
違規 (wei2 gui1)
例: Jerry breached his contract and was fined several thousand dollars.
(傑瑞違約，被罰了數千元。)
2. ban n.
禁止 (jin4 zhi3)
例: Emma supported the library's cellphone ban.
(艾瑪贊成圖書館內禁用手機。)
3. obviously adv.
顯然地 (xian3 ran2 de5)
例: Tony is obviously the best artist in the class.
(湯尼顯然是班上最有藝術天份的人。)
4. inappropriate adj.
不適當的 (bu2 shi4 dang4 de5)
例: Roy's jokes would have been funny at a party, but they were inappropriate for a funeral.
(洛伊的笑話在派對上聽起來或許很好笑，可是在喪禮上說就不恰當了。)
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