The local police fined British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Friday for not wearing a seatbelt in a moving vehicle. Sunak was filming a video in a moving car.
Lancashire Police confirmed it had issued a fixed penalty notice to Sunak, which involves a 100-pound fine for not wearing a seatbelt in a moving car.
“Following the circulation of a video on social media showing an individual failing to wear a seat belt while a passenger in a moving car in Lancashire we have today (Friday, January 20) issued a 42-year-old man from London with a conditional offer of fixed penalty,” Lancashire Police said in a statement.
The prime minister previously apologized for the “brief error of judgment” as he recorded a clip to promote the government’s “leveling-up” agenda during a visit to Lancashire.
In the UK, passengers caught failing to wear a seatbelt while in a car, unless covered by a valid medical exemption, can be given an on-the-spot fine of 100 pounds, increasing to 500 pounds if the case goes to court.
It is the second fine for Sunak while in government after he paid a fixed penalty notice for attending a lockdown-busting gathering to mark then-prime minister Boris Johnson’s birthday.
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