When riding escalators, it is recommended to keep a tight grip on the handrails, just to be safe, but what if you choose to ignore this advice? Well, a Canadian woman fought a 10-year legal battle for her right to ride the escalator without catching the side of the stairs.
In 2009, Bella Cusoyan used ladders at a Laval subway station when a police officer told her with respect for a sketch on the escalator saying, "Be careful, grab the handrails." The women from the Montreal area refused to obey the officer's order, and instead I began to argue with him. She ended up in detention, paid a $ 100 fine for refusing to grab the razor, another $ 320 for failing to identify her, and was held and held for 30 minutes.
Kosovian was acquitted of her "crimes" in the municipal court in 2012, and she sued the city on the grounds that she was not obliged to hold the stair railing or identify her in front of the police officer. She has so far lost twice in the Quebec courts, but has refused to surrender. The Supreme Court of Canada last Tuesday considered her unique case.
According to the court documents, Kosian refused to hold the barges because she did not consider the diagram binding. The argument between her and the police officer escalated, after she refused to identify herself, and ended up "forcibly arrested" after another officer arrived.
Things turn out differently this time. Supreme Court Justice Clement Gascon has indicated that he does not agree to fines for people who have not caught the escalator, otherwise "hundreds of fines will be issued per hour."