(ANSA) - Venice, November 21 - A five-year-old boy was fined
for riding his scooter too fast in St Mark's Square in Venice
after the toy was deemed an outlawed "velocity accelerator".
Two inflexible traffic cops made the boy's father pay 66
euros and 88 cents in a case that has caused a social media
furore.
Commentators slammed the Venice cops for being so strict,
posting comments like "Shame", "Madness" and Miserable 'Ghebi'
(Fuzz)".
The centre-left opposition Democratic Party (PD) whip on the
city council, Monica Sambo, said "it seems like an over-the-top
sanction, absurd.
"Piazza San Marco mustn't become an amusement park, but what
harm can a five-year-old boy have caused?"
Toy scooters and roller skates are banned by Venice by-laws.
The boy's father said he would appeal.
Boy fined for St Mark's scooter ride
Sanction spurs furore on social media