A pensioner who fills a pothole in the road receives a huge fine of nearly 900 euros

He thought it was working fine. Tired of seeing potholes damaging cars in his hometown of Barlasina, in Italy’s Lombardy, Claudio Trenta, a 72-year-old retiree, decided to take matters into his own hands.

Three months after the town hall was informed about this hole on the pedestrian crossing in the city and in particular its danger (the hole is 30 cm wide and pedestrians could therefore stumble…), so the man decided to re-seal it. , as mentioned before Corriere della Sera.

But where is this story Taking an unexpected turn is that Claudio is punished for his work: he receives a fine of 882 euros for performing a “risky act in a public place”, without permission or skills to do so. In addition, the hatch must now also be unscrewed! A letter from the city council, which the retiree also posted on his Facebook account.

It has neither head nor tail.

Offended, the pensioner decided not to let it go, “If they think I’m a fool, they’re wrong,” he told the Italian daily. “They provoked me, so I will now counter-complaint to the council for negligence,” he explains, saying he will not open the pit.

As for the Barlasa Town Hall, “that’s not how it happens,” he explains. And Piermario Galli to specify: “This citizen tends to report any kind of malfunction or oddity, from the can on the ground to the garbage bags moved or not picked up, passing through the potholes. Imagine if tomorrow other citizens started to re-mark: no head and no Tail “.