CORONAVIRUS PANIC WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE

[Poopadoop]

UK gov't is putting in a scheme where people entering the country are forced to stay in a hotel. First day of operation the online booking system crashed. People can't book their hotels now and ostensibly will face a fine of up to £10k for "breaking the rules."

[MadMojoMonkey]

UK gov't is putting in a scheme where people entering the country are forced to stay in a hotel. First day of operation the online booking system crashed. People can't book their hotels now and ostensibly will face a fine of up to £10k for "breaking the rules."

Fining people for something they had no control over and were trying their best to follow the rules in the first place?
Sounds like hyperbolic speculation. No one would actually try to fine them for this, right?

[Poopadoop]

Fining people for something they had no control over and were trying their best to follow the rules in the first place?
Sounds like hyperbolic speculation. No one would actually try to fine them for this, right?

I don't think they really would or even legally could, hence my use of the word "ostensibly." The real criticism is fucking up the online booking system, so these people have nowhere to go and have to either drive around looking for a hotel/phoning places up, or (more likely) will just say "fuck it" and go home or wherever they wanted to go in the first place.

That said, they were giving parking tickets to truckers who were stuck on the motorway at the port when the French closed their borders a couple of months ago. Not sure how widespread it was, or if they actually had to pay the tickets they were given - probably not.