If you woke up over the weekend to find an annoying foreign language flyer under your windshield your not alone. Caucasus Garden (2715 Avenue U, NY 11229) thought it would be a good idea to hit ALL Gerritsen Beach residents cars over the weekend.
Placing any advertising on a vehicle is not new the law has been on the books since 2003, and says the placement of handbills and other advertisements on the windshield, under windshield wipers, on rear windows, side mirrors, antennas, door handles and other parts of the vehicle body are prohibited.
Fines start at $75 for each handbill, poster, sticker, or other form of advertisement. Therefore, when ten flyers are found on vehicles in a one-block stretch, the distributor can be fined $750. Repeat offenders may subsequently be fined up to $150 for each flyer. Any person or group whose name, telephone numbers, or other identifying information appearing on the handbill will be responsible for the violation and fine. The Environmental Control Board issues all summonses issued in New York City.
When asked, the store said they were allowed to distribute their flyers that way, they really had no idea what was going on. Ignorance of a law or a mistake of law is not a valid defense or excuse.
Update: because people asked for it. I didn’t have to look very far.
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http://consumerist.com/2008/05/its-illegal-to-stick-unstamped-flyers-in-mailboxes-but-the-post-office-doesnt-care.html
The city has a law because basically these flyers wind up all over the streets.
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Meanwhile the site has a link for free flyer templates…LOL
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Caucasus Garden – Dumps Flyers Everywhere in GB. Dumps? or placed them on cars? which is it? Dumps implies that they just threw them all over the sidewalks and streets.
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and whats makes it worse is thier food is horrible
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Their spelling and grammar sucks too.
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What do you want from people that use numbers, backward letters and symbols in their alphabet?
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The food in most of these places is horrible today. I stopped ordering take out and going to ethnic restaurants years ago. I only have one or two American restaurants I would eat at these days, and they have to have a current A rating. A restaurant with great food will speak for itself and their best advertisment is word of mouth. But usually I buy fresh and cook my oen food.
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LOL…a dislike already! If you have seen the state of most of these kitchens and the conditions in the basements like I have you would never eat out again. I did some filming a few years back with the consent of the owners. In the wee hours of the night when we’re all sleeping, vermin are crawling all over the plates, glassware and counters that your food is prepared on in these places. Food for thought?
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I didn’t get one on my car. I feel left out.
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the comments on this story are hilarious!!! good work to you all !! : )
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We aim to please!
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they ripped my windshield wiper off doing that crap,, no way in hell will I ever buy anything from them
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