Now some netizens can really do all kinds of outrageous things in order to attract attention.
In 2019, 19-year-old Marcella Zoia threw a chair from the upper floors of her apartment and the chair landed on a nearby highway. As a result, many vehicles should be pulled over and blocked, which seriously endangered traffic safety. So, in the end, she was sentenced to a fine and imprisonment. Netizens nicknamed the lady "Chair Girl".
Last week, a video circulating in Toronto showed a woman lifting a mattress and throwing it onto the road. It seems that the chair girl from a few years ago has reappeared.
On Friday night, 6ixBuzzTV posted: "Someone allegedly threw a table and a mattress from their apartment complex into the Gardiner Expressway next to it. A resident next to him recorded a video as the police stopped to clean up the offending furniture.
However, the police posted that despite the news of danger occurring on the section of Gardiner between Spadina Avenue and Yonge Street, in fact, the source of the items, which does not appear to have been thrown from a neighboring apartment, as one might think, "There are no reports that the items came from the balcony." ”
He confirmed that the police had arrived and removed a mattress and a small table from the road.
"There's a chance they'll fall out of the truck. ”
Of course, this is also just police speculation, and anyone who has legitimate information about these items and their origin should contact the authorities.
In fact, there are many high-rise buildings in Toronto, if you walk under the high-rise buildings, pass by, or throw things on the highway, the speed of the car is too fast + the gravitational acceleration when the object falls, a little thing can also cause great danger.
Back in January 2021, Toronto residents were driving on John Street, north of Highway 404 Steels Avenue, when something suddenly hit the roof glass of their car and almost caused a major accident. "I saw a person on the flyover, and when I drove under the bridge, I heard a loud smashing sound and immediately looked up and saw that the roof glass of my car was smashed," the driver said. "You know, everything is very fast and sudden on the highway, because the speed of the car is so fast, even if it's just a small stone, it can break the window, affect the driver's vision, and the risk factor can surge, and it can lead to a serious car accident. I couldn't imagine that it would happen to me when I was driving a car."
It is reported that after the accident, the police arrived at the scene immediately, but they could think of it with their brains, there was no camera and no party to capture it, so it was impossible to find the perpetrator at all, so they could only call on the driver who was equipped with a dash cam on that section of the road at that time to actively contact the police if he had any evidence. Therefore, it is recommended that you install a dash cam by yourself.
In fact, as early as a few years ago, high-altitude throwing objects have been included in the criminal law in China. The phenomenon of high-altitude projectiles was once called "the pain hanging over the city". It used to be ranked second alongside "littering". Throwing objects in the air is an uncivilized behavior, and it will bring great social harm, and there have been high-altitude "throwing bricks to kill babies" incident in China, which has attracted widespread attention from the society after being reported by the media.
In November 2019, the Supreme People's Court issued the Opinions on the Proper Trial of Cases of Objects Thrown from High Altitude and Falling Objects in Accordance with Law, clarifying that those who intentionally throw objects from high altitudes will be punished according to the crime of endangering public safety by dangerous means, intentional injury or intentional homicide according to the specific circumstances, and at the same time clarifying the liability of property service enterprises.
In February 2021, the Supplementary Provisions of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Enforcement and Determination of Charges (VII) stipulated the crime of throwing objects from high altitudes. On March 1, 2021, the latest amendment (11) to the Criminal Law came into effect, and "high-altitude throwing objects" was officially criminalized.