A PASSENGER was fined £390 after he ‘reclined his seat too fast’ â and damaged someone’s laptop behind him.
The issue of reclining seats is often divisive, with some thinking it should be allowed while others think it is rude.
A railway passenger was fined £390 for damaging a laptopAccording to Business Insider , a university student, known as Wang, was using a new laptop on a fold-down table on a train when the seat in front of him suddenly reclined .
Even though there was a sign in the carriage reminding passengers to notify each other of seat adjustments , Liu, the man sitting in the row in front, failed to warn Wang.
Wang informed the police who tried to reach a compensation agreement between the two passengers.
But after the talks failed, Liu was sued by Wang who demanded 4,788 Chinese yuan (£559.94) to cover repair and transport costs.
The incident took place in Wuhan, China, with Wang being ordered to pay 3,341 yuan (£391.93) in damages by Xiangyin County People’s Court.
While a similar incident has not happened in the UK, Brits who are caught without a train ticket could face a £100 fine from January 2023.
Normally, passengers are fined by airlines for attempting to cram oversized luggage onto flights.
A man on TikTok warned passengers about the size of their hand luggage after he was charged $100 (£84) to bring his bag onto a flight operated by Frontier, even though it fit in the size checker.
Meanwhile a Flybe passenger has won a court case against the airline after he was charged £50 for his hand luggage.
He claimed that it was an “unfair policy”;; having not been charged before with Flybe â something thousands of other passengers have also complained about.
And this woman dodged Ryanair’s hand luggage rules by sneaking a bag in under her coat.
There was a sign in the carriage reminding passengers to notify each other of seat adjustments
