Mr Badger
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Might be the reason for such difference between the Irish and British, over here those people would just be labelled nosey c**ts - you're either a copper, or you're not.
It's fine to report suspicions, but aggressively confronting someone who's not really clearly guilty of anything, is wrong. No matter how you like to swing it.
Picture yourself as the guy in that car - [hypothetically] you were already self isolating, you like to camp out alone maybe [hence the trailer - looks very much a camping trailer] - you see potential in this slip road, away from 99.99% of civilization ... drive up for a peek - here comes the f'ing local do-goo cavalry, shouting at you like you're some P**** just pulled into a kid's playground with your bits hanging out. I see over reaction, and the tone they put across ... not surprised he was calling the cops, he was s***ting himself by looks of it - bit deliverance vibe about it all
In mainland UK It's been well enough publicised via TV, radio and social media that people are not to travel further than 2km from their homes for recreation purposes, and, in particular, not to travel long distances to the countryside or to self isolate in holiday homes (unless they were already there when the lockdown was announced). As for your first sentence, if it came down to it, I'd rather be labelled a nosey **** than a selfish one.
The sooner everyone does as they're told and follows the lockdown restrictions, the sooner the virus will die out and we can get back to normal, in weeks rather than months. If people don't take this seriously and don't follow the spirit of the legislation and government advice, then we'll still be in lockdown in July or August. Then, if people come to the conclusion that it's selfish individuals that have made things worse than they needed to be, I wouldn't like to be one of them!
So let's just follow the sprit of the advice we've been given by our respective governments... Just get it done and we can moan about it afterwards!