London bus-drivers are being equipped with DNA sample kits with which to capture spittle when irate passengers spit on them.
The driver was in Brent when the youth spat in his face. He took a sample of the saliva using a sterile swab. Police then tested it and found a match on the national DNA database.
The 17-year-old was arrested yesterday and held for questioning- He may face a charge of causing a public nuisance or actual bodily harm.
Some 2,500 kits – containing two swabs, gloves and an evidence bag – have been given to drivers and other transport workers whose routes take them through Brent.
(via Fark)
Update: Wayne sez, "Scottish bus drivers have had 'spit kits' for just this problem since sometime in 2004. The first conviction was 17 year-old Scott Morrison, a racist yob, in October 2004. In Scotland, train conductors and traffic cops also carry the 'spit kits' to collect and identify the unwanted expectorations of the unruly public."
