<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">British police on Friday fined Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for failing to wear a seatbelt in a moving car while filming a social media video.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lancashire Police said in a Twitter statement not directly naming Sunak: "We have today issued a 42-year-old man from London with a conditional offer of fixed penalty."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A fixed penalty means Sunak can pay a fine to avoid a court hearing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Downing Street said in a statement that Sunak "fully accepts this was a mistake and has apologised".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"He will, of course, comply with the fixed penalty," it said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The BBC reported that the fine for not wearing a seat belt as a car passenger would be £100 ($124). If the case went to court, Sunak could pay £500.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In Thursday's video, produced for distribution on Sunak's social media channels, the beltless Conservative leader speaks from the back seat of a moving car about his policies for boosting growth during a trip to Lancashire in England's north.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sunak apologised for an "error of judgement" soon after the video came out on Thursday, according to Downing Street, and it has been removed from Instagram.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sunak's transportation habits were already a talking point in the United Kingdom.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">His political rivals have taken aim at his use of a private jet to make multiple short flights in recent days.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is not the first time Sunak has been slapped with a police fine.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He was fined while serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer for attending a Downing Street party in June 2020 that violated the government's rules on social distancing. AFP</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>