Smoking to be banned in cars by October 2015

Smoking to be banned in cars by October 2015

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alane29

Original Poster:

33 posts

129 months

Monday 10th November 2014
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Just been reading about this on daily mail online ,whilst i agree with it if you have kids in the car why should i not be able to smoke in my own vehicle when its not bothering anyone else .
It seems there is nowhere left now to escape the missus and have a smoke in peace

Motorrad

6,811 posts

201 months

Monday 10th November 2014
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Does this mean I'll have to remove my transmission tunnel mounted bong or will I still be allowed to smoke while stationary?

kambites

69,377 posts

235 months

Monday 10th November 2014
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Do people really believe what they read in the Daily Mail?

Sump

5,484 posts

181 months

Monday 10th November 2014
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About time, see people distracted by their fag too many times. You would have thought that the stuff killing you was a big enough deterrent rolleyes

Buff Mchugelarge

3,316 posts

164 months

Monday 10th November 2014
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alane29 said:
Just been reading about this on daily mail online ,whilst i agree with it if you have kids in the car why should i not be able to smoke in my own vehicle when its not bothering anyone else .
It seems there is nowhere left now to escape the missus and have a smoke in peace
There's ya problem right there..

Baryonyx

18,091 posts

173 months

Monday 10th November 2014
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Sump said:
About time, see people distracted by their fag too many times. You would have thought that the stuff killing you was a big enough deterrent rolleyes
A good point well made.

humpbackmaniac

1,898 posts

255 months

Monday 10th November 2014
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I have never understood how it is legal. Technically drinking a can of coke is illegal but playing with fire is not. Dropping a lit fag on my lap would distract me from driving!

Matthen

1,373 posts

165 months

Monday 10th November 2014
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alane29 said:
when its not bothering anyone else .
I agree: You should be allowed to smoke in your car. But only with the windows up. There is nothing worse than the person in front of you lighting up whilst sat in traffic.

longshot

3,286 posts

212 months

Monday 10th November 2014
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If you think smoking while driving is dangerous, just wait until people are trying to hide that they are smoking while driving.

Or....perhaps people will stop smoking in cars. The ban worked with mobiles after all.

trickywoo

12,896 posts

244 months

Monday 10th November 2014
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What has always surprised me is the number of cannabis smokers in cars first thing in the morning. When I'm on two wheels I encounter at least a couple on my way to work via Surrey / Sussex rural roads.

I can't stand people throwing lit butts out the window - should be 6 points minimum.

Dodsy

7,175 posts

241 months

Monday 10th November 2014
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OP didnt actually read the article then.....

The law will be changed to ban smoking in cars carrying children

This is a good thing. I smoke but would never dream of smoking in the house at all , or in the car with the kids in it. You can smoke in the car as long as you dont have children in it at the time which is a good thing.


samdale

2,860 posts

198 months

Monday 10th November 2014
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Just as distracting as having a phone in your hand IMO.

On a lighter note, I'm now imagining a new range of "hands free smoking" devices akin to a harmonica holder hehe

Snollygoster

1,538 posts

153 months

Monday 10th November 2014
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samdale said:
Just as distracting as having a phone in your hand IMO.

On a lighter note, I'm now imagining a new range of "hands free smoking" devices akin to a harmonica holder hehe
hehe

walsh

652 posts

173 months

Monday 10th November 2014
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I would love to get all arsey about how people should be able to do what they want, but I can kind of see the point..

I used to smoke, In the car, and the van, which was technically illegal anyway (despite my boss not giving a monkeys).

I one somehow dropped my lit cigarette, which due to the window being down, went backwards, over my shoulder, into the back of the van.

Which was full of cardboard at the time...While I was doing 60ish.

That was interesting... stopped smoking in cars after that.

TooMany2cvs

29,008 posts

140 months

Monday 10th November 2014
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humpbackmaniac said:
I have never understood how it is legal. Technically drinking a can of coke is illegal...
Care to expand on that?
Dodsy said:
OP didnt actually read the article then...
We could've guessed that at "Daily Mail".

RussH91

363 posts

174 months

Monday 10th November 2014
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Its already illegal to smoke in company vehicles, I never been pulled over for it or heard of anyone else been pulled for it how often do you see Gents smoking in their work vans?

Like most laws that are being introduced it ticks a box. Totally unenforcible with the amount of police you see on the roads.

nitrodave

1,262 posts

152 months

Monday 10th November 2014
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trickywoo said:
What has always surprised me is the number of cannabis smokers in cars first thing in the morning. When I'm on two wheels I encounter at least a couple on my way to work via Surrey / Sussex rural roads.

I can't stand people throwing lit butts out the window - should be 6 points minimum.
driving through london i get wafts of smelly green herbs all the time from the cars in from of me!


Nigel Worc's

8,121 posts

202 months

Monday 10th November 2014
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RussH91 said:
Its already illegal to smoke in company vehicles, I never been pulled over for it or heard of anyone else been pulled for it how often do you see Gents smoking in their work vans?

Like most laws that are being introduced it ticks a box. Totally unenforcible with the amount of police you see on the roads.
It is not illegal to smoke in company vehicles, but don't let the facts worry you.

Calza

2,063 posts

129 months

Monday 10th November 2014
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nitrodave said:
driving through london i get wafts of smelly green herbs all the time from the cars in from of me!
I've never been able to smell smoke from the car in front in traffic, herbal or not!

rongagin

481 posts

150 months

Monday 10th November 2014
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I don't smoke and wouldn't allow someone to smoke in my car. But what they do in their car, as long as I'm not in it, is up to them. It does seem strange that eating or drinking can be an offence, but smoking with all it's possible distractions and hazards is ok?