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22-10-2010, 13:17   #1
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Smoking to be made illegal while driving??

Did anyone else hear about this on the news this morning? Aparently the government are trying to illegalise smoking while driving because thay said its a distraction........... In other words it's just another reason for fining people!!!

Thoughts on this???
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22-10-2010, 13:19   #2
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It's bollox without proof.
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They should outlaw blinking while driving too.
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No it's just females smoking their partner's 'pipe' while driving thats outlawed
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Not in favour of it personally, but if operating a phone can be deemed a hazardous distraction, then surely smoking must be too.

Along with listening to the radio.
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More distractions from doing something useful.
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I don't even smoke, and I think this is bull****.
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Not in favour of it personally, but if operating a phone can be deemed a hazardous distraction, then surely smoking must be too.

Along with listening to the radio.
You don't have to punch numbers into a cigarette to use it. It's also a habit so you barely need to think about it.
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It really is Bull****. If anything it will make drivers (who smoke) more stressed behind the wheel, I get road rage from time to time and not being allowed to smoke will just P**s me off even more!!
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But if they ban it, how will I look cool whilst driving?
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Quick, someone call Denis Leary....

This has to be a wind-up
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I am shocked it has taken so long. Phones are banned, I have heard of people fined for eating an apple or bar in a car while driving. Fundamentally speaking you are holding a lit object in your hand, if I was driving along with a lit candle or those car cigarette lighters I would expect a garda to say something.

I have seen a mate drop a cigarette in a car onto their lap and have to brush it off, if this was a bar or phone dropped it is far less of a distraction.
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I am shocked it has taken so long. Phones are banned, I have heard of people fined for eating an apple or bar in a car while driving. Fundamentally speaking you are holding a lit object in your hand, if I was driving along with a lit candle or those car cigarette lighters I would expect a garda to say something.

I have seen a mate drop a cigarette in a car onto their lap and have to brush it off, if this was a bar or phone dropped it is far less of a distraction.
Then dont drop it...... lol
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Not in favour of it personally, but if operating a phone can be deemed a hazardous distraction, then surely smoking must be too.

Along with listening to the radio.

I concur. One positive side is that it might reduce littering. Smokers are a wild messy lot. Always throwing fags out the window.

And in fairness, if you don't mind smelling like a chimney then you're probably not a careful driver...so how about we ban smokers and not smoking.
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I am shocked it has taken so long. Phones are banned, I have heard of people fined for eating an apple or bar in a car while driving. Fundamentally speaking you are holding a lit object in your hand, if I was driving along with a lit candle or those car cigarette lighters I would expect a garda to say something.
A candle is ten times the size of a cigarette and doesn't relieve stress like a cigarette does. All you'll be doing is encouraging nicotine addicts to drive faster so they can have a ciggy at the end of they're journey.
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