Quote Originally Posted by gazza57 View Post
Muts Nuts,
You say a fellow worker was minding his own business driving along and was spotted by CID and ticketed to his firm for £70.
As the law stands, there is no ban on smoking in a car, so on what basis did the CID issue a ticket?
Are you suggesting the law just drives around looking to see somebody having a fag in their car and calls up their details and sends a ticket?
I've had a ticket for a road traffic offence and the ticket sent to your boss will have the offence for which the ticket was issued.
There is a fixed penalty for littering, so if like many smokers, your fellow worker lobbed his dog end out of the window whilst driving then that's why he got ticketed.
The argument to continue allowing people to smoke in public places on the basis that smokers provide a valuable source of revenue for the government is invalid.
No doubt taxes will rise as the government will seek to replace the lost revenue.
Smoke if you want to, it's your right to do so, smoke at home, in your car in other peoples homes if you want, smoke outside that's fine too, but just as you have the right to smoke, others have the right not to do so.
And sadly the fact that you don't care is all too evident of the selfish "Pull up the rope, I'm alright Jack " attitude that is all too common nowadays.
Gazza 57
I dont not care for the fun of it, i dont care at all about this country seeing as not one single politician gives two ****s about it, i live here because i was born here, thats all. By the time im 30 i wont be here, iv made my mind up long ago to leave this hole and have a better life abroad. Could you see yourself bringing up a kid in this place, if you can your a fool, i would want my kids safe in schools, not in fear of stabbing/bombings ect.

Anyway, back to the smoking topic, i hate it, wish id never started and would love to quit but its VERY hard. And yes, it is that i have a lack of willpower, but dont tell me its easy if youve never done it yourself.