Smoking whilst driving is now banned!

[Kathyan]

My neighbour is up in arms about this saying that 'they should let me smoke as I get irritable if I can't have a fag'!
I have been in the car with her when she smokes and quite honestly she cannot control the car properly when she lights up. Why are (some) smokers so inconsiderate?

[4getmenot]

oh yer and children with fags driving, god help us :-)

[Ethel]

I don't take my eyes off the road to talk to passengers, Funk.

Why should anybody need to do that?

And passengers are aware of drivers hazards, unlike talking on a mobile phone where the other person can't see you are navigating a huge island with an idiot lorry driver behind you and a fool of a motorcyclist trying to get in front of you.

Arguing in a car is just plain stupid. But I have known many drivers manage to work themselves in to a rage whilst they are in the car by themselves - shouting and yelling at other drivers.

Some people just don't have the temperament for driving.

[jiggy-gb]

LOL! Don't joke 4get! I live in Manchester, you'd be surprised what you see around here... ;o)

[Reverandfunk]

So Ethel whenm you have a passenger in the car you look straight ahead at all times and never once look at them??

[weecalf]

So does this mean you you have to PULL over to have a fag .What a Drag No BUTTS about it.Will there be a congestion charge?

[leg_end758]

4get i suggest you read my posts correctly

"fact is if its illegal . dont do it . "

and if drivings so dangerous fdo you suggest we ban it ?

oh we do already.

you get points if youre dangerous then you win a ban.
if its proved smoking contributed to an accident i have no doubt you will get points.

[leg_end758]

oh btw does that mean that kathyan has posted an inaccurate post?

tho she says her neighbours dangerous .

or do you know better ?

[unrulyjulie]

niknak, i was a smoker for 20 years but i gave up! and i can actually drive a car, i just have never took a test so now i will tell you, my opinion is every bit as valid as yours. like jiggy says, you do not have to commit a murder to form an opinion on that! dont be so silly!

[4GS]

How do you prove smoking contributed to an accident? it's not like drink driving where your blood/alcohol levels are tested. Now that is illegal

[monkeyeyes]

I think Gromits answer says it all, really.
A car is a dangerous machine and the driver has a responsibility to have full control of it at all times. The arguments about the nature of any distraction are a little redundant; none is better than any others.
I think the thrust of the article has been placed on smoking as smokers seem to be under the cosh at the moment.

[Doc Spock]

I think you should be banned for sneezing whilst driving. How many of you can keep your eyes open during a sudden sneeze.

[jiggy-gb]

I sneezed in my crash helmet once Doc, it was vile!

[leg_end758]

gogs how do they prove dangerous or reckless driving?

im no expert but id guess eyewitnesses.

" yus mlord he was hanging out the window and smoking a fag .loud music on and weaving about thye road"

jeeez who are you ?

perrry bloody mason?

[4GS]

A realist

[weecalf]

Why not ban driving when you are smoking

[Goodsoulette]

Im a smoker, its no hardship to stop every hour or half hour or whatever to get out and have a fag, is it?

The whole not looking for the ashtray business means nothing. I cant see my arse but I can still touch whilst looking ahead.

Its hardly an infringement on rights, just stop the car and have a fag. I smoke quite a lot and I can sit through a 3 hour film without needing to go for a fag. How many people make 3 hour journeys without taking break?

[leg_end758]

and the mess from ashtrays from cars is disgusting.-

the @rseholes stop in a car park empty the ashtrya under the car .

or just throw the fag end out the window like forgets pal.

i read that there are 4 million tonnes of fag ends swept up in britain each year .
at what cost eh ?

[leg_end758]

goody 4 1/2 hour flight to reef no fags
flights to florida 10 ish hours no fag

seems its ok when it suits them eh .

btw can u scratch ur @rse when driving??

[jiggy-gb]

That's a pet hate of mine actually leg_end758, when you see people emptying their ashtray under the car, how very rude.

[leg_end758]

HAS THIS ALL BEEN BLOWN UP?

HERE FROM SKY NEWS.

BTW ITS NOW IN THE HIGHWAY CODE .
SO BEWARE.
OH AND TRY ARGUING WITH A DRIVING EXAMINER ON THE FAG THING.

INSTANT FAIL ID GUESS
"Drivers could be prosecuted for smoking at the wheel, according to a warning in the latest version of the Highway Code."
http://news.sky.com/skynews/uknews