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paul34 @ Jan 24th 2008 7:34PM
I'm emo and cut myself a lot. Damn these car companies for not providing gauze and bandages! It's like they're trying to erase us from history!
AlexP @ Jan 24th 2008 7:45PM
It's funny because they're erasing themselves anyway.
SOhp101 @ Jan 24th 2008 7:53PM
No one cares about emo people.
"That just ain't right, since, like Vegas, what happens in your car, stays in your car... "
Except, most smokers smoke with the windows down and keep the cigarettes outside of the car so it ends up going into the air conditioning of the car behind him/her.
You're free to smoke, but do it when you're just standing around. Walking (or driving) behind someone who is smoking is just plain annoying.
John @ Jan 24th 2008 8:00PM
Agreed SOhp101.
I can't stand anything more than having cigarettes flung out windows by the assholes smoking in the car in front of me.
I could *maybe* tolerate it if they put their arm out the window and dropped it, but the vast majority fling or flick it out the upper portion of the window and of course, it flies right back at the car behind them.
Eric Biran @ Jan 24th 2008 8:55PM
I'm with SOhp101: smoke if you want to, but keep it in your car. If I had to make some kind of educated guess, I'd say at least 2/3 of smokers either blow their cigarette smoke out the window or hold their cigarette there when in the car.
No thanks, I don't think the rest of us should have to foot the bill on accessories for your habit. You wanna light up? Spring for the lighter and ashtray yourself. What's next? Standard, no-cost beer cozies for drunk drivers?
And FYI, while people are smoking and driving, they are breaking the law by not keeping both hands on the wheel. Probably not nearly the threat that cell phones are, but you can't deny the fact that they're operating several tons of motive steel while also juggling a stick that is partially ON FIRE. Not exactly a recipe for safety. I'm sure some of those cigarette burns we all come across in used cars are from "accidents."
Not all smokers are bad people, and smoking won't make you a bad person, but all this animosity towards them isn't from nowhere. People genuinely are bothered by having to breathe the smoke. Smokers may not want to admit that (and it's especially easy for them to deny, due to the way that smoking dulls one's sense of smell) but it's true. And while they make efforts to avoid bothering others by not smoking indoors, there are still very few smoke free places outdoors. It's almost impossible to enter large buildings, colleges, apartments, drive with the windows/top down, eat outdoors, or go to the beach without having to breathe second hand smoke.
I'm all for freedom of choice (although how much choice is involved in addiction could be argued), don't get me wrong, but due to the cost-vs.-benefits, I'd just as soon see smoking banned for good. Even then, if you manage to light up and aren't bothering anyone, why would anybody complain? And maybe if you do annoy enough people, you get to deal with an annoying fine or something.
fm @ Jan 24th 2008 9:02PM
I agree with john. Seriously, smoke in your car if you want too but don't flick the goddam lit butt outside. Specially on those dry windy days. Don't you think you can start a brush fire or worse a car fire? Put it out first if you want to throw out. Seriously dude. Seriously. Stop it.
grandmother @ Jan 25th 2008 5:40PM
BUY YOURSELF A LEXUS; 1ST AID KIT IN TRUNK.
JIM @ Jan 27th 2008 1:52PM
HaHa... Paul , I'm an Alcoholic its ashame the car company don't include a Beer Miester and a Puke Bucket... It's like they're trying to erase us from History.... LMFAO....Haa