Cages Ciggaret smoking??

**Sketchy_Racer** · 17th January 2006, 16:29

It has just occured to me how annoying this is.

I was on the way home from Pie Cock to kapiti, and once i got into the 50 kph area i opened up my visor to let a little bit of air through (as you do)

anyways, the guy in front of me was smoking. (no big deal)

untill he ficked the ash out of the window and it went in my eyes and could see NOTHING!!

i stopped till i could stop crying.... ahem i mean rubbing ash out of my eyes, and tryed to find him and give him a general chat about biffing shit out on the road, but couldent find him.

anyways, has this been a problem for anyone else here? or anything similar?/

Cheers, Glenn

**Beemer** · 17th January 2006, 16:34

I'm a rabid non-smoker so I hate the smell more than anything. I remember having to exceed the speed limit "a little" years ago to pass a car load of guys who were smoking - it was summer time and the smell coming in through the vents of my car was disgusting! And I hate the ash landing all over me when they flick their butt out the window too!

**inlinefour** · 17th January 2006, 16:40

Although it burnt my cheek. I rode up to the side of the car and gave the dude an earfull and he told me to go get ****ed. So I calmly and purposely rearranged his driver mirror onto the road and rode off.

**sunhuntin** · 17th January 2006, 16:42

ive been hit by a butt at around 100k....hit me in corner of my eye.

im used to flying ash due to my partner being a biker and smoker. when pillioning behind him, i got used to it, lol.

**Sketchy_Racer** · 17th January 2006, 16:47

fair enough too IN4!!! man if my SR250 had more power to catch the guy i woulddaa........

and screw getting hiy by a butt at 100kph..... i had a bee hit me in the face at 70 and it frecken hurt!!

**sels1** · 17th January 2006, 17:04

Originally Posted by RG100!!

anyways, has this been a problem for anyone else here? or anything similar?/

Yes I have had a similar experience and its bloody annoying! I had a live butt land in my lap once and by the time I pulled over and made sure I had got rid of it the lights had changed and I lost the perpertrator

**Coyote** · 17th January 2006, 17:11

Originally Posted by RG100!!

and screw getting hiy by a butt at 100kph..... i had a bee hit me in the face at 70 and it frecken hurt!!

Haha, exact thing happened to me a while back. A Bumble Bee/Blow Fly hit me directly between the eyes at about 60. Didn't hurt but I was lucky cause if it was flying a tiny bit faster or slower my eye would've been buggered

**sunhuntin** · 17th January 2006, 18:13

the butt didnt hurt much...all i saw was yellow....thought it was a bumble bee. took me till i got home [about 5 mins later] to realise it was butt colored and no stripes, lol.

**Deviant Esq** · 17th January 2006, 18:25

Bloody smokers. Slow, self inflicted, and expensive form of suicide. It affects the health and wellbeing of others in their vicinity, not to mention annoys the hell out of them.

Smoking itself is a hell of an arrogant "thing". Not saying the people that do it are, but it's basically saying "I smoke. I know it's poisonous, and extremely bad for my health, but I'm doing it anyway because I don't care / am addicted. So if you want to be anywhere near where I am, or need to walk past where I am, you have to suck in my toxic fumes, just because I chose to pay my way to cancer."

Not to mention, tobacco and related products are the cause of a fair amount of litter. Go on to the 4th floor balcony of the Canterbury University library (not that I've been there for a while but it instantly springs to mind), and it's cigarette butts for Africa.

Sorry, rant over.

Disclaimer: I don't dislike smokers, some of my good mates smoke. But my view of smoking itself is no less harsh. Don't ask my opinion of the cigarette manufacturers!

**froggyfrenchman** · 17th January 2006, 18:27

Im a biker, smoker and cage driver. Butts often go out the window, if there is no bike behind me. As for riding in a 100km zone with the visor up and nothin over your eyes... you are all mad!

If i throw a butt out and it hits a bike behind me, i will congradulate them as they kick my wing mirror off!

**inlinefour** · 17th January 2006, 18:32

Originally Posted by froggyfrenchman

Im a biker, smoker and cage driver. Butts often go out the window, if there is no bike behind me. As for riding in a 100km zone with the visor up and nothin over your eyes... you are all mad!

Overseas many a fire has been lit by some inconsiderate t**t throwing a live butt out the window. Things are getting hotter & dryer each year. Anyone who throws a live butt out the window has an attitude problem, to say the least.

**MidnightMike** · 17th January 2006, 18:32

Originally Posted by froggyfrenchman

Im a biker, smoker and cage driver. Butts often go out the window, if there is no bike behind me. As for riding in a 100km zone with the visor up and nothin over your eyes... you are all mad!

If i throw a butt out and it hits a bike behind me, i will congradulate them as they kick my wing mirror off!

Ill follow you to kick of your mirror

**dawnrazor** · 17th January 2006, 18:41

This habit doesn't soley belong to cage drivers, I know a couple of bikers that bought open faced helmets so they could smoke on the go, as it where. Never saw the point as anything over a crawl and the wind blast will burn a ciggie down to the butt in seconds, which is better for you in the long run.

I got caught by a stary butt once as described above, around town, so no major damage, caught up to them at the lights and flicked one of my ciggies back at him, unfortunely unlit (gloves, lighter, it was all I could do to get the fag out of the packet in time).
The look of shock and then recognition was worth it though!

So instead of moaning hit them back next time, personally I'd be more worried about loose debris falling off trucks and that sorta thing.

**Patch** · 17th January 2006, 21:01

Never really had a butt problem

I always seem to get the bee in the helmet,

I managed somehow to have a duck, yes a bloody duck land on my tank and flap like fuk. Thankfully it fell off and I stayed upright, scary but more of a freak thing really. Still makes me wary of the bastards tho.

**Swoop** · 17th January 2006, 21:24

Originally Posted by Patch

Never really had a butt problem

I always seem to get the bee in the helmet,

I managed somehow to have a duck, yes a bloody duck land on my tank and flap like fuk. Thankfully it fell off and I stayed upright, scary but more of a freak thing really. Still makes me wary of the bastards tho.

LMAO! a duck!
Tell the bugger to walk instead...