Ciggie butts

[Hitcher]

I hate people that flick butts out of their cars when moving

I am irked by smokers who flick their butts anywhere. Yes, it's an unhealthy addiction which is becoming increasingly vilified by lawmakers and the wider community. So why can't you carry your completed butt to the nearest bin or carry a little box to put them in, rather than stomping them into the footpath or dropping them oh so nonchalantly into the gutter? And don't tell me you don't think about it or that it doesn't matter. All it does is confirm the stereotype that smokers are inconsiderate polluters.

[Laxi]

smokers are inconsiderate polluters.

some people say that about dirt bike riders too

[cs363]

Yes, you have to watch those stereotypes - they tend to bite you in the ass when you least expect it....

[PrincessBandit]

Had a friend who copped one right in the middle of his jacket while riding down the motorway once, and he was in a mad panic cos it started to smoulder as he was batting at it to get it away. In the end he managed to swat it off before it did further damage.

A few years back we had a small carton hit us in the windscreen, thrown from a car in front of us. When we tried to catch up with the car to let them know we were unimpressed they just hooned it - was a family, carton had been thrown by one of the little toerags in the back seat. What kind of example are they given?????

I hate littering of any kind and must say that objects being launched from a moving vehicle in my line of travel is one thing that gives me the willies. People who biff stuff from their car obviously don't give a shit about the environment or the safety of other road users. Tossers.

Must remember the "chuck it back in their window" trick, if I think I could do it without having the crap beaten out of me.

[cs363]

Had a friend who copped one right in the middle of his jacket while riding down the motorway once, and he was in a mad panic cos it started to smoulder as he was batting at it to get it away. In the end he managed to swat it off before it did further damage.

A few years back we had a small carton hit us in the windscreen, thrown from a car in front of us. When we tried to catch up with the car to let them know we were unimpressed they just hooned it - was a family, carton had been thrown by one of the little toerags in the back seat. What kind of example are they given?????

I hate littering of any kind and must say that objects being launched from a moving vehicle in my line of travel is one thing that gives me the willies. People who biff stuff from their car obviously don't give a shit about the environment or the safety of other road users. Tossers.

Must remember the "chuck it back in their window" trick, if I think I could do it without having the crap beaten out of me.

Agreed, chucking stuff out of car windows is one (bad) thing, but tossing anything into the line of travel of someone behind you is downright dangerous and increases their crime tenfold in my book! Just shows how much of an ignorant tosser they are if they can't even be arsed looking behind them before they do it, you can only hope that Karma catches up with them and one day they do it front of a Police car.

[jtzzr]

As a smoker I would`nt throw the ciggy butts out the window and I certainly wouldn`t throw rubbish of any kind out the window . As for old whiteware?

[Tink]

Must remember the "chuck it back in their window" trick, if I think I could do it without having the crap beaten out of me.

I swear I will get beaten up one day... for opening my mouth at inconsiderate people... luckily I can hide behind the sweet and innocent kids... "wasn't our mum"...

I love this thread, and intend on keeping it in the back of my mind ... smoking should be banned in vehicles up with cell phones!!!!!

[cs363]

smoking should be banned in vehicles up with cell phones!!!!!

Careful with that.....where does it stop? Logically then, talking to passengers, eating, changing CD's/radio stations etc., and anything else that could possibly distract the driver should also be banned!
Personally I think it would be far better to start with proper driver training from the outset. It appears to me that most drivers (of all classes of vehicle) in NZ have little or no situational awareness, virtually zero consideration for others along with a host of other bad habits that these 'excuses' only exagerate.

rant over

[shafty]

A (previous) fellow employee once used her Bosses NEW car to go to Ak City. Had told boss when employed that she didn't smoke. She wound down the electric windows to flush out any 'smoke smell" (Boss was a NEW Ex smoker), so when she throws the butt outta the window, it flicks back onto the NEW LEATHER seats in the Honda - BUGGER, and fuckin good job.

We need to get hard on litter full stop, we have a soft cock society!

[Beemer]

We live in the country and have legal access to bore water from the neighbouring farm. Farmer is currently overseas on holiday and has some old fart looking after his place. Monday morning I go out to get the paper and freak out as there are wet boot prints across the top of our drive. I turn around to get my husband to check it out when this guy appears from our back paddock and it turns out he was looking to see if there was a leak in the pipeline on our property. He obviously didn't find it because he was back again yesterday afternoon. I was sitting on the deck reading when I saw him hop over the fence, enveloped in a cloud of smoke. I wasn't impressed as we're non-smokers anyway, but then I saw him chuck his butt in our paddock! I was that pissed off I went out the back and said "in future, could you please NOT throw your butts in our paddock? As non-smokers we do not appreciate having to clean up people's cigarette butts." He didn't look happy but went and picked it up. Fair enough too, we have bloody sheep in that paddock, I don't want it littered with rubbish!

I think that's what pisses me off the most about smokers, their lack of consideration for the by-product of their addiction.

[cs363]

I think that's what pisses me off the most about smokers, their lack of consideration for the by-product of their addiction.

Not getting at you in particular, but everyone needs to be very careful throwing generalisations like that around, remember labelling all smokers as having the same bad habits is as distasteful as labelling all motorcyclists in a similar manner or all women or whatever.
A simple 'some' placed in front of the word smokers makes a whole world of difference.

[Tink]

Careful with that.....where does it stop? Logically then, talking to passengers, eating, changing CD's/radio stations etc., and anything else that could possibly distract the driver should also be banned!
Personally I think it would be far better to start with proper driver training from the outset. It appears to me that most drivers (of all classes of vehicle) in NZ have little or no situational awareness, virtually zero consideration for others along with a host of other bad habits that these 'excuses' only exagerate.

rant over

There was a survey done recently that the worst distraction for a driver was:

1. another passenger
2. Car Radio
3. Cell phone..

I am totally in agreement with the passenger thing, but we can't kick them out... so why can't smoking be banned in cars, burn yourself, flick it at a biker, or get distracted lighting it... and its bad for you... ok a little too pc ye... but in hindsight its pretty logical not to smoke in cars... it might help young children not have to suffer their parents cig smoke in vehicles too... I guess I just despise smoking, each to their own as long as its not in my face

[Tink]

Not getting at you in particular, but everyone needs to be very careful throwing generalisations like that around, remember labelling all smokers as having the same bad habits is as distasteful as labelling all motorcyclists in a similar manner or all women or whatever.
A simple 'some' placed in front of the word smokers makes a whole world of difference.

Some smokers don't have bad habits, all smokers smoke which is a bad habit.. but as I say each to their own...

[Gubb]

Whoar.

Blast from the Past. I've done this twice since then. It's almost become a new past time. I've had another one that i'm not sure how to counter yet though. Had a courier van driver tip half a cup of presumably cold, or bad coffee out his window 2 meters in front of me. Happened to miss me, but i'm not sure how I would have retaliated if it had hit me. Maybe piss through his open window at a stop sign? Van windows are high though.

[DarkLord]

Whoar.

Blast from the Past. I've done this twice since then. It's almost become a new past time. I've had another one that i'm not sure how to counter yet though. Had a courier van driver tip half a cup of presumably cold, or bad coffee out his window 2 meters in front of me. Happened to miss me, but i'm not sure how I would have retaliated if it had hit me. Maybe piss through his open window at a stop sign? Van windows are high though.

You've done it twice since then?

Pray tell?