Jalopnik: smoking

Canadian Trucker Fined For Smoking In Truck

Ben Wojdyla — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:30:00 EDT

Canadian truckers are furious after news of a lone driver being fined $305 by police for smoking in the cab of a truck he owned. The reason? Police considered it a work place, making it illegal to smoke there.

Here's how the logic goes: Under the "Smoke-Free Ontario Act," "no person shall smoke tobacco or hold lighted tobacco in any enclosed public place or enclosed workplace." The health unit's tobacco program manager considers the interior of vehicles, privately owned or otherwise, a part of those enclosed workplaces. The Ontario police pulled over a 48-year-old London driver for smoking in his truck and fined him 305 loonies for it, and truckers across Canada heard all about it. Strictly interpreted, the police were in the right, however, it brings into question certain aspects of private property, especially when the truck is owned by the driver. These guys do often live in their trucks for extended periods, so is it a living space or a workplace? Despite the fine, we're betting those truckers won't be changing their ways any time soon. [Autos Canada]

Cigarette Box Lamborghini Reventon Smokes The Matchstick F1 Car

Travis Hudson — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:45:00 EST

Screw Michael Arndt and his F1 car made of matchsticks. We've found a fan of pricey super cars who's trying to one-up Arndt with a Lamborghini Reventon made of cigarette boxes. That's right — the Reventon — the one million Euro ($1.5 million) supercar constructed entirely out of cigarette boxes. Call this a convergence of one man's passion for the finer items in life and self-destruction: Lamborghinis and cigarettes. Which is which? We guess it all depends on which category you think a buck per mile maintenance cost lands the Lambo. All we know is it's an example of some seriously exceptional papercraft. Check out the gallery below and see it compared to its real life Lambo counterpart.

[via Gearfuse]

A '78 Celica- and a Smoke- Will Make You Cool!

Murilee Martin — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:00:00 EDT

Former Combat! star Rick Jason was big in Japan in the late 1970s, if we are to judge from this ad for the JDM '78 Celica XX (sold here as the Supra). Just lean on that sporty fastback and puff suavely on a gasper, and like magic a busty babe appears and throws your bowtie on the driver's seat. Yeah, that's the Celica for you.

Brits Support Smoking Ban in Private Cars

Davey G. Johnson — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:00:00 EDT

As Henry Rollins famously said, "I've been to England fifteen times and never liked it once!" We have to say we've had some great times in Blighty, but the way the nation's going, we wonder if there's any point to visiting again. Case in point? More joy in the nanny state. Sixty percent of Londoners support a ban on smoking in private vehicles. Sixty percent of Londoners are complete and utter dimwits. We don't smoke in vehicles if other occupants object. We don't smoke in vehicles containing children. It's common courtesy. But to ban it completely just adds another layer to the removal of personal freedoms in the name of safety that Britain seems to have wholeheartedly embraced.

People want smoking banned in cars, survey finds [This is London]

New Delhi Outlaws Smoking While Driving

Murilee Martin — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:07:28 EDT

You might expect such a move in, say, Belmont, California, but a ban on smoking behind the wheel in freewheeling India, land of the Hindustan Motors Amabassador and clove cigarettes? Yes, though not to prevent secondhand smoke; the reasoning here is that drivers distracted by their gaspers will, you know, hit stuff. Two New Delhi judges have imposed regulations mandating a 1,500 rupee ($32) fine for any driver busted while smoking and/or using a cellphone. Drivers also face the same fine for the hazily-defined offense of "dangerous driving." – Murilee Martin

New Delhi Court: Don't Smoke and Drive [Washington Post]

Children Should Be Seen and Not Heard: Connecticut Boy Wants Smoking Ban

Davey G. Johnson — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:30:00 EST

Common sense: you shouldn't smoke in the car with anyone who can't stand cigarette smoke. If you have children, you shouldn't smoke in the car when they're in it. That said, you shouldn't let a ten-year-old boy dictate whether you can smoke in the car or not unless the child happens to be in the car with you. Ten-year-old boys are notorious demagogues and need a slight amount of beating down to determine whether they shall remain demagogues or actually grow up to become normal humans. We chose the chain-smoking demagogue route, but young Justin Kvadas' petitioning the Connecticut legislature against smoking in cars containing kids below the age of 7 or under 60 pounds just smacks of asshat parenting and cloying yuckery. Geesh. – Davey G. Johnson

Boy Wants Smoking Banned In Cars With Children [NBC30]

Gah! Nanny-State Alert in California: What Else is New?

Davey G. Johnson — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 23:15:00 EST

Oh crap. Now they want to ban smoking in cars carrying kids in California. And smoking in state parks. Not that one should smoke in an enclosed space around children, but please, California, we have enough laws. Can't we do something productive with our legislative time? This is just getting silly. – Davey G. Johnson

Legislation aims to ban smoking in state parks, cars carrying kids [SignOnSanDiego]

California Mulls Smoking-In-Cars-With-Children Ban

Davey G. Johnson — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 17:00:00 EDT

We remember being young and riding in our friends' parents GMC Safari with cigarette smoke choking us in the backseat. We hated it. We remember staying at a youth hostel in Nuremburg — watching the European soccer championship ten years ago — and while we were puffing on our own roll-me-own, our friend's secondhand smoke was burning our eyes. So it absolutely makes no sense to say that we're opposed to proposed California legislation that would ban smoking in cars containing children. Except for one thing: it's one more intrusion by the nanny state into people's lives. Frankly, if we're gonna get into this level of micromanagement, why don't we just start euthanizing people with low IQs? Screw killing all the lawyers. Let's start with the middle-managers.

Snuffing out smoking in cars with children [Sacramento Bee]

Related:
Smoking Ban in Kid-Carrying Cars [Internal]

Smoking Ban in Kid-Carrying Cars?

Davey G. Johnson — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 17:14:41 EST

If you're a parent, you shouldn't smoke, especially in front of your kids. If you do smoke in front of them, you shouldn't smoke in an enclosed space with them, such as the interior of a car. It's common sense, basically. [Full disclosure, we're of the childless smoker demographic.] However, the fact that legislation in Michigan has been drafted to outlaw smoking in cars carrying passengers under 18 strikes us one more example of busybodying by politicians who are more concerned with meddling in people's lives than actually doing something productive for the communities they serve.

Bill would ban parents from smoking in cars with children [Detroit Free Press]

Internal:
New Jersey Mulls Automotive Smoking Ban [Internal]

New Jersey Mulls Automotive Smoking Ban

Davey G. Johnson — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 11:40:24 EDT

As political will goes, anti-smoking legislation is one of the most fashionable juggernauts to slam into society along since Ugg boots. And stakes continue to rise: first public transport, then offices, restaurants, bars, golf courses (maybe) and now maybe personal vehicles. A few New Jersey legislators recently put forth the idea of pressing for a ban on smoking in motor vehicles. As if the particulate-laden air along the Turnpike already smelled of rosewater.

N.J. Lawmakers Wants [sic] to Ban Smoking in Cars [Join Together]

Related:
Rating the Greenness of Hybrids [Internal]