dogs and cars

18 May 2011

Quote by apey_kinks
Yeah !! But it`s such fun winding smokers up cos they get so defensive and it`s hilarious watching them trying to defend their irresponsible behaviour :giggle:
Most people who do all those other things would probably hold their hands up and admit being a wally but point out how bad it is to smoke and drive and they`ll deny it all, making excuses just like any other addict does.

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:evil2: I didnt think me saying ... Smoking frustrates me... how the hell can you drive properly with a fab in your hand?? Would kick up a stink. Ooops sorry
ahh the good old fab, very dangerous thing to eat while driving as those hundreds and thousands can get a bit sticky lol
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18 May 2011

I shant get too involved, as Kinks is on it, however I will point out that it's already illegal to smoke in Scotland whilst driving (since 2006) will get a £60 fine and 3 points, so if you go past the UK border, be careful.
Also I'm an ex-smoker (and a heavy’ish smoker at times) and I can hand on heart say that I can count on one hand the number of times I smoked whilst driving, and usually then only because I'd got into the car with an unfinished one, and put it out shortly after moving off.
There's lots of studies that show smoking whilst driving is dangerous, more so than drinking and eating. ( for one and for another)
Remember there is a reason smoking is banned behind the wheel in lots of country's (Australia, South Africa, parts of Europe and oddly because of the percentage of smokers, Japan)
But hey, smokers that pilot the car well have got little to worry about, there's more than enough pricks on the road that don't smoke to sort out before we tackle smokers, although think about it this way..... A car that you haven’t smoked in is worth up to 1500 quid more than one you have when it comes to trade it in!

18 May 2011

Quote by apey_kinks
I shant get too involved, as Kinks is on it, however I will point out that it's already illegal to smoke in Scotland whilst driving (since 2006) will get a £60 fine and 3 points, so if you go past the UK border, be careful.
Also I'm an ex-smoker (and a heavy'ish smoker at times) and I can hand on heart say that I can count on one hand the number of times I smoked whilst driving, and usually then only because I'd got into the car with an unfinished one, and put it out shortly after moving off.
There's lots of studies that show smoking whilst driving is dangerous, more so than drinking and eating. ( for one and for another)
Remember there is a reason smoking is banned behind the wheel in lots of country's (Australia, South Africa, parts of Europe and oddly because of the percentage of smokers, Japan)
But hey, smokers that pilot the car well have got little to worry about, there's more than enough pricks on the road that don't smoke to sort out before we tackle smokers, although think about it this way..... A car that you haven't smoked in is worth up to 1500 quid more than one you have when it comes to trade it in!

Just read the monash report and it's findings (didn't read the ashaust cos one was enough!!). The reports findings show that smoking is way down the list of things that increased the rist of an accident. Way ahead on the list is eating and drinking (1.9% increase), using mobile phones ((hand held)1.5%), and continued use of a CD player ((changing discs etc) can't remember the percentages and can't be bother trawling through the report again). The report states that smokers are more likely to have an accident than non-smokers. They were unable to give a percentage for their findings or the reason for the increased likely hood. This information was based on a self completed questionnaire rather accurate measurements as used in many other areas the report looked at.
I'm not trying to say that smoking whilst driving is not an issue but there are far bigger issues with drivers and road safety. As Apey said there are more than enough pricks on the road that don't smoke.