Husband's just been fined for dropping cigarette butt!

Norant

Littlemadam83 wrote: »

I commute to work on a Vespa every morning, and have never had an issue with cigarette butts, not that it wont happen. What is more dangerous to me however is when people use their windscreen spray and it goes straight over their car and into my eyes. That stuff burns!

Get yourself a helmet with a visor that way when you are travelling behind the car and you get the spray from it,you will get your visor cleaned for free.

Littering is littering no matter what form it is in,and thank the lord for the roadsweepers and refuse collectors of this country,could you even begin to imagine what the streets would be like without them.

talla4a

How did your husband get the fine notice - was he stopped by a police officer or was the incident recorded on CCTV?

Could the cigarette end not have been dropped 'accidentally' out of the window and your husband had no opportunity to stop and retrieve it?

If he pays the fine can he expect to be banned from smoking for a year as well!

Littlemadam83

Norant wrote: »

Get yourself a helmet with a visor that way when you are travelling behind the car and you get the spray from it,you will get your visor cleaned for free.

Littering is littering no matter what form it is in,and thank the lord for the roadsweepers and refuse collectors of this country,could you even begin to imagine what the streets would be like without them.

I just need to buy some mini wipers

Littlemadam83

talla4a wrote: »

How did your husband get the fine notice - was he stopped by a police officer or was the incident recorded on CCTV?

Could the cigarette end not have been dropped 'accidentally' out of the window and your husband had no opportunity to stop and retrieve it?

If he pays the fine can he expect to be banned from smoking for a year as well!

I think this woman was driving behind him. As said we are just going to pay it, and put it down to an expensive lesson and helping save the earth.

You are right though, if he had accidentally dropped there was no way of stopping to get it. I just couldnt live in the fear of court and more fees. If some guy in our local town is going to have to pay thousands for appealing a banana skin we have no chance!

Soubrette

noelphobic wrote: »

It's not safer if it's still lit and hits a pedestrian or cyclist or goes in their eye!

From the driver's perspective of course.

They might feel it safer to flick it out the window rather than grope around for the ashtray.

Not saying it is but really trying to understand why smokers, in general, flick their rubbish out the window far more than other car users (again not saying that other people don't do this but it seems much more likely to be a cigarette than other rubbish)

Littlemadam83

From a personal perspective it really really did just seem to me to be the thing everyone did. I have never known anyone to use an ashtray in a car. I know this is now wrong, but looking around on the web, I am not the only one that thought it was different to throwing something non combustible out the window.

We would not have done it if we had really thought about it because we end up with bags of rubbish in our car, as we do not throw anything else out the window and always find a bin!

Torby

as regards littering, I can see the argument that it may disintegrate over time with the rain etc...but looking at the number of cigarette butts around...it is a problem and should be tackled....

but now then...

what about people that spit their chewing gum onto the street...thats a really big problem...it sticks to the pavement, the road, your shoes etc...then....it hardens like a blot on the pavement...really unsightly AND practically not cost effective to remove at this stage...I say increase the tax on chewing gum...

redparaman

Rather than totally lay into me, because you think it is a disgusting habit cant you just see I was literally trying to help others as stupid as me?

This person is right! They are not saying they didn´t do wrong, nor are they saying they will not pay the fine. They are offering a reminder to other smokers and litter bugs that actions face consequencies, that is all!

peter_the_piper

A fine for littering should be accepted if:-
a) you did do it or
b) they have proof it was you or
c) they use the correct legislation to issue the fine. Too many try to use the "disposal of hazardous waste" legislation which is not right.

Esoog

This is slightly off topic I know, but on the subject of fag butts...since smoking was made illegal in public places (yeah right) all the bus shelters around here have had the bin taken away from them, obviously to stop people smoking in them, oh well yes that works doesn't it! Now the stupid tramps just drop their butts right on the ground..good work council!