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West Ender · 28-06-2007, 18:27

I think the "you may drop the cigarette and cause an accident" argument is laughable. I was a driver-who-smoked for over 30 years until I gave up smoking and it didn't happen to me, or to my late husband, or to anyone in my family who drove and smoked, or to anyone I knew.

Think about it, please. Put the frying pan on and it might go up in flames, that happened to my neighbour; wash your car on your drive and someone might slip on the bubbles, that happened to another neighbour. The possibilities are endless, the probabilities are much much less.

I only know, personally, of 1 accident caused by a driver who was distracted by an activity in his car. A colleague of mine had her car rammed, and was quite badly hurt, by a driver who was groping around on the floor of his car. He admitted he had dropped his Fruitgums. Should we ban eating sweets while driving too?

28-06-2007, 18:27	#5
West Ender Passed away 25-11-09 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Lymm, Cheshire Posts: 2,674 Blog Entries: 147 Liked: 2 times Rep Power: 191	Re: Smoking ban........ I think the "you may drop the cigarette and cause an accident" argument is laughable. I was a driver-who-smoked for over 30 years until I gave up smoking and it didn't happen to me, or to my late husband, or to anyone in my family who drove and smoked, or to anyone I knew. Think about it, please. Put the frying pan on and it might go up in flames, that happened to my neighbour; wash your car on your drive and someone might slip on the bubbles, that happened to another neighbour. The possibilities are endless, the probabilities are much much less. I only know, personally, of 1 accident caused by a driver who was distracted by an activity in his car. A colleague of mine had her car rammed, and was quite badly hurt, by a driver who was groping around on the floor of his car. He admitted he had dropped his Fruitgums. Should we ban eating sweets while driving too? __________________ * Some cinemas let the flying monkeys in............and some don't.