How can smoking in vehicles be banned?

[Congalltee]

Daft idea. The state has no business dictating what people can do in the privacy of their own car.

That is blatant lie. The State demands sobriety, observance of societal norms and concentration. Failing those it prosecutes or facilitates the payment of compensation to an injured party. A car is not a regulation free zone.

[Cellach]

1. It is dangerous driving.

It is not.

2. It is a confined space.

Put down the window.

3. Children have to be protected from delinquent parents.

Correct. Smoking whilst driving even if your children are in the car is not a form of delinquency however.

[Interista]

That is blatant lie. The State demands sobriety, observance of societal norms and concentration. Failing those it prosecutes or facilitates the payment of compensation to an injured party. A car is not a regulation free zone.

Sobriety is required because drunken drivers are an obvious risk to their own and other people's safety. Not sure how the state can enforce 'concentration' in a driver (do we ban anyone from driving if they haven't had 8 hours sleep the night before?), and as for 'observance of societal norms', since when has smoking in a private space been considered abnormal?

[Cato]

That is blatant lie. The State demands sobriety, observance of societal norms and concentration. Failing those it prosecutes or facilitates the payment of compensation to an injured party. A car is not a regulation free zone.

Good point, but the key difference there is that they all inhibit or aid safe driving.

[Congalltee]

Good point, but the key difference there is that they all inhibit or aid safe driving.

Are people seriously suggesting that driving while smoking or smoking while driving is safe?

[The Field Marshal]

Can it be done through Road Traffic Legislation a la mobile phones or through making a Motor Vehicle a place of work for the purposes of smoking ban legislation?

It is probably already banned as driving without due care and attention but the message does not seem to be getting through.
Why it needs to be done:
1. It is dangerous driving.
2. It is a confined space.
3. Children have to be protected from delinquent parents.

Fascist shyte from a true demagogue.

[Cato]

Are people seriously suggesting that driving while smoking or smoking while driving is safe?

I have seen no evidence that it is unsafe.

[Interista]

Are people seriously suggesting that driving while smoking or smoking while driving is safe?

Yes.

Since you are the one advocating a ban, the onus is on you to prove otherwise.

[MsAnneThrope]

Are people seriously suggesting that driving while smoking or smoking while driving is safe?

A lot safer than eating a hamburger and chips or a breakfast roll with coffee while driving I'd say.

[Magror14]

That is blatant lie. The State demands sobriety, observance of societal norms and concentration. Failing those it prosecutes or facilitates the payment of compensation to an injured party. A car is not a regulation free zone.

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