2007-09-28 06:07:13 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Just come in today. So can't use the phone, can't smoke but there is no law yet saying you cant masterbate while driving so I think everyone should do just that in protest !! Who's with me??
2007-09-28 06:11:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The answer is it is not an offence but if you have an accident whilst smoking it could well be taken as driving without due care and attention. The same applies if you are eating or having a drink (non alcoholic)
2007-09-28 15:13:52 · answer #2 · answered by Scouse 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just heard this garbage on the news. The next thing you won't be able to do in your car is to drive.
I gave it a lot of thought and came up with this idea. Why doesn't someone invent a wooden box, attacah two wheels to it and two things sticking out the front where you can somehow attach an ox or similar creature and sit in the box and be pulled along like that.
Do you think such an idea would catch on?.
2007-09-28 15:11:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There have been no reports of it happening. However, the defence for a charge of careless driving is that you have been driving according to the Highway Code. The latest version of the Highway Code recommends that you don't smoke whilst driving. So it's only a matter of time.
2007-09-28 13:10:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think the new Highway Code, published today, prohibits smoking while driving but don't think it is enforceable. Certainly, you can be fined for throwing a cigarette end out of your car window. I have seen such cases reported in the Yorkshire Evening Post newspaper.
2007-09-28 14:52:24 · answer #5 · answered by Cherrypicker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Providing you're in your own car and that car isn't used for any type of work, then - no! But it's illegal to smoke in vehicles that are used to transport members of the public or if they are used by more than one person for the purposes of work (paid or unpaid), whether they are travelling in the vehicle at the same time or not. (eg., a works van). The ban also means that it will be illegal for both drivers and passengers to light up in all taxis and private hire vehicles. This means that drivers will not be able to smoke in their cab, even if they have no passengers.
2007-09-28 13:20:58 · answer #6 · answered by uknative 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You won't get find for smoking unless the police think that you are driving without due care and attention whilst you are smoking.
2007-09-28 15:45:33 · answer #7 · answered by kasey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I heard on the news today that there is a fine for smoking in your car in the uk. Here in Ireland we can smoke in our own cars but not in company vehicles like vans and trucks or Taxi's.
2007-09-28 13:11:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably. In the UK you can be fined for smoking whilst driving a company vehicle (I guess that could include your own car if you use it for work purposes), and you can be fined for throwing your butts out of your car window. I guess if the police felt that by having a cigarette in your hand meant you weren't properly in control of your vehicle then they could fine you for that too. It won't surprise me if they do eventually declare tobacco an illegal drug.
2007-09-28 13:11:01 · answer #9 · answered by miss_blue_47 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No unless you are in a car park or on grounds that state you cant
eg my local hospital forbid anyone to smoke in their car whilst in the car park
2007-09-28 13:11:29 · answer #10 · answered by stormydays 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋