F... Smokers Driving in Front of You

So awful. Lovely spring day, sun is out, not a cloud in sight. I think I'll roll my windows down on my way home from work, some fresh air would be great.

Oh, wait. The jerk in front of me is smoking and I'm catching nothing but his nasty, stinky-ass second hand smoke. So much for enjoying my ride home!

F That!

(apologies to those of you who do this, but F it all the same!)

And F the jerks that throw the used butts on the ground when they're done. It's like littering is ok if it's "only" a cigarette butt. It especially pisses me off when they toss the lit butt on the road when I'm driving behind them.......that's when the road rage kicks in and I blind them with the high beams.

I hate seeing that glowing cigarette butt flying at me as I am driving at night. Sometimes I think those things have to bounce off of the front of my car.

Same here man. I can't stand it, it kind of freaks me out at night. I bet you this too, a smoker has NEVER been pulled over for littering.

I bet you're right. And I really don't get that. I mean, if I pulled out a used tissue and tossed it out the car window, would that be considered ok? Or even walking down the sidewalk, should I just throw it on the ground like people do with cigarettes? Totally pisses me off.

I agree...but you just know the posts are coming saying "why can't I smoke in my car? You don't like it, ride the train or take a different route. The only reason I have to smoke in my car is because you won't let me smoke in the restaurant. Schneed, you pinko commie you"

I agree...but you just know the posts are coming saying "why can't I smoke in my car? You don't like it, ride the train or take a different route. The only reason I have to smoke in my car is because you won't let me smoke in the restaurant. Schneed, you pinko commie you"

Definitely. I'm waiting for them. I felt like starting a fight on the boards today!

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I wouldn't ever argue that they can't smoke in their cars. Definitely wouldn't want a policy stipulating that. But it still pisses me off to smell it!

And the cigarette butts thing gets to me too. I live on a pretty quiet suburban street, not a major thoroughfare by any means. And yet I still find butts on my lawn by the curb on a weekly basis. No respect!

I think the only convincing argument you could come up for that is to really enforce people who throw their damn butts out the window. Because if you go to the end of saying the smell is hurting your legs, you could also say that the exhaust from cars hurts it too. :(

The way I see it, if they have the right to smoke in ANY area in which I HAVE TO breath, then I have the right to cough unnecessarily loud at them or say something to them. Want to smoke? Fine, do it in a way that doesn't bother me. If not, don't get pissed when I call you rude.

True enough. These smoker's rights groups are the ones who piss me off. PLEASE give me a convincing argument about the rights smokers should have. I'd LOVE to hear it.