Smoking in your car may be illegal in Georgia soon

[dmcowen674]

Smoking in your car may be illegal in Georgia soon.

The Bill introduced today applies if you are found to have a child in a car seat.

Kids have the right to breath smoke free air over the right og the adult to smoke in the confines of the car while the child is in the car.
Scheduled to be a Misdemeanor with a Fine.

 

[notfred]

What if the kid isn't a car seat?

 

[pyonir]

good.

 

[Spooner]

hella good

 

[Mani]

To be honest, I'm wondering why this legislation hasn't been introduced sooner. It has to be very damaging for a small child to be breathing cigarette fumes inside a closed car. Definitely a step in the right direction.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: notfred
What if the kid isn't a car seat?

Good question. It should just be written that any minors in your car.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: Mani
To be honest, I'm wondering why this legislation hasn't been introduced sooner. It has to be very damaging for a small child to be breathing cigarette fumes inside a closed car. Definitely a step in the right direction.

I'm normally against more laws and bigger Government but this is like a Sin Tax on the dumb adults while trying to protect the inocent children that can't protect themselves from the clueless adults.

 

[BoberFett]

On tomorrows agenda for our masters, I mean representatives...

Fines for:
Swearing
Watching PG-13 movies
Playing violent video games
Eating junk food

Think of the children!

 

[Occifer]

[flame suit on] I'm a smoker [/flame suit on]
but it really pisses me off when I see some stupid wench smoking a cigarette with 4 kids in the car (some of which probably aren't hers) with the freaking windows rolled all the way up.

Wait till you get where you are going to smoke your fvcking cigarette!!!!!!

 

[slikmunks]

why would a responsible parent smoke in their car if their kid is in it?? hell, i don't smoke, and i don't have kids, but when i do, if someone's smoking in a car with him, i'm going to be very :|

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: BoberFett
On tomorrows agenda for our masters, I mean representatives...

Fines for:
Swearing
Watching PG-13 movies
Playing violent video games
Eating junk food

Think of the children!

i was waiting for one of you guys.

 

[Tominator]

LOL!

You idiots do not think your beloved video games are not the next thing they outlaw? There is AT LEAST as much harm done by our acceptance of violence in television and video games as done by a few cigarettes.

 

[charrison]

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: BoberFett
On tomorrows agenda for our masters, I mean representatives...

Fines for:
Swearing
Watching PG-13 movies
Playing violent video games
Eating junk food

Think of the children!

i was waiting for one of you guys.

Welcome to the nanny state. One more thing that really cant be effectively enforced.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: BoberFett
On tomorrows agenda for our masters, I mean representatives...

Fines for:
Swearing
Watching PG-13 movies
Playing violent video games
Eating junk food

Think of the children!

i was waiting for one of you guys.

Welcome to the nanny state. One more thing that really cant be effectively enforced.

`tis true. actually...i don't really car either way. don't smoke, have no kids, not going to have kids blah blah blah.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: BoberFett
On tomorrows agenda for our masters, I mean representatives...

Fines for:
Swearing
Watching PG-13 movies
Playing violent video games
Eating junk food

Think of the children!

I'm tempted to agree with you, and if this were a blanket public smoking ban (or a ban on smoking in the home) I would agree. On the other hand, a car has a porr ventillation system. Then again, my mother and her siblings managed to survive even though my grandfather smokes like a chimbney, same with several friends I have whose parents smoke. While this instance may not be all that bad, I dislike the precident that it's setting.

ZV

 

[Wag]

Hah. This is a funny law. Waste of taxpayer time and money.

While I'm generally against smoking in public places this is just plain stupid. How are they going to enforce this? It'll get struck down so fast it's really irrelevant anyways.

What they should really do is concentrate on getting emissions cleaned up because the stuff you suck-in when stuck in traffic is probably much worse than any second hand smoke you occasionally get.

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: BoberFett
On tomorrows agenda for our masters, I mean representatives...

Fines for:
Swearing
Watching PG-13 movies
Playing violent video games
Eating junk food

Think of the children!

Nice!!

amish

 

[EndGame]

I don't smoke, and I agree with the concept and concern this law would deal with.

BUT, at the same time, I'm very much concerned with laws such as this being passed. As mentioned above, today it is this, tomorrow it may be fining parents whom allow minors to view PG-13 movies or play PC/video games with violent content. Where will/would it stop? What about parnets whom allow minors to eat fast food? What about minors whom are caught drinking or smoking themselves? Will these violations soon carry penalties for the parents as well?

Very questionable IMHO. Talk about taking away the rights of our citizens!

 

[ohtwell]

Good!


: ) Amanda

 

[Amused]

This is beyond ridiculous.

As we go down the road to the complete nanny-state... please leave your freedoms at the door.

 

[Zebo]

And now you know why i want to move to thailand. No building restrictions (i had to pay $$$ in permits just to buld a bock wall around my house), no personal freedom restriction. And no i don't smoke and never have. we need to wake up.

 

[charrison]

Originally posted by: Carbonyl
And now you know why i want to move to thailand. No building restrictions (i had to pay $$$ in permits just to buld a bock wall around my house), no personal freedom restriction. And no i don't smoke and never have. we need to wake up.

Building codes are not such a bad thing.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Carbonyl
And now you know why i want to move to thailand. No building restrictions (i had to pay $$$ in permits just to buld a bock wall around my house), no personal freedom restriction. And no i don't smoke and never have. we need to wake up.

Carb, don't you see this is a direct result of socialist policy? When the government (the people as a whole) have to pay for everything, they get to tell you how to live. You become subject to every little knee-jerk reaction the activists have.

You grow up, and trade in your parents for government, i.e., "Big Mother."

 

[jaydee]

I'd like to know how they're planning on enforcing this. You'd have to be driving parallel to another car and looking directly at the driver to notice and even so, the person can dip it below the window so it can't be seen.

It's a nice idea, but I'm afraid it won't have any impact. If a person is stupid enough to smoke in the car with a infant/toddler, I'm willing to bet they're stubborn enough to break a law, when it's nearly impossible to get caught.

It'd be like a state law that bans downloading copyrighted music.

 

[Tominator]

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: Carbonyl
And now you know why i want to move to thailand. No building restrictions (i had to pay $$$ in permits just to buld a bock wall around my house), no personal freedom restriction. And no i don't smoke and never have. we need to wake up.

Building codes are not such a bad thing.

They are when the sole purpose is to provide union jobs and exclude competition. In most large counties that is how codes are used.