After all what we read about serious crimes going unpunished, and the powers that be bleating on about not jailing people because the jails are full, we now have this...
I can just imagine his local council hounding this guy, and not letting it drop as they want an example made of him.
I hear all the time about people like a dog owner whose dog attacks another dog, or a drug addict who has stolen money from charity tins, or a bloke pissing on a war memorial, all NOT going to jail for crimes that should have seen them sent to prison but....now I see a guy jailed for six months, yes not a suspended term but a proper sentence, for failing to pay a fine for letting people smoke in his pub.
Hardly serious in the wider scheme of things in 2010 is it?
Yes he has broken the law but I have listed just three of hundreds of examples, where people should have been jailed but were not yet....they jail someone for non payment of a fine for allowing his customers to smoke.
Fecking typical mad liberal leftie Britain....in 2010
Well Davey I am sure that when these nosey parkers are finished with the cigarette industry and are then bored, they will no doubt move onto the harm drink does.
Or....the harm the car does.
Let people make their own minds up used to be a fantastic trait of the UK, until Nanny took over.
Yep. Totally agree that people should be able to do what they want when they want as long as it does not affect someone elses enjoyment to do what they want and where they want.
The pub and smoking industry have only themselves to blame for this predicament that we find ourselves in. They were asked to bring in a voluntary code in the 1990's. What did they do.......produced a blue sign that read smoking allowed everywhere on this establishment. They didn't just shoot themselves in the foot with that.......they took their whole leg off.
Anyway, the law has not stopped me smoking........just stopped my smoke from harming others that do not want to be harmed by my smoke. Whats wrong with that? I can smoke and they can breathe without getting ill. Looks good to me
Dave_Notts
Might be a good idea then to stop driving as well....just in case you knock someone over. Can't take chances now can we?
Do not want to injure someone whilst out driving.
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Not everyone kills someone when they drive, yet secondhand smoke kills. Not a good comparison IMO
Dave_Notts
Ban smokers from smoking in their cars and watch the rise in road rage! :giggle:
Ban smoking whilst driving because it distracts the drivers attention?
Ok then if they do that then how about banning;
All sound systems /Singing in the vehicle
'Hands free' phone use whilst driving
Any Talking to / Distraction of the driver by passengers (just like on the buses)
Any manoever, whilst driving, which means not having both hands on the wheel to do it.
Changing gear or changing a cd / radio station is no different a distraction that lighting a fag.
Furthermore,
Install Tachographs linked to Police computers so we can't drive too much without a break and microphones to allow the police to 'tune' in to any car they may be following to see if they can nail you with a money spinning fine and points on your licence.
Where does it all end?
I stopped going to pubs when the smoking ban came in and now i couldn't care less if every pub and club in the UK closed up for good.
I find the sight of drunken people as disgusting in public as non smokers find the sight or smell of someone smoking.
I bet the majority of non smoking drinkers don't want all the pubs to close .
Why would any smoker support them though?
smoking in cars..is technically already banned. the highway code states that you should have two hands on the wheel at all times, apart from when changeing gear. I remember reading one guy one guy was told off by police for eating an apple, whilst driving, as he didn't have adequate control of the vehicle.
Personally...I don't have a problem....as long as its your car. If its a work vehicle and other people have to use that vehicle after you...then I think no you should not.
How true is that Davey. The cameras will not be used to catch REAL criminals, oh no that is too much like hard work. Catch the smokers and the people who park in a car park and their ticket had run out five minutes ago.
Target people who stray into bus lanes with a 100 quid fine. Put speed cameras in places where people are bound to get caught.
This country is taking us all for total mugs, and us Brits on the whole roll over like little lap dogs and take it.
I SMOKE in my unit...I SMOKE in my van, and nobody or nothing will ever make me stop.
It is MY unit which I pay 15 grand a year for,plus 5 grand in business rates, which btw I get nothing at all for that. It is MY van that I pay for and tax and insure and MOT.
Bollox to all the little twats out there with their little clip boards waiting to pounce on the motorist or the smoker....I bet they sleep very well at night too....well they would, they work for the local councils!!
