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Smokers: Stop throwing your butts out of your car window while driving!Why is it that smokers think its just fine to throw out their cigarette butts out of their car windows while driving? Or for that matter, anywhere! I'm sick and tired of being behind one of these moron drivers, especially if I'm driving with my windows open.  curly  Oct '09 I'm so glad I'm not the only one bothered by this! Littering is littering...even a cigarette butt. Worse is when someone dumps their whole ashtray in a parking lot, etc. Jerks!  Lori...since '73 Oct '09 Maybe because they are rude ignorant slobs. Do you think they would like it if someone took a dump in front of thier house ?  Joey ButtafuccoOct '09 Great another smoking thread.  Calico696 Oct '09 I'm not defending anyone because I don't like people who litter either. But, considering cars don't come with ashtrays anymore, what are people SUPPOSED to do with the butts, eat them? Maybe we should ban smoking while driving altogether...  ianimal Oct '09 Calico, good point. I was behind a pick up truck the other morning and the guy actually threw a can out the window. I was stunned!  Bessie Oct '09 Ok maybe it should have read: "Please do not throw any trash thats on fire out your window" SteveOct '09 Very true, Calico. Those who litter need to have a little more respect of others. Diapers are another thing, LOL. So many times, I've seen dirty diapers just laying in a parking lot.  Rich Oct '09 BLD, beaten by DH's Saints...He was one happy Redneck yesterday...LOL I'm depending on them to beat the Giants as well in two weeks. Mark Sanchez had his "welcome to the NFL" wake up call yesterday. I'm sure he will be fine going forward I wish he and the Jets luck. Calico696 Oct '09 I hat ewhen people leave their trash around period! I come into my store every morning to find ciagarrete butts, cups, cans, bags, candy wrappers etc in front of my door. Its ridiculous! Ian: the last car I owned had no ashtray but it did have cupholders in which I put a plastic cup about 1/3 filled with water and used that.they also have those little ashtrays with the beanbag bottom you can put in the car.  yogel Oct '09 Calico - I knew the Jet's loss would bring a smile to your face. Just wanted to make you feel better since you felt smokers were being singled out again, (and you can't have a beer until you get home). OMG it's that "warm and fuzzy" HL feeling again invading a perfectly good thread. BLDOct '09
yogel Oct '09 Haha, yogel... that baby's sweet, lol. Almost makes me wanna start smoking again.... 6 months clean as of Wednesday. ianimal Oct '09
Calico696 Oct '09 Hey saw that butt bucket at the dollar store in hackettstown yesterday. My son picked it up and said what is this?? Its only $1.00 ...  diane Oct '09 Ok well since somebody started a littering thread I just had to share this......I was at Giants Stadium the other night for the Bruce concert and I was just incredulous (good word, eh?) at the amount of garbage that people left behind. There are trash cans EVERYWHERE.......how hard is it to pick up a beer bottle or a pizza container and dump it on your way out of the stadium? It was really disgusting. The guys on the floor were literally shovelling up the bottles, and I counted no less than 10 receptacles for trash within an arm's reach of those bottles.  LVMomofBoys Oct '09 You're kidding, ianimal... yes? ML LakerOct '09 ML Laker: I thought of it but I didn't want to get into this thread whatsoever, And, btw, she posted once and did give it a rest. It's others who are beating a dead horse.  cbel Oct '09 Ianimal way to go! Was wondering about it. When I miss smoking it hits hard but goes right away and it only happens once in a great while these days.  Firefly Oct '09 cbel - ML LakerOct '09 My cousin's wife, who promised him she wouldn't smoke anymore, threw a lit butt out the window on her way home from work. Closed the windows, came inside. Fire trucks at their house a short time later. The lit cig landed in her back seat and set the whole thing up!! My cousin then found out his wife wasn't keeping her promise.  lola Oct '09 What sort of bizarro world must one be living in to read my original post and infer that I was saying it was appropriate behavior? ianimal Oct '09 ML Laker, I was in a car when I was in college and one of the kids threw out a lit butt and she was pulled over and fined for littering! So saying no one ever does is not correct. It wasnt in this town but I am sure it is done. Not as much as it should of course! Not that I smoke but you can buy an ashtray that fits in the standard cupholders that almost every car has. Smoking is a terrible habit, I hate seeing the mess in front of my work, I have coworkers that are missing teeth due to the gum disease, and people with smokers cough.  Jay Oct '09 Maybe this will make people think 1st before littering. I rec'd this from my son's school:  Realtreegrl Oct '09 some moron not only threw her butt out the window, but also her empty pack... i would have loved to have given her a piece of my mind makin' jamOct '09 Realtreegirl, great information! Cigarette butts seem to be the least of our problem (other than being thrown out the window). I have switched to bringing my own bags to the grocery store, will have to start bringing them everywhere, 10-20 years is a long time and those can tabs, who knew? I do realize the butts out the window so please don't start flaming about it being the least of our problems, it's all a problem for the earth. Bessie Oct '09 Realtreegirl - ML LakerOct '09 That's true Christine. I know MANY people who have been fined for throwing them out of the window. It used to only be $50 but now I think it's like $200.  Alison Oct '09 Someone tossed his cigarette in the mulch bed outside the cardiologist's office, set the whole thing on fire. We had to be evacuated while they cleared the smoke from the building (because apparently we aren't really *supposed* to breathe in smoke!). ML LakerOct '09 ML Laker . . . Thanks for the correction. Just going by what the school gave my son on his schoolwork. Realtreegrl Oct '09 Thanks for the correction ML, I suppose since it was a school paper they were a bit basic. But I 'm sure Realtreegirl was happy you corrected the information for us. Bessie Oct '09 "Actually, it take 12 - 20 years for a cigarette filter to completely biodegrade."  justintime Oct '09 The first time I ever had to call 911 was because of a lit cigarette tossed out a window. I lived across the street from a church and a passing car tossed a cig and it landed in their garbage, caught it on fire, which spread to their tree and was working it's way onto the church. I don't care if anyone smokes, but stub it out please!  Sandy Oct '09 the smokers should have to EAT the cigg. butts in my opinion :) make it a true habit!  darlugh Oct '09 It depends on the type of filter. Some have little plastic inserts, some have natural fiber others have synthetic fibers. The tobacco itself is is natural and will degrade in a matter of months, which is hwy I have no qualms about tearing apart my cigar butts and leaving them behind. (Sans ring).  Agust Oct '09 Somone I know has what looks like a smallpox vaccination scar on his neck. Turns out his mom threw a lit butt out the car window, but it blew back in and landed on him while he was sitting in the car seat in the back seat. Wonder how long it took her to realize what happened... yikes. ianimal Oct '09 they dont care for themselves or their families so why would they care about littering  LoneJenna Oct '09 jit- ML LakerOct '09 It is a fire hazard, no doubt about it. Throwing anything out your vehicle window is a bad thing. Gum thrown out the window is disgusting, It was just in your mouth you pig. It's like spitting out the window. What is with all that spitting whenever and wherever you men and boys feel like it? I see alot of it at the schools, guick check, restaurants, shop rite, the hospital, walking down the street. What the hell has been in your mouth that it is so bad you feel the need to spit it out whenever you please. It's a very dirty habbit. Not only dirty but a health issue, your body fluids are now on the ground where people walk. The ground is dirty enough without your spit. How does the public know you don't have some sort of disease, and now is on the bottom of their shoe as they walk into a food store, restaurant or hospital. I know there is an oldtime law on the books about spitting in public. I wish they would bring it back. BusLadyOct '09 Mmm, Mmm... nothing like the sound of someone drawing up a big old hocker before they proceed to spit it on the sidewalk. I swear some people are trying to suck it up from their toes...the way the veins pop out of their neck and their nostrils flair...Gag! Lori...since '73 Oct '09 I think spitting is psychologically symbolic of ejaculating... it's a sign of virility, lol. ianimal Oct '09 Sorry, Lori... I can't take credit for the theory. My college psych professor posed that to us in response to the question of why men spit (boys spit because they see men doing it, btw) and it made sense to me. Not sure if it was an original thought of hers, either... it's certainly from the Freudian school, lol. ianimal Oct '09 back when i cared, i would sound my horn when someone tossed a butt out the window, just so the little creep that i saw what they did and may be i know who they are, plant a little seed of shame in the tiny brain JimOct '09 I remember when I was younger, all of the cars had "cigarette windows" - those little triangle windows that you pushed open for your smoke. I had one on my first car - it always got stuck, LOL. Oh, and they had ashtrays on all the doors. Rich Oct '09 Jim - ML LakerOct '09 LOL, that's just about as stupid as calling people who eat fast food degenerates because of all the fast food wrappers you see on the side of the road. So, my Taco Bell loving degenerate, again, hypocrisy rears its ugly head... ianimal Oct '09 ML, wrong thread on the author thing. As far as anonymous, I'm at almost every Happy Hour, so are many others, feel free to come out and meet us. Also, I always post as Calico696, no name changing for me. Calico696 Oct '09 Interesting to know I am a degenerate. Alison Oct '09 "I think it's interesting that those of you who are guilty use this anonymous forum to act like mean-spirited high school girls who form cliques in order to ostracize another whom they decided they don't like..." ianimal Oct '09 Calico, you're very welcome. Please let me know if there's anything more I can do for you. JimOct '09 "If it's bad for you, costs you money, yields more pain than pleasure, and you can't give it up, what do you call it?" PantlessOct '09 Aaaah, I knew it was to good to be true, Alison's 12-14 hours per day. If your like people at my job you probably spend hours on smoking breaks... Jay Oct '09 No apologies for expressing yourself are needed Jim but feel free to apologise for being a judgemental, pompous ass. Firefly Oct '09 **Ever notice that people like Jim etc. always post without the little envelope next to their name? Hmmmm....*** Bessie Oct '09 Calico, I don't smoke but I'll join your club, LOL, degenerate or not. I prefer being in your crowd than the holier than thou folks. In the words of Billy Joel, "I'd rather laugh with the sinners than die with the saints". I've noticed there seems to be more and more saints here these days , with no offensive habits or human flaws, perfect people. I wish I could meet them, but sure as hell pray I don't know them. Bessie Oct '09 "Aaaah, I knew it was to good to be true, Alison's 12-14 hours per day. If your like people at my job you probably spend hours on smoking breaks..." --Jay Alison Oct '09 So you have to get in your car and leave the "campus"? Hard to believe you keep this to 10 minutes each time (I am talking leaving your desk to returning to your desk). Where I work you just have to leave the exterior doors. Jay Oct '09 We can smoke in our cars in the lot. Many companies are apopting this no smoking rule because it saves them a lot of money in insurance. Would it be acceptable if I were a non-smoker and took an hour for lunch every day? Is that okay with you? I don't. Even if I run over and take 15-20 minutes I am still not taking a full hour. I am sorry that you happen to work with people with such a bad work ethic that it has caused you to be so jaded. I think if that is the case, it's time for you to get a new job. Alison Oct '09 ianimal  frustrated Oct '09 Not sure why you directed that post to MY attention, frustrated, but I agree with you... ianimal Oct '09 You go frustrated!! Bashing other people is what most posters do best on this forum. Nothing but a bunch of elitest. ethnicOct '09 The people I am talking about are almost exclusively very near to retirement and they don't care, they are in good financial condition. I don't like walking into my building with butts all over and people smoking which I have to be exposed to. At least when people are drunks you have to be within a few feet to smell it; smokers mess up the air for 15 to 20 feet or more. The worst is when I am walking behind these jackasses outside and the wind doesn't blow it away. Jay Oct '09 Hello, the smoking degenerate is here ;-) Calico696 Mar '10 I am so glad to see this thread. I was just speaking to Shoebie the other nite, and mentioned that I was furious with a young kid in front of me speeding down 206.... he was in a XMT whatever type of car that is.....really loud mufflers and getting ready to open a pack of ciggs.... He tossed out the wrappers that went flying towards my car, and then for about 30 minutes straight down 206 he was flicking his ashes like there was no tomorrow. I was like I am not going to take that..... I then proceeded with giving him the finger and the Loser sign.... he tried to race out of my way, but I think I made him feel pretty dumb when we stopped in traffic for a half hour and were back to back. It annoyed so bad, I would have said something if he stopped closer to my car.  Pepper Cat Mar '10 Boy, that brought back memories.... I briefly dated the heiress to the Shandor Junkyard fortune many, many moons ago. Very nice girl... hope she's happy, wherever she is. ianimal Mar '10 Pepper Cat, you know what eventually happens to people who are as willfully and indiscriminately confrontational as you seem to be? They wind up confronting the WRONG person... ianimal Mar '10 Pepper - Ashes aren't a big deal. Lit butts are though. Calico696 Mar '10 Pepper Cat, He must have been a chain smoker? Never heard of a cig lasting 30 minutes. The fact you followed him and observed his behavior for more than 30 minutes raises the question,........ AdviceMar '10 A girl in my speech class gave a speech on road rage once I was shocked by how many deaths come from it a year! Be careful, if someone is driving dangerously around you slow down and let them pass no reason to add to their behavior.  AP Mar '10 no trucks are allowed in the left lane under any circumstances in new jersey its the law but the truckers do not care one bit!!! KevinMar '10 Why do people throw anything out their car windows? Go to Germany, Switzerland, and other Euro countries and it's just astonishing how clean their roadsides are compared to this country. I just don't understand WHY people throw garbage out their car windows. TommyMar '10 Agree with all the comments, but how about NO TEXTING OR TALKING ON A PHONE while DRIVING !!! You can just tell when someone is texting. SueMar '10 Advice you are dumb.... I sure as heck can follow him all the way down 206 a one way highway...we were going the same way lol consider that buckoooooooooooooooooooooooooo ;) and then we got stuck in traffic back to back so pshawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww to you buddy! He through the plastic and butts out the window...and they went flying towards me all within a 30 minute time frame going down 206 as he was smoking...... so yeah its disgusting! Smoking is disgusting!!! Pepper Cat Mar '10 I gave up texting and talking on my cell when I heard about the boy killed on an Oprah show....I signed a waver and since I have a Blackberry it is even more difficult to do so... I ignore or pull over to do what I have to. Pepper Cat Mar '10 All right pepper cat good job I hate when people stick there butts out the window the hairy and pimple covered ones are the worst .  CagedAnimal Mar '10 I will flash my lights at folks who toss butts that sail back directly at my car. My car was'tn cheap and I dont appreciate people throwing buring garbage at it. makes me want to pick up the burning cig and throw it in there lap and say here you dropped this  cc Mar '10 Ianimal CagedAnimal Mar '10 So did I, CA, but we may be speaking of different generations. Did you go to Belvidere H.S.? By the time I was in high school in the late 80s/early 90s, they lived in Lopatcong and went to P'burg H.S. So, maybe Judy is her aunt? ianimal Mar '10 There is no reasoning with these people. I smoked a ton but I never tossed butts out the window. Actually, Dolly, I resepctfully disagree. It has become so commonplace to simply toss a lit cigarette out a car window, those who would otherwise abhor littering, have lost sight that what they are doing is worse. YKW (ML)Mar '10 cc, YKW (ML)Mar '10 Well now that all the snow has melted in front of my store on Main St, there is evidence of all the cigarette butts. Its ALOT!. Its gross and I HATE cleaning them up.  Christine Mar '10 ykw  cc Mar '10 Now that the snow is gone, has anyone noticed all the garbage along the roads and exit ramps. Ugh!, the human race. Not to worry the prisoners will be out soon to clean it up. If it wasn't for human pigs they wouldn't be outside enjoying the fresh air. whiteyMar '10 UGH......it just never stops to bother me (perhaps its my long commute each day to E. Hanover)..I could care less if someone smokes in their car, but they think its just so normal to flick a lit cigarette out the window. Its like they are too clean themselves to have their own cig and butts inside the car causing a mess........so why not just create even more litter on the road. Worst is on days when I am enjoying the gorgeous weather...driving with my windows down. curly Mar '10 funny how smokers love their cigs , but open their windows and hang their arm out , i think they should leave their windows up being it is so enjoyable for them cc Mar '10 Disgusting habit, really. I don't want their trash anymore than their smoke, YUK! I see at least two butts hit the ground everyday while driving, and I go ballistic every time (not that these insensitive comatose people would ever notice)! Once I even got out of the car, picked up the butt (eeyew) and handed it back to the guy "you dropped something". He was stunned, and yeah, it was stupid of me. Don't try this yourself! SandraDeeMar '10 Chinese scientists find use for all of those discarded butts...... Calico696 May '10 interesting and a little scary at the same time. Another reason that I am glad not to be a smoker  Coralie May '10 Havent been around in a while but thought of you all immediately the other day....  Casey June 10th ethnic frustrated June 10th I was behind a guy on 80 the other day who literally chain smoked from the Allamuchy Exit all the way to the Paterson exit, and yes, every butt was tossed out the window. Grrr...so glad to hear I'm not the only one for whom this is a pet peeve! Trash is trash, and none of it should be tossed out of the car! Jersey GirlJune 10th And the thing is... when they toss it out, iIT'S STILL BURNING!! In another instance, that would be considered ARSON!! YKWJune 11th Lesson learned? I don't know, was it? Or will you continue to throw your butts out the window? That's a pretty steep fine in comparison to other moving violations. You'd think cops would be doing this more frequently if they can cash in on such a big pay day.  Tracy June 11th Every time I put my trash out for pick-up I walk along the road in front of my house and clean up a minimum of ten filthy disgusting remnants of someone else's bad habit. I really could care less if you smoke but if you wish to discard your butts on my property just please let me know where you live so I can throw my $h!t on your property and we'll call it even! DaveJune 11th "Lesson learned? I don't know, was it? Or will you continue to throw your butts out the window? " Casey June 11th Please be extra careful with cigarette butts. There is a RED FLAG WARNING for today and tomorrow! Do no throw any lighted materials out you car windows and be sure all smoking related materials are thoroughly extinguised in the proper type of container outdoors! Calico696 July 1st What about bottle rockets? Surely, they're ok to launch out of your car window, right? They cool down way before they hit the ground. ianimal July 1st ianimal - How about launching bottle rockets out of your butt....LOL Calico696 July 1st I'm so glad our men and women in uniform have fought (and are fighting) for our freedom to do whatever the he!@@ we want!! virgilJuly 1st Virgil, which of the 9 Circles of Hell is reserved for litterers? Maybe you should take some of them on a little tour like you did for Dante... ianimal July 1st Calico is right. Everything is very dry right now and the heat will be on all next week (with little to no rain). I am a big fireworks fan and will be using them very carefully (do not send them flying toward wooded areas or fields with high grass). Make sure you have extinguishers and a hose at the ready, even if your kids are just playing with sparklers. is follow behind man today, he drive green CRV and drive on allover road. He drive on yellow line. He drive over yellow line. He throw cigarette out from window. He go past red light on to Pleasant Grove road. What is wrong with this wrong think man.  SangBooSangJo July 15th Thought...littering is against the law, whether it's a cup or cig. being thrown out a window. Aren't fireworks against the law in NJ? Just wondering. vicnityJuly 16th and i bet her insurance will not cover it being she admitted to causeing it Caged Animal 3 days ago Leave a ReplyTo comment on this topic, fill out the form below. If you would like to comment directly to one person, you may click on the envelope next to the posters name if they provided an email address. |
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