Heads up on smoking!

Kennyeth · 30th September 2015, 14:07

This from Hx Courier:
Ban on smoking in cars carrying children comes into effect in England and Wales Drivers or passengers caught smoking under the ban will get a £50 fixed penalty
Motorists and passengers in England and Wales are being warned they will soon be breaking the law if they smoke in a vehicle carrying a person under 18.
From tomorrow, October 1, they face fixed penalty fines of £50 – with drivers at risk of being fined twice if they have failed to stop a passenger smoking and are smoking themselves.
It will be an offence for a person of any age to smoke in a private vehicle that is carrying someone who is under 18 for a driver (including a provisional driver) not to stop someone smoking in these circumstances. The rules don’t apply to e-cigarettes.
Enforcement officers (usually the police) will use their discretion to decide whether to issue a warning or a fixed penalty notice, or whether to refer an offence to court.
It will also be illegal for retailers to sell electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) or e-liquids to someone under 18 for adults to buy (or try to buy) tobacco products or e-cigarettes for someone under 18 to smoke in private vehicles that are carrying someone under 18.
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That must mean a new driver at 17yrs can`t light up in their own car, even on there own.
Ken.

neilb740 · 30th September 2015, 14:13

There is a report in the paper today claiming that the Police are refusing to enforce the smoking in cars ban due to lack of resources.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-children.html

Not that it matters to me now that I have finally managed to quit

FLYER · 30th September 2015, 14:20

Disgusting habit .

ratchet · 30th September 2015, 14:41

Hmm....... mummies faced with the prospect of not having a fag whilst driving their little darlings to school.

Bet we see more of the little ......... walking to school from now on

Can't you tell I don't have kids

MangoMan · 30th September 2015, 14:46

stevenicks · 30th September 2015, 14:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by ratchet

Hmm....... mummies faced with the prospect of not having a fag whilst driving their little darlings to school.

Bet we see more of the little ......... walking to school from now on

Can't you tell I don't have kids

Walk to school? Your having a laugh, especially the teenagers they are pampered from cradle to grave.

Dallas · 30th September 2015, 14:46

About blooming time, better late than never I suppose.

coolcat · 30th September 2015, 15:31

I see that they are banning smoking in prison cells as well.......shame for the poor souls

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34395034

stevestrat · 30th September 2015, 15:40

I am a smoker, my only vice but I never smoke if there is anyone else in the car. In general I never smoke if there are kids around, lot of others aren't so considerate.

coolcat · 30th September 2015, 15:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevestrat

I am a smoker, my only vice but I never smoke if there is anyone else in the car. In general I never smoke if there are kids around, lot of others aren't so considerate.

I thought driving our cars was a vice as well

30th September 2015, 14:07	#1
Kennyeth This is my second home No more Rover Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Posts: 5,881 Thanks: 1,625 Thanked 1,308 Times in 998 Posts	Heads up on smoking! This from Hx Courier: Ban on smoking in cars carrying children comes into effect in England and Wales Drivers or passengers caught smoking under the ban will get a £50 fixed penalty Motorists and passengers in England and Wales are being warned they will soon be breaking the law if they smoke in a vehicle carrying a person under 18. From tomorrow, October 1, they face fixed penalty fines of £50 – with drivers at risk of being fined twice if they have failed to stop a passenger smoking and are smoking themselves. It will be an offence for a person of any age to smoke in a private vehicle that is carrying someone who is under 18 for a driver (including a provisional driver) not to stop someone smoking in these circumstances. The rules don’t apply to e-cigarettes. Enforcement officers (usually the police) will use their discretion to decide whether to issue a warning or a fixed penalty notice, or whether to refer an offence to court. It will also be illegal for retailers to sell electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) or e-liquids to someone under 18 for adults to buy (or try to buy) tobacco products or e-cigarettes for someone under 18 to smoke in private vehicles that are carrying someone under 18. ***************************************** That must mean a new driver at 17yrs can`t light up in their own car, even on there own. Ken.

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ratchet Posted a thing or two ZT-T + CTDI Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Gone walkabout Posts: 1,185 Thanks: 179 Thanked 361 Times in 289 Posts	Hmm....... mummies faced with the prospect of not having a fag whilst driving their little darlings to school. Bet we see more of the little ......... walking to school from now on Can't you tell I don't have kids

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