Don't You DARE Smoke In Your Own Car!

[robzrob]

http://www.cornishman.co.uk/Penzance-taxi-driver-pay-nearly-1-000-caught/story-20886391-detail/story.html

[weeb]

This is what happens when you make a deal with the devil.  Licenses are just deals with the state that give you the right to sell by their rules (which are bullshit).  It's always win-lose with the state.  Licenses you hold through the state give warrant for increased scrutiny of your related affairs.  Be hesitant to hold licenses through the state, unless you have no other choice.  There's always a catch with the increased freedom you get, such as more probing and prodding of your personal life, more reporting requirements, more regulations..

 

Wait until they start checking on concealed carry holders at home, or mm card holders/growers, or more mass TSA checkpoints on the roads..

 

My practical smoking suggestion:  Buy a smoke buddy to cover it up, http://smokebuddy.com/

[robzrob]

Hello Weeb

 

I ought to be used to this sort of outrageous behaviour by governments now, but I still get angry.  Although I smoke, I wouldn't advise anybody to take it up, but I don't want to be treated like a criminal for smoking either.  There's no logic (of course) to this law, if they're going to ban smoking in various places, they should also ban internal combustion engines, coal fires, etc, etc.

 

Thanks for the smokebuddy link, I might need it sometime.

 

Rob

Penzance

[AccuTron]

Wellllll...as a nonsmoker, and it stands on it's own anyway...I must disagree.  I've been fortunate, thru many laws, that this is a distant memory, but I recall the stink of a random motel room trying to sleep instead of puke, an elevator, rental car, etc., and also the way restaurants used to be.  It was gross.  Simply put, a person should not be subjected to "gross."  

 

And that's the easy part.  It can cause for-real respiratory distress for some people.  Put a plastic bag over your head for a few YouTube clips, with a hole just big enough to not die, and you'll understand that this is not fashion or fascist.  A taxi IS a public workspace, not a private vehicle.  What if a hospital scrub took a ciggie break indoors, or a restaurant dishwasher?  There'd be a stink about that.

 

And this guy was warned.   More or less "You are a professional in a licensed business which has rules.  You violated an important rule."  And he got a small fine.  He snubbed the lesson and got hit with a large fine.  Seems straightforward to me.

[Daniel Unplugged]

Wellllll...as a nonsmoker, and it stands on it's own anyway...I must disagree.  I've been fortunate, thru many laws, that this is a distant memory, but I recall the stink of a random motel room trying to sleep instead of puke, an elevator, rental car, etc., and also the way restaurants used to be.  It was gross.  Simply put, a person should not be subjected to "gross."   And that's the easy part.  It can cause for-real respiratory distress for some people.  Put a plastic bag over your head for a few YouTube clips, with a hole just big enough to not die, and you'll understand that this is not fashion or fascist.  A taxi IS a public workspace, not a private vehicle.  What if a hospital scrub took a ciggie break indoors, or a restaurant dishwasher?  There'd be a stink about that. And this guy was warned.   More or less "You are a professional in a licensed business which has rules.  You violated an important rule."  And he got a small fine.  He snubbed the lesson and got hit with a large fine.  Seems straightforward to me.

He got a taxi license, because if he operated his taxi without one, he would be subject to the violence of the state. Any contract made under duress is morally invalid.