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moon · 05-23-2008, 08:09 PM

If people are dumb enough to smoke in their cars with their kids nowadays do people really believe they are going to stop because of some law they will probably never hear about/care about/remember?

What's the likelihood that cops will be able to enforce this law? The amount of time/effort it would take coupled with the little to no results that they would get would be a waste of time.

I applaud the effort and think that as much should be done as possible to stop parents from smoking in the car with their kids, but making a stupid law that is likely to stop less than 5% of the parents who smoke seems to be nothing more than a waste of time and another badge that the holier-than-thou anti-smoking jackass can pin on their jackets while patting themselves on the back smiling about how much better they are than other people.

05-23-2008, 08:09 PM	#281
moon Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Lethbridge Exp:	If people are dumb enough to smoke in their cars with their kids nowadays do people really believe they are going to stop because of some law they will probably never hear about/care about/remember? What's the likelihood that cops will be able to enforce this law? The amount of time/effort it would take coupled with the little to no results that they would get would be a waste of time. I applaud the effort and think that as much should be done as possible to stop parents from smoking in the car with their kids, but making a stupid law that is likely to stop less than 5% of the parents who smoke seems to be nothing more than a waste of time and another badge that the holier-than-thou anti-smoking jackass can pin on their jackets while patting themselves on the back smiling about how much better they are than other people.