throwing cigarette butts out the car window

2lazytogetup

Driving along and witnessed driver in front throwing their cigarette butt out the window. my immediate reaction was that this was disgusting, and rude. I wanted to blow the horn but resisted.

But then i thought a cigarette is paper and leaves. Am i overreacting? is it that bad as likely to decompose quickly enough.

Thoughts.

Badly Drunk Boy

Definitely don't do it in Australia. Or places like that.

ednwireland

the filter is basically plastic cellulose acetate, although if you walk, cycle along our roads they are disgusting, cigarette butts are a small part of it.

loveisdivine

It's also extremely toxic to wildlife.

dark crystal

They stopped putting ash trays in cars years ago. What else are they supposed to do with a lit cigarette?
I suppose they could have a bottle of water in the car or something for cigarette waste. If you don't have an extinguishable in the car, I guess throwing them away is the only option.

Sky King

2lazytogetup wrote: »

But then i thought a cigarette is paper and leaves. Am i overreacting? is it that bad as likely to decompose quickly enough.

Thoughts.

The filter is plastickey stuff which doesnt degrade

Salary Negotiator

dark crystal wrote: »

They stopped putting ash trays in cars years ago. What else are they supposed to do with a lit cigarette?
I suppose they could have a bottle of water in the car or something for cigarette waste. If you don't have an extinguishable in the car, I guess throwing them away is the only option.

Or, they could just not smoke until they have somewhere to dispose of their rubbish.

Just because someone doesn't have an ashtray to hand doesn't mean they should be littering the country. Where do you draw the line, oh I don't have a bin at home so I'll just chuck my rubbish on the street.

Vic_08

dark crystal wrote: »

They stopped putting ash trays in cars years ago. What else are they supposed to do with a lit cigarette?
I suppose they could have a bottle of water in the car or something for cigarette waste. If you don't have an extinguishable in the car, I guess throwing them away is the only option.

They don't put bins in cars either, does that make it okay to fling used fast food wrappers out the window? Why should smoker's be given a pass on littering?

Sadly we share our small island with a lot of disgusting pigs, hedges and ditches beside our roads are covered with stuff people have flung out of cars.

Graces7

Vic_08 wrote: »

They don't put bins in cars either, does that make it okay to fling used fast food wrappers out the window? Why should smoker's be given a pass on littering?

Sadly we share our small island with a lot of disgusting pigs, hedges and ditches beside our roads are covered with stuff people have flung out of cars.

Please do not insult pigs....Thank you

Litterers are disgusting humanoids

pure.conya

Sky King wrote: »

The filter is plashtickey stuff which doesnt degrade

ftfy x

pure.conya

dark crystal wrote: »

They stopped putting ash trays in cars years ago. What else are they supposed to do with a lit cigarette?
I suppose they could have a bottle of water in the car or something for cigarette waste. If you don't have an extinguishable in the car, I guess throwing them away is the only option.

i decided since there's no toilet in my car I'm going to pull over to the side if the road and crap out the window

pgj2015

Vic_08 wrote: »

They don't put bins in cars either, does that make it okay to fling used fast food wrappers out the window? Why should smoker's be given a pass on littering?

Sadly we share our small island with a lot of disgusting pigs, hedges and ditches beside our roads are covered with stuff people have flung out of cars.

https://www.dailyedge.ie/gerald-kean-operation-transformation-2980324-Sep2016/


like this guy.

Used coffee cup with some water in it. Well, until that joy disappears from our lives too.

It’s even handy if you don’t smoke in your car but need somewhere to put the butt when you stop for one.

punisher5112

Hate pr1cks that do this as when out on the motorbike the amount that would flick back hit my bike, bike gear on me or worst case go inside helmet or down neck.

Happened.

cruizer101

dark crystal wrote: »

They stopped putting ash trays in cars years ago. What else are they supposed to do with a lit cigarette?

You can buy ashtrays that fit in cupholders if you really need to have a smoke while driving

CrankyHaus

Have they actually completely gotten rid of ashtrays in cars? how long ago was this? I'd normally drive older cars.

CrankyHaus

CrankyHaus wrote: »

Have they actually completely gotten rid of ashtrays in cars? how long ago was this? I'd normally drive older cars.

Last one I seen with one was a 2010 Toyota, which had a removable one like the one above.

pure.conya

pure.conya wrote: »

i decided since there's no toilet in my car I'm going to pull over to the side if the road and crap out the window

That’s a whole new definition of throwing your butt out of the window

branie2

Disgusting

Eire Go Brach

You can get the reg and report it to the litter warden. They will get a fine. Even better if you have a dash cam. You might have to go to court if they dispute it.

I have always been tempted to do it myself. Never have though.

punisher5112

These butts cause serious environmental issues.

They block drainage systems and also then get into the water ways and the sea.

This plastic is causing serious affects on wildlife too.

More need to think about that.

Banzai600

2lazytogetup wrote: »

Driving along and witnessed driver in front throwing their cigarette butt out the window. my immediate reaction was that this was disgusting, and rude. I wanted to blow the horn but resisted.

But then i thought a cigarette is paper and leaves. Am i overreacting? is it that bad as likely to decompose quickly enough.

Thoughts.

ive had cig butts hit my helmet / motorbike on the motorway, or the scooter going through the city, or in the case on Saturday behind some p***k he done it in slow traffic while i was driving the car. didnt give a toss.



its a ****ing scourge, and the toerags that do it, are dirty ***ers.

freshpopcorn

B.A._Baracus

Eire Go Brach wrote: »

You can get the reg and report it to the litter warden. They will get a fine. Even better if you have a dash cam. You might have to go to court if they dispute it.

I have always been tempted to do it myself. Never have though.

Seems like a lot of hassle to go through for someone who threw a smoke out the window.

Eire Go Brach

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Seems like a lot of hassle to go through for someone who threw a smoke out the window.

Not really. Just an email or phone call with the date and reg.
I reported illegal dumping dozens of times. Once they find anything that can identify the dumper. Fine will be issued. Dash cam might be enough.

Once I was asked to go to court. I said no. As they where settled travelers that lived nearby. It’s only if they dispute it.

Church on Tuesday

Salary Negotiator wrote: »

Or, they could just not smoke until they have somewhere to dispose of their rubbish.

Just because someone doesn't have an ashtray to hand doesn't mean they should be littering the country. Where do you draw the line, oh I don't have a bin at home so I'll just chuck my rubbish on the street.

Sadly a lot of folk would be just happy to do that.

lertsnim

dark crystal wrote: »

They stopped putting ash trays in cars years ago. What else are they supposed to do with a lit cigarette?
I suppose they could have a bottle of water in the car or something for cigarette waste. If you don't have an extinguishable in the car, I guess throwing them away is the only option.

Stub it out on the car floor. Why should everyone else have to get their dirty fag butt.

TuringBot47

dark crystal wrote: »

.... I guess throwing them away is the only option.

So same goes for chewing gum then ?

It's a telling sign of someones character that they just flick their cigarettes out the window and expect their litter to magically disappear or someone else to pick it up.

Eire Go Brach

Eire Go Brach wrote: »

Not really. Just an email or phone call with the date and reg.
I reported illegal dumping dozens of times. Once they find anything that can identify the dumper. Fine will be issued. Dash cam might be enough.

Once I was asked to go to court. I said no. As they where settled travelers that lived nearby. It’s only if they dispute it.

Illegal dumping! Back to hanging your ar$e out of the window!

Pintman Paddy Losty

Who gives a crap.fags break down easily. Especially in Irish weather. No one wants their car stinking of stale cigerrettes so you're not going to leave them in the ashtray.

People have little to be worrying about if they're upset by a few fag buts which dissappear after a few weeks of rain.

Ray Palmer

Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »

Who gives a crap.fags break down easily. Especially in Irish weather. No one wants their car stinking of stale cigerrettes so you're not going to leave them in the ashtray.

People have little to be worrying about if they're upset by a few fag buts which dissappear after a few weeks of rain.

They don't magically disappear after a few weeks. They may get broken up but last for decades in nature. It is a type of plastic

TuringBot47

Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »

Who gives a crap.fags break down easily.

Yes, the magic Elves come out at nighttime and clean up everything that's thrown out of a car window.

God forbid you have to clean up your own mess like an adult.
Or have your own ashtray in the car and clean it out when you get home.

Just be aware that when you do it, there's people watching who immediately label you as an inconsiderate scumbag. You're thrown in the same category as people who park in disabled spaces.

Winning_Stroke

The only time its acceptable to throw a cigarette butt is when it's into a puddle of gasoline, that catches fire and spreads to a nearby car/building/plane which immediately explodes

dotsman

Vic_08 wrote: »

They don't put bins in cars either, does that make it okay to fling used fast food wrappers out the window? Why should smoker's be given a pass on littering?

A used food wrapper is not on fire. A cigarette butt is.

Unless a car has a dedicated and suitable ashtray (modern cars don't), then it would be extremely dangerous for a driver to not throw the butt out the window.

CrankyHaus

dotsman wrote: »

A used food wrapper is not on fire. A cigarette butt is.

Unless a car has a dedicated and suitable ashtray (modern cars don't), then it would be extremely dangerous for a driver to not throw the butt out the window.

It's a danger of their own making. They can stop and dispose of it properly

Truckermal

Eire Go Brach wrote: »

You can get the reg and report it to the litter warden. They will get a fine. Even better if you have a dash cam. You might have to go to court if they dispute it.

I have always been tempted to do it myself. Never have though.

Yes you can I done it before, a prick in front of me threw his but out the window then some other papers, when I blew the horn at him he gave me the wank4r gesture out the window. All was on dash cam and he was fined in court for it!

Pauliedragon

Eire Go Brach wrote: »

Not really. Just an email or phone call with the date and reg.
I reported illegal dumping dozens of times. Once they find anything that can identify the dumper. Fine will be issued. Dash cam might be enough.

Once I was asked to go to court. I said no. As they where settled travelers that lived nearby. It’s only if they dispute it.

Not being smart but if the person denies it it's your word against theirs surely. That can't count as proof?

pgj2015

Truckermal wrote: »

Yes you can I done it before, a prick in front of me threw his but out the window then some other papers, when I blew the horn at him he gave me the wank4r gesture out the window. All was on dash cam and he was fined in court for it!

fair play, did you have to go to court or did you have dash cam footage of the tramp?

_Brian

People who smoke are just sticking their fingers up at the whole of society anyway with their disgusting habits.

Bunch of stale smelly people stuck in the 1940’s.

I’m not surprised the litter the place all the time.

Truckermal

pgj2015 wrote: »

fair play, did you have to go to court or did you have dash cam footage of the tramp?

Yes had to attend court too which was enjoyable!

LaFuton

teabag in a recyclable cup works a treat, pop the lid on after and rinse when ya get home. boom hack the system.
no asstray in 09 van? no problem, im still gonna have my smoke on way 2 work and not choke some hard pressed wren

LaFuton

LaFuton wrote: »

....... and not choke some hard pressed wren

I hope you don’t mean a girl the from Women’s Royal Naval Service

LaFuton

i dont i dont i swear
was referring to the fluffy little bird with the loud distinct voice.
oh dear

auspicious

loveisdivine wrote: »

It's also extremely toxic to wildlife.

Yes toxic. Some birds line nests with them and chicks end up lying on them.
Some birds will even feed them to unfortunate
chicks.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/environment/bird-cigarette-butt-chick-picture-florida-beach-photograph-rubbish-a8980676.html%3famp

jaxxx

dark crystal wrote: »

They stopped putting ash trays in cars years ago. What else are they supposed to do with a lit cigarette?
I suppose they could have a bottle of water in the car or something for cigarette waste. If you don't have an extinguishable in the car, I guess throwing them away is the only option.

They can either shove them down their throats or up their @rse. Littering is disgusting.

Stateofyou

Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »

Who gives a crap.fags break down easily. Especially in Irish weather. No one wants their car stinking of stale cigerrettes so you're not going to leave them in the ashtray.

People have little to be worrying about if they're upset by a few fag buts which dissappear after a few weeks of rain.

This is the most ignorant thing I have read in a while. And that's saying a lot.

pgj2015

Truckermal wrote: »

Yes had to attend court too which was enjoyable!

if only everyone else did likewise. some people would throw litter on the ground if a bin was the easier option.

The J Stands for Jay

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Last one I seen with one was a 2010 Toyota, which had a removable one like the one above.

2013 Mondeo has one in the back. I believe the front was an optional extra which slotted into the cup holder

Flaccus

Sort of related but was walking past the chicken hut in limerick city the other day and a wnker double parked in his van flicks his butt out the drivers window. Thought nothing of it till I passed and heard a roar. His equally tosser of a missus on the passenger side threw a load of chicken hut wrappers and boxes out the window into the path of a pedestrian despite a bin beside the vehicles door. Pure ignorance and scumbaggery.

Dejavu as the exact same thing happened me 10 years ago in same spot. Except I told the moron I would be straight down to the station with his reg if he didn’t pick up his rubbish which he did.

In this scenario the pedestrian fired the rubbish back through the passenger window and yer one freaked out for a good 5 minutes with her boyfriend throwing shapes but ultimately did fa as a crowd had gathered and shamed them into disposing of their crap. Total scumbags.

Pintman Paddy Losty

Stateofyou wrote: »

This is the most ignorant thing I have read in a while. And that's saying a lot.

You must live an awful sheltered life if that's the most ignorant thing you have ever read.


We don't live in the australian outback where there's a risk of fire. The fag butt, firstly, is barely noticeable due to it's brown colour, and secondly breaks down to nothing after a matter of days or weeks. It's a victimless crime.