Are smoking drivers are a safety issue?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by IluvCATS, Jan 13, 2019.

  1. IluvCATS

    IluvCATS Road Train Member

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    I’m worried about safety. When drivers are smoking and I have to walk or drive through their 2nd hand smoke, I feel anxiety and very unsafe..Is it time to outlaw it?
     
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  3. Jwhis

    Jwhis Heavy Load Member

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    Crack is ok, meth makes me sneeze
     
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  4. SteerTire

    SteerTire Road Train Member

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    I don’t smoke cigarettes. I smoke pot. It shouldn’t be an issue for you. Since it’s legal in more and more states.

    No health hazards either. According to Stoned magazine
     
  5. Cattleman84

    Cattleman84 Road Train Member

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    Dont worry about it... My lungs have already pre filtered it for you.
     
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  6. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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  7. Moosetek13

    Moosetek13 Road Train Member

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    It must be terrible to live life in such a paranoid state.
     
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  8. IluvCATS

    IluvCATS Road Train Member

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  9. WesternPlains

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    Someone left the catnip open again. :biggrin_25521:
     
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  10. Lumper Humper

    Lumper Humper Road Train Member

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    How about outlawing flying j pizza. I don’t eat pizza to get a digestive tract cleanse.
     
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  11. x1Heavy

    x1Heavy Road Train Member

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    No.

    If anything I should be dead growing up in a leaded paint house with varnish and 100 year old death trap by fire wood in three stories.

    Or going around some of the heavy industry with the asbestos. One of my elementary schools was closed specifically because of that material and we ran around in it for years.

    Let's not forget my life long association with steam. You learned to deal with the cinders when the engine has a sort of a cold depending on the combustion patterns now and then. I actually have lime powder and cement damage inside my trachea near the lungs. It's verifiable by MRI from trucking in bulk with that stuff. Lime in particular. That's my kryptonite. They called me spaceman what with the kit I had to wear to filter the air while unloading that stuff. I should be happy it's not powdered lead or something outrageous.
     
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