Smokers SUCK!

Ok... so we have had some nice weather the past couple of weeks and I have been driving the little car again. Its nice to drive something different and I love to put the top down. :-) Anyway, I have to say that there is one thing that really gets me mad (especially when I am in that car). Why do smokers think they have the right to discard their lit cigarette butts out the window? I mean, do they not want to trash the inside of their car with a dirty cigarette butt? If so, haven't they realized that their car smells like ass already because of the nasty fumes? Isn't it littering to throw trash from your car? I just think it is terribly inconsiderate and trashy.

On three different times on the way home last week a smoker threw their butt out the window while they were driving in front of me. I realize that many of us are not schooled in aerodynamics but we have all had the same experience before... when the person in front of you throws out their butt, it inevitably is carried by the draft of the car directly into the car behind them. Now, add to that equation that the person in front of you is a big SUV high off the ground and you are in a sports car that is very low... are you getting the picture now? Predictably, there is a 50/50 chance that their butt is going over the windshield and into the car behind them.

I realize the world is an ever changing place and smokers feel more and more like they are discriminated against. New laws have restricted smoking in public places and now they are forced to smoke outside or in designated areas. Well, all I can say is that these laws exist for a reason. Smoking is a disgusting habit and those that smoke are generally inconsiderate about it. Along with the obvious health factors involved in second hand smoke, flicking your butts out of your car window is just an example of why legislation exists to restrict the habits of smokers.

In Loving Memory...

You know you have all seen them. The cars that have a sticker on their window that says "In Loving Memory" along with a name and a date. Have you ever wondered what this is all about? Who are these people and why are they doing this?

It is true, you can't go through life without losing a loved one at some point in time, but why the sticker on the car? Did the deceased will the driver the car and this their way of saying thank you to the departed? Was the deceased cremated and their ashes hiden in the car so the sticker is like a headstone? Yeah... I really can't say I understand the behavior. While I feel sorrow for the driver that they have lost someone that was obviously precious to them, I find it difficult to bestow my condolences upon them while I drive at 55 MPH. Which leads me to other questions like... What happens when somebody new dies and you already have a sticker? Do you scratch the original sticker off the window? Do you order the newly departed the larger version for the back window and get one of the smaller ones for the previous guy to put on a side window? I think there is a point where you will run out of windows, don't you? Also, what do you do when you buy a new car? Do you get new stickers? Do you only dedicate your car to the people that die while you have it? It is all very interesting...

Anway... Yeah... not for me... I use my car to drive, not to remember dead people.