View Poll Results: How do you dispose of cigarettes when in your car? (check all that you have done)
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Cigarette Disposal
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From: Great State of Texas
If you are ever in Texas please don't burn my state down by throwing your hot smokes on our dry land.
We are in the middle of a drought. The smallest spark from a shredder on a rock can easily char hundreds of acres of farm/ranch land. Imagine what a glowing cigarette butt can do.
I've been known to smoke more than a few cigars (goes really well with a crown & 7 with 2 wedges of lime BTW) so I know how inconvenient it is ...but again, please don't burn our fields, livestock, or homes.
We are in the middle of a drought. The smallest spark from a shredder on a rock can easily char hundreds of acres of farm/ranch land. Imagine what a glowing cigarette butt can do.
I've been known to smoke more than a few cigars (goes really well with a crown & 7 with 2 wedges of lime BTW) so I know how inconvenient it is ...but again, please don't burn our fields, livestock, or homes.
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From: where the deer and antelo
Why do people think it is ok to throw their butts out the window? I like to eat in the truck, but if I throw my trash out, the same butt throwers would have a fit. Walk in the post office or bank and look at the pile of butts all over the ground. Yuck!
When I see some one throw one out at a stop sign or light, I usually say "hey (insert your favorite term for **** orifice here), you lost your butt" I have had more than one person run the red light they were so embarrassed.
When I see some one throw one out at a stop sign or light, I usually say "hey (insert your favorite term for **** orifice here), you lost your butt" I have had more than one person run the red light they were so embarrassed.
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From: Southern MD
I gave up smoking 8-1/2 years ago!!!!!!
I used to throw the butt out the 'wing' window of my truck or car, until I saw the commercial that showed a guy 'flicking' a lit butt out the window and hearing the sound of a gunshot, and these words (spoken with a deep voice). . . .
"Remember. . . only YOU can prevent forest fires."
After that (and it sank in) the ashes and butts went into the trash, when (the ashtray) was cool to the touch.
Keith
I used to throw the butt out the 'wing' window of my truck or car, until I saw the commercial that showed a guy 'flicking' a lit butt out the window and hearing the sound of a gunshot, and these words (spoken with a deep voice). . . .
"Remember. . . only YOU can prevent forest fires."
After that (and it sank in) the ashes and butts went into the trash, when (the ashtray) was cool to the touch.
Keith
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From: Eastern WA
People who throw cig butts out their window when driving as well as dump their ashtray in the parking lot just give non-smokers, including those that are not opposed to others smoking, reason to not like the habit. Around here, tossing them out the window when driving is good for just under a $1000 fine due to wildfire problems over the last handful of summers. It's a law that I happen to like, especially when it's enforced (and it IS enforced).
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From: North of Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ya, people that use the world as their ashtray are just down right inconsiderate and ignorant. 
We have a burn ban in this state because of drought and EXTREMELY HIGH fire danger. We have had many grass and wildfires, both accidental and arson related. The state and government officials have spent hundreds upon hundreds of thousands of dollars fighting fires. We have been using the reserve and volunteer firefighters as much as the paid firefighters. The officials have officially ruled more than one fire as being caused by cigarette butts out the window. It's not hard to figure that one out when you see charred ground leading from the edge of the road into an empty grass field. These charred spots are all over town and in the country. I can't beleive these retards still throw their butts out the window while I'm driving behind them. Man, sometimes I wish I was a cop to give these dummies a piece of my mind and a stiff fine. And yes, I've had to clean up discarded butts in parking lots, around base, and on a FOD walk. It surprises me how lazy and slobbish people can be.
I'm surprised this poll has the usernames on it. I wonder if the results would be different if the names weren't posted on the votes?. I would have guessed that there would be a whooole lot more voting on the "Throwing the butts out the window" option.
Just out of curiosity, I'd love to know why people throw them out the window instead of use the ashtray that every freakin car comes with!?!?
We have a burn ban in this state because of drought and EXTREMELY HIGH fire danger. We have had many grass and wildfires, both accidental and arson related. The state and government officials have spent hundreds upon hundreds of thousands of dollars fighting fires. We have been using the reserve and volunteer firefighters as much as the paid firefighters. The officials have officially ruled more than one fire as being caused by cigarette butts out the window. It's not hard to figure that one out when you see charred ground leading from the edge of the road into an empty grass field. These charred spots are all over town and in the country. I can't beleive these retards still throw their butts out the window while I'm driving behind them. Man, sometimes I wish I was a cop to give these dummies a piece of my mind and a stiff fine. And yes, I've had to clean up discarded butts in parking lots, around base, and on a FOD walk. It surprises me how lazy and slobbish people can be. I'm surprised this poll has the usernames on it. I wonder if the results would be different if the names weren't posted on the votes?. I would have guessed that there would be a whooole lot more voting on the "Throwing the butts out the window" option.
Just out of curiosity, I'd love to know why people throw them out the window instead of use the ashtray that every freakin car comes with!?!?
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From: Other side of the sunrise
Originally Posted by cigarxtc
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Just out of curiosity, I'd love to know why people throw them out the window instead of use the ashtray that every freakin car comes with!?!?
Just out of curiosity, I'd love to know why people throw them out the window instead of use the ashtray that every freakin car comes with!?!?
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From: Home, at last!
If I am out in the yard or wherever and no trash can around I "field strip"; learned that in the army. Knock the burning end off and step on it, store the butt until it can be thrown away.
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From: Great State of Texas
cigarxtc, I went to Pryor from Dallas 3 weeks ago. I was amazed at how many fires you guys had just immediately off HyWy 69. At each location I would estimate anywhere from 200 - 300 acres were burned. One spot had to be 500+ acres. I counted a minimum of 8 locations.
The customer I went to see in Pryor had a huge burn that went right to the parking lot before it was contained. If it would have hit that plastics plant I doubt that The Pryor F.D. + surrounding F.D.s could have stopped the ensuing inferno.
The customer I went to see in Pryor had a huge burn that went right to the parking lot before it was contained. If it would have hit that plastics plant I doubt that The Pryor F.D. + surrounding F.D.s could have stopped the ensuing inferno.
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From: Damascus-Boring, Ore
Originally Posted by berkad
If I am out in the yard or wherever and no trash can around I "field strip"; learned that in the army. Knock the burning end off and step on it, store the butt until it can be thrown away.
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From: North of Tulsa, Oklahoma
Yep, the burn barn is not an idle threat right now. It is very bad out here. We had a firefighter lose his home to a wildfire while he was on location fighting another fire. Just last month we had fires close enough that I could go out in my yard and smell and see the smoke from nearby wildfires. I live in a suburban neighborhood. 
Now that is one eerie feeling. I made sure I had my water hose plugged in and ready just in case. So many people just do not think about the real dangers.....or maybe they just don't care?......There was a rancher on the news over the weekend that had a grass fire(that was deliberately set according to the news report) that had livestock and his home in danger. He told how luckily he was home to fight it and all his neighbors helped. They all had their water hoses and tools out to try to dose the fire before it reached his stables and home. Luckily they beat that fire. The rancher said something that makes you perk up and listen.....>He said something to the effect that the culprits better hope the local authorities with badges catch them before these good ol' boys do. Now that would be a very scary threat.
Now that is one eerie feeling. I made sure I had my water hose plugged in and ready just in case. So many people just do not think about the real dangers.....or maybe they just don't care?......There was a rancher on the news over the weekend that had a grass fire(that was deliberately set according to the news report) that had livestock and his home in danger. He told how luckily he was home to fight it and all his neighbors helped. They all had their water hoses and tools out to try to dose the fire before it reached his stables and home. Luckily they beat that fire. The rancher said something that makes you perk up and listen.....>He said something to the effect that the culprits better hope the local authorities with badges catch them before these good ol' boys do. Now that would be a very scary threat.
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From: Great State of Texas
My son-in-law, just a couple of weeks ago, stopped to put out a fire in a nearby neighbor's front yard that had burned up to the brick. This is in a new suburban sub-division.
Even worse, the homeowner and family is deaf. The neighbor across the street knew which button to push (like a doorbell) that flashed lights in the house to alert the family to come to the door.
Good thing their water hose was still hooked up out front.
The fire dept. said it had to be a cigarette butt that started the fire.
I have been running my sprinkler system (which I never do this time of year) just because of that incident.
Even worse, the homeowner and family is deaf. The neighbor across the street knew which button to push (like a doorbell) that flashed lights in the house to alert the family to come to the door.
Good thing their water hose was still hooked up out front.
The fire dept. said it had to be a cigarette butt that started the fire.
I have been running my sprinkler system (which I never do this time of year) just because of that incident.
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Joined: Oct 2004
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Just another angle on throwing them out the window. How bout the idiots that throw them up out there window so the stay airborne longer and happen to hit your truck or worse yet when that happens and your following them on your motorcycle. Ive been pretty impressed with vulgarities i can string together when that happens.
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From: North of Tulsa, Oklahoma
Wow, that's one I never thought of. That is disrepectful enough when it hit's a vehicle. I always wonder if they do it on purpose, like they think they're such a bad... that they can flick their butts at anyone and not care? If I was driving a motorcycle and someones butt hit me, my bike, or my clothes I'd be ticked too. And around here, helmets are not required by law, so I wonder if anybody in this state ever gets one in the face?
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From: KCMO
Originally Posted by olfordsnstone
It makes the car smell bad.
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