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LONDON (Reuters) - The government should make it illegal for drivers to smoke behind the wheel, a group of road safety officials believes.

"Drivers shouldn't be trying to smoke or eat when they're behind the wheel, they should be concentrating on the task in hand and the road ahead," said Simon Ettinghausen, a spokesman for the Local Authority Road Safety Officers' Association (LARSOA), which represents councils across the U.K.

"Smoking can be particularly dangerous when lit cigarettes are thrown from open windows: they can hit the car behind causing that driver to get a shock, they can be dropped in the car itself or blown back in by the wind leading to the possibility of injury or fire," he added.

"Driving is a complicated business especially with the high volume of traffic motorists have to contend with these days -- it's not an area where you can multi-task."

Although it is illegal to use hand-held mobile phones while driving, there are no specific laws about smoking, eating or drinking, although motorists run the risk of being charged with not being in full control of their cars.

According to research carried out by Brunel University in 2006, eating and drinking while driving almost doubles the risk of a crash although three-quarters of motorists do so.

LARSOA chairman Malcolm Burns told Reuters the organisation had no evidence smoking was a contributory factor to road accidents and the organisation's initiative has been criticised by the anti speed-camera group Safe Speed.

"I'm amazed LARSOA should propose such a thing," said Safe Speed founder Paul Smith. "Smoking at the wheel isn't a known cause of crashes -- the risk is purely theoretical.

"One thing is for sure -- while a police officer is giving you a ticket for smoking at the wheel, he's not catching drunk drivers or stolen cars."



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Women who turn drivers heads beware! You are on verge of being prohibited to walk on the sidewalks

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Abu
i love ur Avatar. Is that the Mecca?

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abuhakim wrote:

Women who turn drivers heads beware! You are on verge of being prohibited to walk on the sidewalks

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Ha ha! I wonder what the crime would be called?

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Abu
i love ur Avatar. Is that the Mecca?




Precisely thats Mecca. Remember Hagar was chased By Sarah because of Jealousy for bearing Abrahams First child? Thats where they finally settled. It is at this place Abraham built the first mosque, and it is at this place Ishmael was on the verge of being sacrificed!
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It will be called Drive and Flirt!

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abuhakim wrote:

Women who turn drivers heads beware! You are on verge of being prohibited to walk on the sidewalks

Mchawa



Especially those wearing minis and transparent dresses or skirts. Yeah watch out!!



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it will not make it into the law books. they would have have spent their time and resources on something else.

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