{"id":10459,"date":"2007-01-10T11:10:34","date_gmt":"2007-01-10T18:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/01\/10\/but-what-about-the-children.html"},"modified":"2007-01-10T11:10:34","modified_gmt":"2007-01-10T18:10:34","slug":"but_what_about_the_childr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/01\/10\/but_what_about_the_childr.html","title":{"rendered":"“But what about the children?”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bangor City Council has banned smoking in your car if there are kids there<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n

People who smoke with children present in the confined space of a car or truck might as well be deliberately trying to kill those children, said City Councilor Patricia Blanchette, who is a smoker.<\/p>\n

“Let’s step up to the plate and lead; our children are worth the fight,” she said.<\/p>\n

The ordinance, which was approved by a 6-3 vote, applies to any motor vehicles on any public roads within the city. Violators face fines of up to $50.<\/p>\n

An amendment that was added Monday to the original proposal makes the violation a primary offense, rather than a secondary offense. That means police can pull over vehicles if they see somebody smoking with anybody under 18 in the vehicle; if it were a secondary offense, police would have to stop the vehicle for some other reason, such as speeding.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Like Doyce<\/a>, I agree with the sentiment here. Second-hand smoke is unhealthy for people, probably especially for kids. That said — how many other unhealthy or dangerous acts are we going to ban or prohibit or fine? How many unwise actions are we going to punish by law? Heck, what about prolonged exposure to cigarette smoke in houses? Should smoking be banned in any house occupied by a child? What
\nabout just having a 10 yard smoking ban around any kid? Or just outlaw the things altogether — after all, they’re harmful to adults, too.<\/p>\n

Rrg. I suspect there are many more important (and even life-saving) things the Bangor City Council (and the police) could be doing than this sort of nanny state meddling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Bangor City Council has banned smoking in your car if there are kids there. People who smoke with children present in the confined space of a car or truck…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39631,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/10\/vehicles-vs-cyclists-fight.html","url_meta":{"origin":10459,"position":0},"title":"Vehicles vs.Cyclists: Fight!","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 10-Nov-13 12:02am","format":false,"excerpt":"Having both friends and correspondents who are cyclists, I'm inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt. \u00a0While I don't bike any more, I'm very much aware of the distracted driving world, where only other cars and trucks are big enough items to impinge upon the effective vision of\u00a0yahoos\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9599,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/05\/29\/buckle_up.html","url_meta":{"origin":10459,"position":1},"title":"Buckle Up!","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 29-May-06 6:24am","format":false,"excerpt":"Whilst off at Disney World, here's some advice to help keep you safer in the car. Buckle up, fergoshsakes! One out of every five drivers will be involved in a...","rel":"","context":"In "Disney\/Pixar"","block_context":{"text":"Disney\/Pixar","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media\/franchises\/disney"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5438,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/03\/11\/drive_by_pr0n.html","url_meta":{"origin":10459,"position":2},"title":"Drive-by pr0n","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 11-Mar-04 9:25am","format":false,"excerpt":"Okay, here's a hi-tech twist I hadn't expected. I've seen DVD players in cars running before, and actually watched (at red lights) little snippets of movies in the van in...","rel":"","context":"In "Hi-Tech"","block_context":{"text":"Hi-Tech","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/hi-tech"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25510,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/17\/i-find-your-offended-offense-to-be-offensive.html","url_meta":{"origin":10459,"position":3},"title":"I find your offended offense to be offensive","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 17-Jan-12 5:10pm","format":false,"excerpt":"While politeness might cause me to not take actions that unnecessarily cause offense, ultimately there is no \"right\" to not be offended, nor should there be. Dealing with offensive people and situations without pulling out a gun, or calling the police to do likewise, is a sign of emotional and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":51178,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/18\/but-doesnt-every-police-department-need-an-armored-tracked-vehicle.html","url_meta":{"origin":10459,"position":4},"title":"But doesn't every police department need an armored tracked vehicle?","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 18-May-15 6:11am","format":false,"excerpt":"Obama will put in some long-overdue restrictions on military equipment being sold or given to local police forces. 'He is taking the action after a task force he created in January decided that police departments should be barred from using federal funds to acquire items that include tracked armored vehicles,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11200,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/19\/whos_afraid_of_the_big_ba.html","url_meta":{"origin":10459,"position":5},"title":"Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf?","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 19-Mar-07 3:51pm","format":false,"excerpt":"And in a small triumph for non-PC sanity, a British school has reversed its decision to drop Unclean Animals from a school play. The show must go on, so an...","rel":"","context":"In "ZT & PC"","block_context":{"text":"ZT & PC","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/zt-pc"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}