Michigan State University Makes Smoking, Chewing Illegal Even in Your Own Car on Public Streets

Michigan Capitol Confidential ^ | 7/25/2016 | Tom Gantert

[bgill]

he didn’t envision a police officer pulling over a motorist for smoking and giving a ticket

Well, guess what, bozo. How can anyone dictate that for public streets and in private vehicles? The school will be sued and lose big time.

[bgill]

IOW, I can declare the road in front of my house is for my use only and no one else is allowed to drive on it. So sayeth the Almighty bgill!

[Boomer One]

Classic liberal overreach of authority designed to take away rights because they think they know what’s best for you.

[48th SPS Crusader]

If it is a public highway they have no authority to write a “law” regarding its use

[Augie]

You two nanny-staters really think it’s ok for the curators of a university to make up rules governing what a private citizen can/cannot do inside of their own automobile while traveling on a public roadway? Seriously?

[Drango]

Funny. Years ago when I objected to smoking on airlines, smokers would snort derisively: “Don’t like smokers on your airline, then take another airline”.

Don’t like the rules on campus? Drive around.

[GingisK]

Private roadway inside campus. Not really a nannie stater. Just hate pigs crapping in my breathing space and littering everywhere. If smokers were responsible people they wouldn’t have such valiant enemies.

[Augie]

while traveling on public roads that cross the school’s East Lansing campus.

Try again.

[Augie]

Someone smoking in their private automobile while driving on a public motorway affects you how?

[GingisK]

They can pound sand with that idea. ;-D

[LadyDoc]

Guess we’ll have to go back to sniffing snuff.