Posted on 10/12/2009 10:16:10 AM PDT by Abathar
ORONTO (Reuters) – A Canadian truck driver has been fined for smoking in his vehicle because it is considered his workplace, a police spokeswoman said on Friday.
A police officer saw the 48-year-old trucker driving on a highway in southwestern Ontario with a cigarette in his mouth on Wednesday, and gave him a C$305 ($290) ticket.
The Smoke-Free Ontario Act, adopted in 2006, prohibits smoking in an enclosed workplace or enclosed public area, and that extends to work vehicles, said Constable Shawna Coulter of the Ontario Provincial Police in Essex County.
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It’s not an “enclosed” workplace - the window was open. That’s what I’d say at least.
That’s gonna leave a mark..
Its coming for the rest of us.
Most people do not believe in freedom. Most people would gladly give up whatever freedom they have in exchange for the right to control their neighbor. They wouldn’t bat an eye.
In the case of long haul drivers, the “workplace” is also home for weeks at a time.
In the case of long haul drivers, the “workplace” is also home for weeks at a time
For some drivers, it is home. They live-in their truck until, at some point, they can buy a house and settle in.
Quite possibly the hardest working Americans.
“It’s a free country ... isn’t it?” Apparently not.
I know the daily insanity is intensifying, but that’s seriously crazy.
My mother drove for the last 20 years before retirement. She was on the road for 3 to 6 weeks at a time.
It is OK money until you start looking at it as hours away from home, then you realize its minimum wage or less.
Good point. And he wasn’t bothering any coworker!
Hope the smart A cop chokes on his next beer.
My wife’s cousin lives in his sleeper cab and saves his money toward a 50% down payment on a house “back home” in Brownsville, TX. I keep telling him that it may be an international purchase when he’s ready!
He’s young, tho...mid 20’s.
Another thought - that isn’t his workplace, he’s merely driving to his workplace - where he loads/unloads.
Absolutely, over the last 30 years especially, people have shown an overwhelming proclivity towards bending over as needed. It’s sickening.
Most people do not believe in freedom. Most people would gladly give up whatever freedom they have in exchange for the right to control their neighbor.
When did THAT happen? I could not care less what my neighbor is doing in his own home, so long as it’s not waking me up at 3AM
I know there was another thread about this, ping.
Hope fanfan isn’t out smoking:)
There is a trend-which will accelerate-of using the penal code as a revenue enhancer. A most dangerous game for a government to play. The aforementioned may explain your “Good Grief!”
Traffic cameras have already shown me the true face of revenue enhancement.
I am now a wanted man in three states.
From the Heinlein Opus - "Freedom begins when you tell Ms Grundy to go fly a kite" - Notebooks of Lazarus Long.
The whole planet’s gone insane. Period.
It starts as civil penalties and then it escalates into criminal because that is how you really get good enforcement and THE MONEY! The danger is and has always been well known, that government is a powerful servant but a dangerous master. Chinese legend/history talks about a revolution starting when the penalty for a minor crime was the same as for revolting.
I’d like to see them try that with the “Ice Road Truckers.”
My b-i-l- owned 3 trucks before he died, actually owned 1 and still making payments on the other 2. My wife worked as his bookkeeper for a few years. He grossed huge money, his net pay was an entirely different matter.
He operated in all of the lower 48 states and employed 2 other full time drivers. The various state and fed and local taxes were nightmares and he would be away from home for long periods of time. I don't remember ever seeing him when he didn't look exhausted.
He was a very heavy smoker and died at age 55 of lung cancer, since he was self insured, the medical bills wiped out almost all of his net worth.
This is how Cops get shot with their own gun.
How did you know I was having a bonfire?
Which, of course, begs the question, "How about those who work from home?"
* Cue Scary Music *
Google Earth. It’s too cold to go outside and smoke.
The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Ayn Rand
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