Rocky Hill woman torches car in failed attempt to toss cigarette out window

nj ^ | August 31, 2010 | Tom Haydon

[JoeProBono]

In this 2008 FILE PHOTO the Monmouth Junction and Kingston fire departments responded to a car fire

[The G Man]

How appropriate that the article right underneath this one is about Charles Darwin ...

[Tax-chick]

I’ve often wondered why smokers can’t use their car’s ashtray.

[netmilsmom]

I have nothing against smokers, but really, can’t you use the ashtray in your car?

Mine holds coins, but it is really meant for butts.

[Psalm 144]

Tell me again why teenagers are finding it difficult to land jobs?

[FrdmLvr]

I don’t think they even put ashtrays in cars anymore.

[Psalm 144]

I’ve often wondered why smokers can’t use their car’s ashtray.

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Because that is where they keep their change.

Too bad the little cardboard pinetrees hanging from the rearview mirror don’t have pockets.

[Ezekiel]

Figured she would have been driving a Golf.

[refermech]

Arrest her for attempted littering /S

[YoungHickey]

They don’t put ashtrays in cars anymore... to discourage smoking.

[netmilsmom]

I have to ask a question though, how much crap was in this woman’s car?

The butt hit something combustible. Not the carpet or seat. I think they are made to be fire resistant. That being said, again, it’s what the ashtray is for. Use it.

[KarlInOhio]

I’ve often wondered why smokers can’t use their car’s ashtray.

Why dirty up your car when the world is your ashtray?

Seeing a smoker toss a butt out of the window is a good way to get me using some good old Anglo-Saxon terms for them.

[netmilsmom]

If one is a smoker, one can either get a “smoking package” for a new car (one with an ashtray and one of those pop lighters) or get an add on ashtray.

But NO, it’s easier to flick it out the window.

[Mashood]

“I’ve often wondered why smokers can’t use their car’s ashtray.”

To smokers, the world is their ashtray.

[Minn]

I?ve often wondered why smokers can?t use their car?s ashtray

I suppose old butts are gross and pile up. Many smokers consider themselves exempt from littering laws. Good thing butts only take about 1000 years to degrade.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

[Slings and Arrows]

Shame she wasn't driving a Prius.

[Flycatcher]

I suppose old butts are gross and pile up.

But she was only 19.

I'm sure she had a nice butt...

[Genoa]

On a nice day, I like to roll down my car windows. But some character in front of me will toss a butt, still burning, out the window, and let me tell you I have had a few close calls.

[OB1kNOb]

So what does she do? She pulls up to the house so the fire can damage it also. Sheesh.