>>>> Why is it punishable only if I'm also guilty of some other infraction?
Freeper Raycpa(?sp) found the primary offense already on another thread that Coleus posted.
Flicking cigarette ash out the car window is and will be the primary offense that will get us pulled over. Then the smoking while in vehicle will be the secondary offense.
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