This is why you don't litter.

[DanGarion]

He got what he deserved!

As seen here hxxp://www.local6.com/news/4211011/detail.html

Man Throws Lit Cigarette Out Window, Sets SUV Ablaze

POSTED: 9:15 am EST February 18, 2005

SAN FRANCISCO -- A 20-year-old man barely escaped serious injury Thursday after a lit cigarette he tried to toss out the window while driving across the Bay Bridge blew back in and ignited the vehicle, according to the California Highway Patrol.



Jonathan Fish, of San Francisco, was driving westbound at about 10:40 a.m. when he tossed the cigarette out the window of his Ford Expedition, said CHP Officer Shawn Chase.

Carried by the wind, the cigarette landed in his back seat and almost immediately burst into flames. The man quickly pulled to the side of the road, and jumped from the flame-filled SUV, which continued rolling into a guard rail, Chase said.

"He thought he had thrown it in park, but he didn't and it just kept going," the officer said. "It was in flames by the time he got out. He had some of his hair singed on the back of his head. It burnt down to the frame. There was nothing left."


The incident forced the closure of the Harrison Street exit ramp and one lane of traffic flowing into the city for about an hour.

He said the man will likely face a misdemeanor charge for littering.

"We see people throwing cigarettes out the window all the time but never a situation like this where it comes back in," Chase said. "This guy was lucky."

[sabotai]

What the hell was on his back seat? Damn!

[Ksyrup]

Good. I fucking hate it when assholes in front of me drop their cigs out the window and they end up hitting my car. I feel like pulling in front of them and tossing a full 64 oz. slurpie out my window - the red stuff, so when it hits their windshield, they can't see where they are going.

[albionmoonlight]

Why is it that people will drop used cigarettes when they won't drop other kinds of litter. I used to clean up a parking lot for a grocery store, and there would be 1.8 billion used cigs for every piece of other trash on the ground, despite the fact that we had big ashtrays in the front of the store.

[Klinglerware]

People who chuck cigarettes out the window annoy me too. But how could they charge him with littering if the thing landed back in his car?

[judicial clerk]

"We see people throwing cigarettes out the window all the time but never a situation like this where it comes back in," Chase said. "This guy was lucky."

Chase must be the most unlucky guy ever.

[Franklinnoble]

Good. I fucking hate it when assholes in front of me drop their cigs out the window and they end up hitting my car. I feel like pulling in front of them and tossing a full 64 oz. slurpie out my window - the red stuff, so when it hits their windshield, they can't see where they are going.

What he said.

When I'm motorcycle riding, this is my biggest pet peeve.

[JeeberD]

Heh, I love reading about douchebags getting their comeupance...

[sabotai]

People who chuck cigarettes out the window annoy me too. But how could they charge him with littering if the thing landed back in his car?

Good point. :)

[Ksyrup]

To lighten my mood a bit on a semi-related story, when a good friend of mine moved from Tallahassee to Orlando, another friend and I drove his car down while he drove the UHaul. We had his dog (a Shar-Pei) in the backseat of the car, and about 2 hours in, my friend decides that maybe the dog is thirsty, so he fills up a big cup of water and offers it to the dog. The dog sniffs around it, sticks his nose in it, but decides he isn't interested.

So now my buddy's got a full cup of water and nowhere to put it. So he rolls down the window and tosses the water out - at which point, since we were doing about 80 MPH on the highway, the entire cup of water immediately flies back into the car - as if a solid block - into the backseat, and smacks the dog square in the face. One of the funniest moments in my life. The look on that dog's face - a Shar-Pei, no less - was priceless. And when he shook, I was awfully glad it wasn't my car.

[stevew]

They outta put a 5 cent "litter disposal" fee on each cigarette. Its crazy how people will throw them anywhere.

[Glengoyne]

My favorite littering story is from a guy I used to work with. His name was Rusty,and he was a wild man.

Rusty's brother is driving along the highway moving at a good clip. Rusty is in the passenger seat tipping back a bottle of beer. Rusty looks ahead, and notices a Highway Patrol Car parked on the side of the road ahead looking for speeders and surely not to miss someone taking a big swig from a freshly opened bottle of beer. Rusty panicked, and threw the bottle from the car. The momentum of the car he was a passenger in, carried over somewhat to the full bottle of beer he had just chucked. The bottle carried quite a ways. In fact all the way to the Patrol Car, where is smashed into a shower of foam and glass when it impacted it's hood.

When Rusty appeared before a judge on Littering charges that carried a mandatory $1000 fine, he pled not guilty. The judge mentioned that according to his paper work the bottle of beer he allegedly threw actually hit a patrol car. At which point Rusty declared "That's right. It was Vandalism...not Littering.". Now Vandalism was a more serious offense, but since it didn't carry a $1000 fine, Rusty didn't mind. The judge said it was a creative argument, but still held him responsible for the littering fine.

[tategter]

My favorite littering story is from a guy I used to work with. His name was Rusty,and he was a wild man.

Rusty's brother is driving along the highway moving at a good clip. Rusty is in the passenger seat tipping back a bottle of beer. Rusty looks ahead, and notices a Highway Patrol Car parked on the side of the road ahead looking for speeders and surely not to miss someone taking a big swig from a freshly opened bottle of beer. Rusty panicked, and threw the bottle from the car. The momentum of the car he was a passenger in, carried over somewhat to the full bottle of beer he had just chucked. The bottle carried quite a ways. In fact all the way to the Patrol Car, where is smashed into a shower of foam and glass when it impacted it's hood.

When Rusty appeared before a judge on Littering charges that carried a mandatory $1000 fine, he pled not guilty. The judge mentioned that according to his paper work the bottle of beer he allegedly threw actually hit a patrol car. At which point Rusty declared "That's right. It was Vandalism...not Littering.". Now Vandalism was a more serious offense, but since it didn't carry a $1000 fine, Rusty didn't mind. The judge said it was a creative argument, but still held him responsible for the littering fine.

Doh! Must have been the worst feeling in the world to helplessly watch that bottle flying through the air knowing it might hit the police car. :D

Back on subject, people who throw cigs out their window always annoy me to no end. I always want to pull them over, smack them in the head, and yell "you have an ashtray in the car fuckhead, USE IT".

[DanGarion]

Doh! Must have been the worst feeling in the world to helplessly watch that bottle flying through the air knowing it might hit the police car. :D

Back on subject, people who throw cigs out their window always annoy me to no end. I always want to pull them over, smack them in the head, and yell "you have an ashtray in the car fuckhead, USE IT".
Yeah, but then all they do is dump the ashtray out when they get to the parking lot...

[panerd]

Don't birds eat the cigarette butts?

[dacman]

People who chuck cigarettes out the window annoy me too. But how could they charge him with littering if the thing landed back in his car?
Maybe that smoldering hunk of metal he left at the side of the road? :confused:

[DanGarion]

Don't birds eat the cigarette butts?
Yeah and then die.

[Shepp]

I used to write tickets to people who would throw cigarette butts out of their car windows but after about the 100th one got thrown out of traffic court I figured I was just wasting my time :(

[JeeberD]

Ack! We've got a copper in here!!!! Quick, hide the hookers and drugs, rkmsuf...