http://whining.weaselhut.net/2008/03/05/thank-you-ontario-for-yet-another-unenforceable-law/ where democracy speaks Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:34:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://whining.weaselhut.net/2008/03/05/thank-you-ontario-for-yet-another-unenforceable-law/comment-page-1/#comment-4351 Paul A. Sat, 17 May 2008 02:15:40 +0000 http://whining.weaselhut.net/2008/03/05/thank-you-ontario-for-yet-another-unenforceable-law/#comment-4351 You might have a point in that the law will not cover all of the cases of people smoking in a car with a person under the age of 16. However, you neglect a various obvious scenario that this law was most likely intended to address: a situation where a police officer spots someone smoking while driving in the presence of a child clearly under the age of 16 in the car. In that case, the law is clearly enforceable. Furthermore, it's just: second-hand smoke is extremely deadly, and there should be legal recourse of any parent who exposes their children to it. You might have a point in that the law will not cover all of the cases of people smoking in a car with a person under the age of 16. However, you neglect a various obvious scenario that this law was most likely intended to address: a situation where a police officer spots someone smoking while driving in the presence of a child clearly under the age of 16 in the car. In that case, the law is clearly enforceable. Furthermore, it’s just: second-hand smoke is extremely deadly, and there should be legal recourse of any parent who exposes their children to it.

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