Be careful if you smoke in your car, you risk a fine of up to 500 euros if you get stopped, the law is clear. Many drivers don’t know this, but you can’t always do what you want in your vehicle.
When you are driving the own vehicle, you think you can do whatever you want, given that the vehicle is seen a bit like a small portable home. In your home, in the end, obviously respecting certain rules of good manners, you can be free to do whatever you want.
There personal freedom it is an undeniable right which, however, often conflicts with the law, as it is good to clarify it, one cannot always do as one wants, while still living in a context collective. Perhaps only hermits can be 100% free to do as they want, because no one sees them.
Therefore, regarding what you can and cannot do, the no smoking by car under certain conditions. If you are stopped, you risk a fine of up to 500 euros, it is prohibited by law and not everyone knows it.
Do not smoke in the car, it is prohibited by law
The to smoke in general, whether it is the classic tobacco cigarette or the electronic cigarette or the pipe, they are all topics that have been discussed a lot in politics. On the one hand there are those who would like to abolish it completely, those who instead ban it in more and more places and still others who allow it only if there is no person nearby who could loom large in the hateful second-hand smoke.
It must be said that the lung cancer is constantly growing, which is why it is a topic that sooner or later could have a more drastic turn, also because there have been rumors for years about the creation left in draft (for now) of a law that would completely ban smoking even if the driver is alone in the car. This could happen because the highway code requires the driver to use both hands on the steering wheel and you understand well that if you hold the cigarette with one, your reflexes will be much slower, like using your smartphone, which is also a prohibited action.
No smoking in their presence
For the moment, the law still allows drivers to smoke in their cars if he is alone, while smoking is prohibited if they are present in the vehicle pregnant women, infants or children up to 12 years old. If they stop you, you risk a huge fine 250 euros to 500 euros and not only you, but also the other passengers if they also smoke.
For the moment it is not clear whether the electronic cigarette also falls into this category, but to be on the safe side you would do better not to risk it, to avoid being handed a hefty fine. However, start to accept the idea that it could arrive soon a law which totally prohibits the possibility of smoking in cars.
