Well, it had to happen. The workplace, restaurants, pubs. And now cars.
South Australia has banned anyone lighting up in their car while carrying children as passengers. It will attract a $75 on-the-spot fine, with increasing fines for repeat offenders.
Is this draconian? Well, given that children can't provide informed consent to risk their health...the government can do anything as long as they think of the children.
And if the offense doesn't relate to members of your immediate family...then an ASBO should do the trick. I heard Helen Clark discussing banning gang patches (something I'm not in favour of for various reasons) and she mentioned Annette King was off in the UK learning up about Anti-Social Behaviour Orders - ASBOs - as the solution to the problem. Why can't we just have clear cut laws that are enforced and applied, and take into account repeat offenses, without having to resort to these bureaucratic parlour tricks that do little to solve the problem, and have such potential for abuse?
Just when I thought Labour couldn't make things any worse.
Related Link: Car Smoking
Update: Idiot/Savant has a good summary on ASBOs.
South Australia has banned anyone lighting up in their car while carrying children as passengers. It will attract a $75 on-the-spot fine, with increasing fines for repeat offenders.
Is this draconian? Well, given that children can't provide informed consent to risk their health...the government can do anything as long as they think of the children.
And if the offense doesn't relate to members of your immediate family...then an ASBO should do the trick. I heard Helen Clark discussing banning gang patches (something I'm not in favour of for various reasons) and she mentioned Annette King was off in the UK learning up about Anti-Social Behaviour Orders - ASBOs - as the solution to the problem. Why can't we just have clear cut laws that are enforced and applied, and take into account repeat offenses, without having to resort to these bureaucratic parlour tricks that do little to solve the problem, and have such potential for abuse?
Just when I thought Labour couldn't make things any worse.
Related Link: Car Smoking
Update: Idiot/Savant has a good summary on ASBOs.
Like many laws I wonder how they would enforce this? will they have 0800 lines to report reg plates of smokers? special cameras? random roadside breath tests?
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Enforcement is secondary to the "message" apparently, like smacking.
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