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 Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:46 pm |
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I'm generally in favor of this law, but only when it could
affect a non-smoker.
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Canadian trucker fined for smoking in his 'workplace'
A Canadian tractor-trailer driver was pulled over and ticketed for
smoking in an "enclosed workplace." Officials say The Smoke-Free Ontario
Act was simply being enforced, to the tune of C$305 (US$290).
A 48-year-old trucker was fined C$305 ($290) for smoking in his vehicle.
According to Reuters, Constable Shawna Coulter of the Ontario Provincial
Police in Essex County said, "The Smoke-Free Ontario Act, adopted
in 2006, prohibits smoking in an enclosed workplace or enclosed public
area, and that extends to work vehicles."
The tractor-trailer driver was stopped and ticketed "after an Ontario
Provincial Police officer claimed he saw the driver smoking while
driving near London, Ontario," reports UPI.
Constable Coulter indicated to a local paper that this was the first
ticket issued to a smoking truck driver since the effective date of the
law on May 31, 2006. She did, however, say that "about 10 similar
tickets have been given to taxi drivers," according to UPI.
Long-haul drivers were critical of the police action.
Trucker Brad Weber told the UPI:
He's not affecting anybody. If there's nobody else in the truck with
him, then he's done nothing wrong. I could see if there were kids in the
vehicle, I could see it if there was another non-smoking driver in
the vehicle.
Still, however, Constable Coulter told Reuters, "We enforce the
legislation and this truck driver was in violation of that."
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/280417
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