[Tom]

Originally Posted by Stu

I have been in cars with plenty of people who smoke whilst they drive and I've never noticed anything off about their steering. I think you're accentuating the possible dangers. The wheel can be gripped just fine whilst holding a cigarette I imagine. There is also the option of putting it in your mouth for a bit. In an emergency situation the fag is hardly going to take precedence over someones life or even the cars welfare. It's not as if it's going to find a way to distract you.

I've been in cars with plenty of people who drive whilst on the phone and not noticed much difference in driving. Its the same kind of thing, one main hand in control etc and you can still have some grip like when you're smoking when needed. Being on the phone is just like talking to someone next to you and smoking, its no more or less distracting. But just because some people can do it doesn't mean everyone can.

If you don't look at possible dangers then you're never going to get anywhere in terms of safety because everything is only a possible danger and using that logic we could unpick almost anything.

It's just this ... little cylindrical thing that gradually kills you.

And you're in a tonne of metal that can kill you straight away, but "it will never happen to me".