To the editor:

One of the problems these days91裸聊视频攜ou could say it91裸聊视频檚 an excuse if you want91裸聊视频攙ehicles are no longer fitted with ashtrays. I91裸聊视频檓 sure pretty much everybody smoked in decades gone by, and when you purchased a car you got the central ashtray, some had ashtrays on the driver91裸聊视频檚 side door, and there was another for the backseat passengers. Flick your ash, put the butt out, all done 91裸聊视频渋n-car.91裸聊视频�

As more and more of us gave up the habit (for me the added tax by the provincial government in 2002, for some the potential serious health problems) it seems the automobile manufacturers have decided it is an 91裸聊视频渁ccessory91裸聊视频� no longer needed, and I91裸聊视频檓 sure it saves money not to have to design car interiors and then fit them with ashtrays.

And so we get automobiles without an ashtray, and as any 91裸聊视频渂onehead91裸聊视频� will tell you, his (or her) cigarette has to go somewhere because there91裸聊视频檚 no ashtray, so the roadside is the obvious choice.

So maybe politicians such as our premier, or maybe local governments, need to put some statutes in place that vehicles once again be supplied with ashtrays. They don91裸聊视频檛 necessarily have to be incorporated into the vehicle91裸聊视频檚 dash, but they could be supplied (like the child-seat fitting) as an 91裸聊视频渆xtra91裸聊视频� and can be placed into any one of the cup-holders available; an inexpensive accessory which 91裸聊视频渂oneheads91裸聊视频� won91裸聊视频檛 go out and buy, but if it was supplied free they just might make use of it.

As an alternative, maybe provincial governments could sue the auto-manufacturers for the costs of fires where the fire was started by a cigarette thrown out of an automobile. Obviously it would be nice to sue the actual person responsible for all the fire-fighting costs, the loss of properties and the loss of timber, but invariably the result would be minimal, whereas suing a manufacturer could result in millions towards the cost taxpayers are funding.

Malcolm Roberts, Kelowna