Cigar Littering Question

[B.D.Dubloon]

If I am smoking a cigar while driving, when I finish it, can I put it out completely and break it up out the window and scatter it, or would that be littering? I could see how it might not be since it is just leaves but wanted to check before I pick up a 1k ticket.

Thanks.

[Zerokilla]

Dont know if its different from a cigarette .. but my buddy had the fun of picking up a trash bag of crap on the roadside for dropping a cigarette out the window. Nasty habit .. but gave me a good laugh as the cop handed him a bag and told him to clean the street as a warning rather then ticket him. I noticed he no longer does so anymore

[CSACANNONEER]

Littering is littering. There is no exception for biodegradables, etc. The only exceptions I know of are poultry feathers and water from melting ice.

[Seesm]

What about a banana peel...? I have tossed a nanner peel back in the day... I guess that slippery peel could make a 200 cra pile up pretty easy... JK

[artthestampede]

23111. No person in any vehicle and no pedestrian shall throw or discharge from or upon any road or highway or adjoining area, public or private, any lighted or nonlighted cigarette, cigar, match, or any flaming or glowing substance. This section shall be known as the Paul Buzzo Act.

[B.D.Dubloon]

23111. No person in any vehicle and no pedestrian shall throw or discharge from or upon any road or highway or adjoining area, public or private, any lighted or nonlighted cigarette, cigar, match, or any flaming or glowing substance. This section shall be known as the Paul Buzzo Act.

There I have it. Thanks. I thought that breaking it up might make a difference, but there don't look to be any provisions for that, and the law is pretty clear.

[BigDogatPlay]

As above by CSACANNONER... the only exceptions are for feathers from live poultry and clear water. A banana peel would be a violation.

And one I wrote once.....

[Got Stuff?]

What about cow pee? Have you ever gotten stuck behind one of those dairy trucks while driving?

[B.D.Dubloon]

Hoping for a different answer, I checked with a couple of Salinas' Finest as I was leaving school and they confirmed that it was littering

[Jwood562]

Throwing a lighted cig butt on the street/fwy results in a large fine and mandatory community service

[bohoki]

i dont get why people cant jsut keep stuff in their cars then when you park you can dump your stuff in the parking lot

[B.D.Dubloon]

i dont get why people cant jsut keep stuff in their cars then when you park you can dump your stuff in the parking lot

I'm not a litterbug, and I hate trash on our roadways. I was just hoping that since there would be no unnatural trash produced (like cigarette paper) that it might be okay. Kinda like throwing a stick or some leaves out the window. My butt can stink up my car something fierce, so I was hoping I could just discharge them broken up out the window. I only restarted smoking about a month ago and it is probably the worst decision I have made in a long time. Hopefully I'll stop in a week or two before I get too habitualized again.

[Steyrlp10]

Littering is littering. There is no exception for biodegradables, etc. The only exceptions I know of are poultry feathers and water from melting ice.

I was tested on that question years ago and still laugh because the answer is stuck in my head...

[ripro75]

I'm not a litterbug, and I hate trash on our roadways. I was just hoping that since there would be no unnatural trash produced (like cigarette paper) that it might be okay. Kinda like throwing a stick or some leaves out the window. My butt can stink up my car something fierce, so I was hoping I could just discharge them broken up out the window. I only restarted smoking about a month ago and it is probably the worst decision I have made in a long time. Hopefully I'll stop in a week or two before I get too habitualized again.

Ok, who's going to use that in their sig line

[wjc]

Speaking as a former motorcycle rider, we didn't appreciate anyone throwing anything out their window while in front of us.