DeclinetoState
10-11-2007, 11:45 AM
I think the headline means you can get fined if you're smoking while a child is in the vehicle, not just if you and Junior are puffing together.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California motorists will risk fines of up to $100 next year if they are caught smoking in cars with minors, making their state the third to protect children in vehicles from secondhand smoke.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday signed a bill that will make it an infraction to smoke in a vehicle if someone under age 18 is present. But the traffic stop would have to be made for another offense, such as speeding or an illegal turn, before the driver could be cited for smoking.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California motorists will risk fines of up to $100 next year if they are caught smoking in cars with minors, making their state the third to protect children in vehicles from secondhand smoke.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday signed a bill that will make it an infraction to smoke in a vehicle if someone under age 18 is present. But the traffic stop would have to be made for another offense, such as speeding or an illegal turn, before the driver could be cited for smoking.
More (http://www.c-n.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071011/FRONT01/71011007)