Ireland: law passed, now police have to "figure out" how to apply car smoke ban
Thursday, December 18, 2014 at 16:45
Simon Clark

First plain packaging, now smoking in cars with children.

Are we in a race with Ireland to be the biggest nanny state in Europe?

The Dáil today passed a law making it illegal to smoke in a car carrying a child but it won't take effect until the police "have developed procedures to figure out how it can be applied".

You might have thought that would have been addressed in advance. What happens if they can't "figure out how it can be applied"?

I wonder if police forces in Britain are currently pondering the same thing.

You couldn't make it up.

See Dáil passes bill banning smoking in cars with children present (Irish Examiner)

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