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Originally Posted by Winilyme
Seems to me in the 60s & 70s, when it seemed just about everyone smoked, people actually used ashtrays. I remember cars with ashtrays full of butts. At some point it became 'acceptable' to toss those butts out the window and, I guess, due to lack of demand, manufacturers stopped providing ashtrays in cars. Regardless, I've never understood the 'toss it on the ground' deal. Not only is it disgusting, but those butts can find their way into waterways through storm sewers and runoff and, yes, then they're floating in the lake. If nothing else, they line our roadways and intersections and who knows if they are harmful to wildlife. What gives?
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I, fairly recently, had a rental car break down on 93 south of exit 20. I had to wait on the side of the road for about 40 mins. for AAA to arrive. The amount of cigarette buts on the edge of the road was mind boggling. I kept asking myself why? It's such a beautiful place. How can one foul it's beauty with this trash...It is trash! I was headed north on 93...I wondered if the same stretch going south would have been the same? Humans can disappoint on so many levels.