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title: "Driver Fined $430 for Tossing Lit Cigarette Out of Car, ‘Not Wanting His Car to Burn’"
description: "In the wake of massive wildfires that resulted in human deaths, police aren't messing around when it comes to irresponsible behavior."
date: "2019-06-13"
modified: "2019-06-13"
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  - name: "Chris Tsui"
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url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/28498/driver-fined-430-for-tossing-lit-cigarette-out-of-car-not-wanting-his-car-to-burn"
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# Driver Fined $430 for Tossing Lit Cigarette Out of Car, ‘Not Wanting His Car to Burn’

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Drivers in Canada are back it at again with the weak, heat-related excuses. On the same week [a Manitoba teenager told police he was driving over 100 miles per hour in his Camaro](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/28416/teenage-chevrolet-camaro-driver-busted-doing-106-mph-to-bathroom-after-eating-too-many-hot-wings>) because he needed a washroom after eating "too many hot wings," a motorist in Saanich, British Columbia was fined for tossing a lit cigarette out of their car because he apparently "didn't want his car to burn."

According to [*Fox News*](<https://www.foxnews.com/world/canada-driver-fine-lit-cigarette-window>), Victoria Police Chief Del Manak witnessed a driver throwing the used cigarette out in front of his patrol car on Highway 17 near Quadra St. at approximately 6:20 p.m. on Saturday, and handed out fine of around $430 ($575 CAD) for "dropping, releasing, or mishandling a burning substance" which is a violation of the [Wildfire](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/24823/5-people-found-dead-inside-vehicles-as-traffic-delays-california-wildfire-evacuations>) Act.

https://twitter.com/_/status/1137569584523821056

In response to the driver's excuse of not wanting to burn his cup holder, Manak said: "Then don't smoke in your car." When a Twitter user criticized the B.C. cop over the incident, Manak revealed that he could have slapped the driver with a $103 ($138 CAD) speeding ticket as well but chose not to.

https://twitter.com/_/status/1137854251101634560

Just two days before, that aforementioned Manitoba 16-year-old was caught doing 106 mph in a [Camaro](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/27785/the-2020-chevrolet-camaro-ss-update-finally-fixes-that-awful-nose-job>) citing " too many hot wings" and "having to rush to the bathroom." He was given a $723 fine ($966 CAD) for speeding as well as a separate $152 fine ($203 CAD) for driving with a learner's permit without an accompanying, licensed driver.

In another instance of bad Canadian behavior, a 21-year-old Audi driver also in Manitoba was clocked going around 110 mph with a suspended license and was fined a total of $1,330 on top of getting his car impounded on the spot. His excuse? He thought he was only going 110 *kilometers* per hour (68 mph). That metric system's a pain, eh?

https://twitter.com/_/status/1138188233433649156

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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