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Noctua

San Francisco, CA

February 2004

FEB 18, 2005 12:40 PM

From Yahoo ! News:

SAN FRANCISCO - A man barely escaped serious injury Thursday after a lit cigarette he tried to toss out the window while driving across the Bay Bridge blew back in and ignited the vehicle, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The unidentified man was driving westbound at about 10:40 a.m. when he tossed the cigarette out the window of his Ford Expedition, said CHP Officer Shawn Chase.

Carried by the wind, the cigarette landed in his back seat and almost immediately burst into flames. The man quickly pulled to the side of the road, and leapt from the flame-filled SUV, which continued rolling into a guard rail, Chase said.

"He thought he had thrown it in park, but he didn't and it just kept going," the officer said. "It was in flames by the time he got out. He had some of his hair singed on the back of his head. It burnt down to the frame. There was nothing left."

The incident forced the closure of the Harrison Street off-ramp and one lane of traffic flowing into the city for about an hour.

He said the man will likely face a misdemeanor charge for littering.

"We see people throwing cigarettes out the window all the time but never a situation like this where it comes back in," Chase said. "This guy was lucky."

mydogfarted

Oakland, NJ

June 2003

FEB 18, 2005 12:44 PM

In other news, lawyers are preparing a class-action suit against Ford for making potentially flamable interiors. One of the clients involved in the suit was quoted as saying "I'm so afraid of my child burning up on the way to soccer practice!"

Yeah - you know it's coming.

RACER_X

Philadelphia, PA

February 2003

FEB 18, 2005 12:45 PM

This has happened to me a few times , and never , ever has my car or truck suddenly "burst into flames almost immediately"...I call bullshit. Sounds to me like he couldn't afford the car payments and decided to pull a fast one...

reprobate

New Orleans, LA

December 2002

FEB 18, 2005 02:17 PM

Racer_X said:
This has happened to me a few times , and never , ever has my car or truck suddenly "burst into flames almost immediately"...I call bullshit. Sounds to me like he couldn't afford the car payments and decided to pull a fast one...

Indeed, plus what this bullshit littering thing, he clearly failed to litter. Unless of course they mean the smoldering shell of a car on the side of the road.

dem_z

United Kingdom

June 2004

FEB 18, 2005 02:23 PM

Noctua said:

He said the man will likely face a misdemeanor charge for littering.

Nothing like kicking a man when he's down, poor guy.

jake_lex

Lexington, KY

February 2003

FEB 18, 2005 02:28 PM

1 down...

doghouse_reilly

I'm lost

February 2004

FEB 18, 2005 02:56 PM

witchhunter

Jackson, TN

February 2003

FEB 18, 2005 04:27 PM

reprobate said:

Racer_X said:
This has happened to me a few times , and never , ever has my car or truck suddenly "burst into flames almost immediately"...I call bullshit. Sounds to me like he couldn't afford the car payments and decided to pull a fast one...

Indeed, plus what this bullshit littering thing, he clearly failed to litter. Unless of course they mean the smoldering shell of a car on the side of the road.

Ahh, but he had intent to litter!

Plus I'm sure that parts of his car went everywhere when it exploded, as hollywood has shown me every flaming car must do.

SouthernBelle

Charlotte, NC

December 2004

FEB 18, 2005 04:52 PM

*insert lame non-smoking joke here*

Stiles

Oakland, CA

November 2002

FEB 18, 2005 06:23 PM

Noctua said:

Carried by the wind, the cigarette landed in his back seat and almost immediately burst into flames. The man quickly pulled to the side of the road, and leapt from the flame-filled SUV, which continued rolling into a guard rail, Chase said.

I really, really doubt this played out in this manner.

There are standards for flame retardancy, and we've all seen plenty of ugly cig burns in car seats. You don't just flick a butt into the back seat, and 45 seconds later, the car bursts into flames like the A-Team.

Now, if stupid had newspaper spread over the back seat, that would be a different story... but for now, absent any better evidence, I'm gonna go with "didn't like 8mpg or the car payment".

FridgeMagnet

Chicago, IL

November 2004

FEB 18, 2005 06:28 PM

southernbelle said:
*insert lame non-smoking joke here*

I don't think they have a patch for singed scalp. Ha Ha Ha Ha.

Lame enough?

silverstreak

Fort Wayne, IN

October 2004

FEB 18, 2005 09:10 PM

Too bad they can't make a patch for stupid either. Dude could use one.

Dr_Zoidberg

Raymore, MO

June 2004

FEB 18, 2005 09:17 PM

Hey. That's what you get for trying to litter.

Zundapp1

Seattle, WA

November 2003

FEB 19, 2005 12:11 AM

Noctua said:
From Yahoo ! News:

"We see people throwing cigarettes out the window all the time but never a situation like this where it comes back in," Chase said. "This guy was lucky."

See, I was thinking that if they never see a situation where it comes back in, let alone proceed to burn his car and singe his hair, that that would make him unlucky.

FrankMask

Saint Paul, MN

June 2003

FEB 19, 2005 12:35 PM

To Sum Up!

Smoking is bad.

Glad the guy made it out.

Littering sucks and so do people who throw their ugly, smelly cigarettes all over the place.

jermhawk

Tidioute, PA

December 2004

FEB 19, 2005 12:38 PM

Racer_X said:
This has happened to me a few times , and never , ever has my car or truck suddenly "burst into flames almost immediately"...I call bullshit. Sounds to me like he couldn't afford the car payments and decided to pull a fast one...

I agree, the fire was caused by friction. The friction of the payment book rubbing against the insurance policy.

hermetica

Cook Islands

January 2004

FEB 19, 2005 12:42 PM

Racer_X said:
This has happened to me a few times , and never , ever has my car or truck suddenly "burst into flames almost immediately"...I call bullshit. Sounds to me like he couldn't afford the car payments and decided to pull a fast one...

I agree, the fire was caused by friction. The friction of the payment book rubbing against the insurance policy.

Yep. That, combined with the 'accidentally spilled' can and a half of Pennzoil that somehow managed to spread itself evenly all over the backseat..

fiendish

USA

December 2002

FEB 19, 2005 12:43 PM

another example why smoking is bad for your health.

waxangel

Baltimore, MD

May 2003

FEB 19, 2005 12:48 PM

This tends to happen a lot.

If you've soaked your backseat in gasoline because you realized that your giant car didn't actually make your penis any bigger.

RACER_X

Philadelphia, PA

February 2003

FEB 19, 2005 12:52 PM

CHP Officer Chase strikes me as a few eggs short of a hollandaise.

viator

Torrance, CA

December 2004

FEB 19, 2005 06:10 PM

What's the fine in San Francisco for attempted littering anyways?

karaokejihad

Saint Paul, MN

December 2002

FEB 19, 2005 06:25 PM

Doghouse_Reilly said:

Jeff_Fries

Humptulips, WA

September 2003

FEB 19, 2005 08:24 PM

southernbelle said:
Smoking kills.

There.

oninotaki

Ypsilanti, MI

March 2003

FEB 20, 2005 07:50 AM

Doghouse_Reilly said:

OMG!!!! Is that for real! An actual pic of those two autographed?!?!?!

WaTed

United Kingdom

September 2002

FEB 20, 2005 07:57 AM

Noctua said:

"We see people throwing cigarettes out the window all the time but never a situation like this where it comes back in," Chase said. "This guy was lucky."

Clearly not a physics major and presumably a non-smoker too. There's a whole comedy routine crying to break free.

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