This can't be legal, can it?

[elfs]

Smoker's Station

The other day, while I was dropping Yamaraashi-chan off on an outing with her friends, I stopped for gas at a Chevron station down in rural King County and while I was filling up, I saw what has to be the most idiotic arrangement yet devised by human minds.

This "smoker's station," much more visible in the inset, is less that four meters away from the premium pump. It's less than a flick of a cigarette across the ramp. That's so obviously dangerous I can't imagine what the idiots inside were thinking when they set it up. More to the point, that can't be legal. Can it?

Comments

[solarbird]

Now that I know it's a fire-safe cigarette extinguishing station, I'd suggest it's actually a good idea, as it will keep some smokers from just tossing their butts onto the ground, as so very many do. Someone comes up, smoking, gets out of the car still smoking, hopefully extinguishes the butt using the station rather than tossing it onto the ground and (maybe) stepping on it.

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[whatthehay.livejournal.com]

But it's right next to the entry door. Doesn't the law say that smokers have to be like 20 feet from any doors used by the public?