"People find an opportunity when they are sitting in traffic or waiting for a red light," Harran said. "They think that is a good time to clean out their ash tray or throw their McDonald's bag out the window and it really makes the town look bad."
On a recent ride to work officer Tim Henehan said a driver did it right in front of him.
"Sees in his rear view mirror, we're moving," Henehan said. "He throws his cigarette out the window, bounced twice on the ground and hits the window of my motorcycle."
Today, in his patrol car, Hanehan saw two men flicking their cigarette butts onto Bensalem's streets.
Tickets are $300 to $383 and that would get anyone's attention.
"I mean obviously it is illegal to litter," said one driver who was ticketed. " I did not think a cigarette butt was littering. I do now."
"Ah , I thought it would be littering. Yes, absolutely," another driver admits. "I will never do that again."
