Spitting in public places

hello there... i dont know how many of you read through my blog... well i have a few more thoughts to share.... one thing which i abhor since child hood is spitting on the road....... I have been travelling for more than 30 years in chennai..... i find that people invariable of the caste, sex, education, status have the most dirty habit of spitting on the roads . The people who travel the world over.. speak so highly of the cleanliness in the countries all over.. . like singapore, us, canada etc... the very same people who are not able to acclimatize themselves to the 'indian weather' are unable to get over the habit of spitting on the roads...... this only goes to show that whatever be the strata of the people unless it is enforced upon them, they do not consider it worth their while to observe certain basic sense for civic and self welfare.... there have been many incidents wherein i have seen people travelling in the luxury sedans and suvs just rolling down the windows to spit the pan / chicklets while waiting at the signal....... could these people have done the same thing else where in the world...... i have my own doubts..... in my opinion.... schools and education institution should start inculcating basic civic sense to the children write from their kindergarden stage... wherein it should be taught spitting on a public road is an unclean and unhealthy habit ... i just hope that at least then the parents are enlightened .