Dob in thoughtless litterers - our city is no sludge pit

Beware ... I can see a hobby horse coming along and I'm about to climb aboard.
Now we all have our favourite pet gripes that aren't going to result in the end of the world but annoy us nevertheless.
One of mine is littering.
It infuriates me to drive behind a car through our city streets and to see a piece of rubbish hurled out the window.
Can anyone explain to me what is going on in the brain cavity of that person as he/she is sending that rubbish airborne?
Just the other day I was driving through the roundabout at the bottom of Elizabeth St and sure enough I saw the rubbish flying.
The thought crossed my mind that I should pick up that rubbish, follow the driver and return it to him as he has obviously "lost it accidentally".
But I didn't.
What made this person think it wouldn't be a problem to put their garbage on our streets.
How difficult is it to have a plastic bag in your car for garbage?
Imagine if every one of us hurled one bit of rubbish out our car window every day. Wouldn't we live in a lovely sludge pit of a city.
It just seems so needless to me and so easy to avoid.
Can anyone explain to me why you would even think to do it?
Would they mind if I came round to their house and emptied the contents of my rubbish bin on their floor?
Maybe you wouldn't notice the difference.
I have been toying with ideas on how we as a paper can help clean up our streets.
Would a dob-in-a-litterer campaign work? What about you digitally photographing cars that have litter thrown or being thrown from them and we'll publish the photos and name the registered owners?
Would the embarrassment of having their name in the paper for littering have any effect on them? Probably not.
What do you think? Am I a sad puppy for thinking littering is a problem? Should I get a life?
And if it is a problem, how can we stop it?
I'd love to hear your thoughts. And I'd even love to hear the thoughts of the litterers - what drives you?
Welcome back Tommy Kapai Wilson
Since Tommy hit me with his shock decision a few weeks back to end his weekly contribution to the paper, I have been talking to him in the hope his measured words would one day return to their rightful place.
Before Tommy considered resuming his Kapai's Corner column, he wanted to hear from both Maori and Pakeha on whether his column served any purpose in bridging the racial gap.
He obviously received the right answers.
As I have said before, Tommy's words are a rare commodity in the coverage of race relations - he offers a wonderfully moderate path down the centre in that he can see both sides of a dispute.
He is not about bashing Pakeha and he is not about belittling Maori.
Thanks Tommy for bringing your mana and wisdom to our columns once again.