Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Today's "we don't have anything better to do" law proposal

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I find this product HILARIOUS and keep threatening my friends who drive trucks that I'm getting them this as a birthday gift. But be careful if you get a set and drive through Virginia

Watch what you hang from trailer hitches

RICHMOND, Va. -- Drive across Virginia with an outsized rubber replica of testicles dangling from your trailer hitch and you face a fine under a bill before the General Assembly. Delegate Lionel Spruill introduced the legislation Tuesday, saying the sight of masculine genitalia is a safety issue because it distracts drivers.

Spruill, a Democrat from Portsmouth, would make display of the ornamentation on a motor vehicle a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum fine of $250.

He says the idea came from a constituent whose young daughter had spotted the facsimile sex organs and asked her father to explain them.

The Virginia legislature has some experience with offbeat bills. Three years ago, it attracted worldwide attention for its effort to outlaw baggy pants worn so low they expose underwear.

2 comments:

Claystation said...

Maybe the constituent guy didn't have any of his own so he couldn't explain it to his daughter and he was embarrassed.

Mat said...

Given everything in the world, the simple fact that this is getting attention by a politician speaks to the problem of politics.

Pandering to castrate trucks. Think about that...