Fake Private Parts(on trucks) Target of Virginia Lawmaker
01-16-08, 10:17 AM
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Fake Private Parts(on trucks) Target of Virginia Lawmaker
... some are claiming they cause potentially dangerous distractions on the road ...
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Fake Private Parts Target of Virginia Lawmaker
Posted: 6:29 PM Jan 15, 2008
Last Updated: 11:59 AM Jan 16, 2008
Reporter: Hailey Frances
One Virginia delegate is taking aim at drivers who dangle a certain car accessory from the backs of their trucks.
Virginia Delegate Lionel Spruill is drafting a bill that will no doubt stir up some interesting conversation among lawmakers. He wants to ban the use of a car accessory designed to look like male genitalia.
Auto Xtras, an auto parts retailer in Lynchburg, sells a brand called Truck Nuts.
They say they sell 40 to 50 pairs of Truck Nuts a year, mostly to women.
"It's all in fun. It's like anything else. You got a big truck like that; you throw something like that on it," said store employee Shane Eastwood. "It's all for attention. Everybody who does this sort of stuff does it for the attention."
As soon as Spruill's bill is drafted, Virginia lawmakers will have to give these dangly auto parts a onceover.
Spruill is taking the lead from a Maryland delegate who worked to get these accessories off the road last year.
Posted: 6:29 PM Jan 15, 2008
Last Updated: 11:59 AM Jan 16, 2008
Reporter: Hailey Frances
One Virginia delegate is taking aim at drivers who dangle a certain car accessory from the backs of their trucks.
Virginia Delegate Lionel Spruill is drafting a bill that will no doubt stir up some interesting conversation among lawmakers. He wants to ban the use of a car accessory designed to look like male genitalia.
Auto Xtras, an auto parts retailer in Lynchburg, sells a brand called Truck Nuts.
They say they sell 40 to 50 pairs of Truck Nuts a year, mostly to women.
"It's all in fun. It's like anything else. You got a big truck like that; you throw something like that on it," said store employee Shane Eastwood. "It's all for attention. Everybody who does this sort of stuff does it for the attention."
As soon as Spruill's bill is drafted, Virginia lawmakers will have to give these dangly auto parts a onceover.
Spruill is taking the lead from a Maryland delegate who worked to get these accessories off the road last year.
01-16-08, 12:43 PM
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while i admit it's a silly thing to put on your truck, is this really important enough to spend that much time drafting bills against? i thought we had more important things to worry about...
01-16-08, 02:09 PM
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I laugh at people who have these......mostly insecure people...
Whats dumber is the fact that the gov can ban these items....who's fault is it if you get distracted while driving? <- the driver. dooh.
Whats dumber is the fact that the gov can ban these items....who's fault is it if you get distracted while driving? <- the driver. dooh.
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01-16-08, 02:47 PM
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With all the issues out there today, it befuddles me that legislators waste so much time making laws about nuts hanging from trucks and baseball players using steroids. What a joke.
01-16-08, 03:54 PM
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01-16-08, 05:05 PM
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Seriously legislators should not spend their time with such trivial matters. Isnt this opposition to the freedom of speech? I know there are some types of speech that aren't protected by the First Amendments, but this is absolutely absurd. When I watch TV in other countries (esp. in Europe) everything is shown, unlike some things are censored in the US media. I think this whole issue stems back to America's Puritanical roots. It seems like violence is more accepted in the American media than sexuality. SCREW CENSORSHIP!!!
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01-16-08, 05:19 PM
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Seriously legislators should not spend their time with such trivial matters. Isnt this opposition to the freedom of speech? I know there are some types of speech that aren't protected by the First Amendments, but this is absolutely absurd. When I watch TV in other countries (esp. in Europe) everything is shown, unlike some things are censored in the US media. I think this whole issue stems back to America's Puritanical roots. It seems like violence is more accepted in the American media than is sexuality. SCREW CENSORSHIP!!!
Ex: Changing the Pledge of Alliegance to say "under God", etcNow you've got Southern Baptist preachers running for president arguing about whether Jesus was Satan's brother with a Mormon also running.
And on the rest of your statement, I completely agree!
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Actually the US does not have Puritanical roots. It has Deist roots. Its just that the Christian majority (or at least the ones that claim to be) was running things in the 50s when the media revolution began to take hold. It just became normal and accepted. Keep in mind 'things' is more or less popular opinion, etc. Most people are sheep anyways, but there's a lot of sheep! Ex: Changing the Pledge of Alliegance to say "under God", etc
Now you've got Southern Baptist preachers running for president arguing about whether Jesus was Satan's brother with a Mormon also running.
And on the rest of your statement, I completely agree!
Ex: Changing the Pledge of Alliegance to say "under God", etcNow you've got Southern Baptist preachers running for president arguing about whether Jesus was Satan's brother with a Mormon also running.
And on the rest of your statement, I completely agree!
01-17-08, 06:30 AM
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Seriously legislators should not spend their time with such trivial matters. Isnt this opposition to the freedom of speech? I know there are some types of speech that aren't protected by the First Amendments, but this is absolutely absurd. When I watch TV in other countries (esp. in Europe) everything is shown, unlike some things are censored in the US media. I think this whole issue stems back to America's Puritanical roots. It seems like violence is more accepted in the American media than sexuality. SCREW CENSORSHIP!!!
And I wouldn't point any fingers at America's so-called "Puritannical" past. Our forefathers, the people who wrote the Constitution, came here to get away from even worse persecution in (guess where)? ........EUROPE.
Now, having said that, I agree the whole matter itself is silly....and that legislators should not be tied up with this kind of stuff. That's why I said in my first post that it is DUMB law for an even DUMBER act of hanging something stupid from a vehicle.....and in this case, two dumb things don't necesarily make something smart.
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