Seen yesterday: (kestrel9000 - 1/16/2008 9:55:07 AM)
This has definitely got to be in the running for the funniest bill of the 2008 General Assembly session so far:
Driving across Virginia with an outsized rubber replica of testicles dangling from your trailer hitch would mean a fine under a bill before the General Assembly.Delegate Lionell Spruill Sr., Portsmouth Democrat, introduced the legislation yesterday, saying it is a safety issue because it distracts drivers.
Mr. Spruill would make display of the ornamentation on a vehicle a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum fine of $250.
Rubber testicles are a safety issue in Virginia? Actually, it might not just be testicles; the bill actually prohibits Virginians from "display[ing] upon or equip[ping] any motor vehicle with any object or device that depicts, represents, or resembles human genitalia, regardless of size or scale." Unless the genitalia are clothed, but not in "baggy pants" of course. :)
P.S. You can also forget about "driving with a dog or other animal in one's lap." So much for Fluffy or Mittens warming your lap as you sit stuck in traffic. Ha. And fuhgettabout text messaging while driving. Wait, is this serious? Text messaging while driving?!? As Del. Al Eisenberg (D-Arlington) points out, "People who do these things get removed from the gene pool." The problem is, they might also remove other people, the ones they crash into while they're busy texting their girlfriend or whatever. I just wonder if this bill applies if you're sitting stuck in a massive traffic backup. Not that we ever get THOSE in Virginia! :)
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And you never should drive with a dog or other animal in your lap, unless you want to get indicted for bestiality.