Woman fighting ticket for "truck nutz"

[41magsnub]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/28/us-crime-testicles-idUSTRE76R57T20110728?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&rpc=22&sp=true

My take..  tacky but who cares.  It's actually somewhat helpful, it's good clue into the personality of the driver.

[MechAg94]

Don't the cops there have anything better to do?

Can judges throw cases out simply based on that fact that they are a complete waste of the courts time?

[Fly320s]

1st amendment issue, clearly.  Those things are no worse than the profanity bumperstickers or the Calvin peeing on ChevyFordHonda stickers.

[roo_ster]

Don't the cops there have anything better to do?

Can judges throw cases out simply based on that fact that they are a complete waste of the courts time?

Why would they do that?  How would lawyers make any money that way?

[French G.]

It's only a crime when they are not on a Dodge pickup. There, they are expected.

[Chuck Dye]

From the way the law is described, the prosecutor will have to argue that the truck's dangly bits represent "parts of the human body."  [Emphasis mine.]  Getting a live bull into the courtroom won't too difficult, but who will drop trou' for the human side of the comparison?

[geronimotwo]

My take..  tacky but who cares.  It's actually somewhat helpful, it's good clue into the personality of the driver.

plastic testicles.......tacky.  now brass would be the classy way to go!

[MechAg94]

It's only a crime when they are not on a Dodge pickup. There, they are expected.

Yeah, cause Dodge trucks suck so bad, they have to give the owners something to feel good about.

[Perd Hapley]

So if we don't give people tickets for having, uh, those things on their trucks, what do we do with them?

[P5 Guy]

Don't the cops there have anything better to do?

Can judges throw cases out simply based on that fact that they are a complete waste of the courts time?

And make the arresting agents pay all the costs of the Court and Defendant.

[CNYCacher]

So if we don't give people tickets for having, uh, those things on their trucks, what do we do with them?

Well you could try ignoring them.

[zahc]

Here's a question, if you were on the grand jury in this case, how would you rule?

It's pretty clear that she broke the law.

[Tallpine]

I wish I could find a couple of huge hex nuts, like maybe to fit a 3" dia bolt.

Then hang them on a wire from my trailer hitch 

[Regolith]

Here's a question, if you were on the grand jury in this case, how would you rule?

It's pretty clear that she broke the law.

Since the law is unconstitutional, I'd vote to dismiss the case in order to save the taxpayer's money that would be used to defend it.

[Chuck Dye]

It's pretty clear that she broke the law.

Oh?  I have a reasonable doubt about that "human" in the law applying to any of the decorations I have seen.  How do you meet the burden of proof?

Don't worry, I have tough time getting past voir dire and certainly wouldn't be sitting on that jury even if I were in the pool.

[Tuco]

I wish I could find a couple of huge hex nuts, like maybe to fit a 3" dia bolt.

Then hang them on a wire from my trailer hitch 

I've seen it.

[Perd Hapley]

Well you could try ignoring them.

That's too subtle a message for people like that.

[Brad Johnson]

Here's a question, if you were on the grand jury in this case, how would you rule?

It's pretty clear that she broke the law.

Only if the item in question was specifically made to resemble human genetalia.  In the case of Truck Nutz (or any of the other like products) they are modeled on bovine genetalia.  As tacky or tasteless as it might be, that does not meet the criteria for ticketing under the quoted law.

Brad

[sanglant]

So if we don't give people tickets for having, uh, those things on their trucks, what do we do with them?

castrate there trucks under color of law?











sorry, i just couldn't hold it any longer.

[griz]

Just out of curiosity, would y'all be OK with a plastic vagina around the hitch receiver?

[Tuco]

castrate there trucks under color of law?











sorry, i just couldn't hold it any longer.

Then the trucks would be difficult to steer.

[Fitz]

Just out of curiosity, would y'all be OK with a plastic vagina around the hitch receiver?

You're asking the wrong question.

The better question is: who the hell cares?

It's certainly not hurting me or my family for some inbred dipshit to put testicles (or any other part) on his truck.

I'm WAITING for someone to play the "for the children" card.

Daughter: "Daddy, what are THOSE?"

Me: "Honey, those people are morons."

problem solved

[Perd Hapley]

Just out of curiosity, would y'all be OK with a plastic vagina around the hitch receiver?

Well, talking about the female parts is supposed to be all empowering and inspiring, they say.

[Boomhauer]

I wish I could find a couple of huge hex nuts, like maybe to fit a 3" dia bolt.

Then hang them on a wire from my trailer hitch 

Link is OK and exactly what you are looking for?
http://realnuts.limewebs.com/

[T.O.M.]

To answer a couple of questions posed by earlier posts...
1.  Can a judge throw a case out for being a waste of time?  Yes, but a smart judge lets the case be decided by a jury, then tells them that it's the prosecutor's fault.  Makes for an informed electorate who puts the blame where it belongs.  Also, if a judge dismisses prior to trial, jeopardy doesn't attach, so the prosecutor can keep filing the charge again and again.
2.  Grand jury?  No grand jury for traffic tickets or misdemeanor offenses.  Charges filed by either the officer or the prosecutor, depending on the jurisdiction.  In Ohio, this would have been filed by the officer, but the prosecutor would decide if it proceeds or not.
3.  Waste of time?  I would love this case.  All of the First Amendment issues, the obscenity laws.  this is good stuff, not the typical boring assault cases of who hit who first during the drunken brwal at the Double Duece.