Vehicular Display of Testicles?

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Senate OKs Bill Penalizing Vehicular Display Of Testicles

OR:

Senate Bill Would Snip Faux Testicles On Vehicle Bumpers

By JOSH POLTILOVE | The Tampa Tribune

Published: April 23, 2008

TAMPA - People who hang fake bull testicles from the rear bumpers of their vehicles should receive a moving violation, state senators say.

The Senate voted 37-2 today in favor of a bill against the testicles.

Sens. Bill Posey, R-Rockledge, and Frederica Wilson, D-Miami opposed the bill.

Opposition to the testicles comes as the vehicle accessories are growing in popularity, thanks in part to the Internet sales of brands such as Your Nutz and BullsBalls.

Your Nutz, a California Internet mail-order business, boasts colors including sun-kissed sienna, dark forest green and even electric blue lighted sets that cast an eerie glow.

David Ham, founder and owner of Your Nutz, said the replica bull testicle business is booming and he welcomes the free publicity generated by the state Senate's discussion.

BullsBalls boasts a wide variety of products, ranging in price from the middle teens to more than $50 a set. The Arizona retailer sells mocha, ivory, pink, silver, gold and chrome, too.

BullsBalls owner John Saller said he has been selling the product for more than 10 years and now ships about 500 sets a month.

Sen. Carey Baker, R-Eustis, sparked the Florida discussion.

The bill, which needs House approval, states: "Whoever willfully displays on a vehicle an obscene word, image, or device, including, but not limited to reproductive glands, commits a noncriminal traffic violation" punishable as a moving violation.

Reporter Josh Poltilove can be reached at jpoltilove@tampatrib.com or (813) 259-7691.



I swear, you can't make this stuff up. WTG Florida Senate...that was keeping me awake at night.

[Bucamaniac40]

It'd be funny if #40 would get the first ticket!

Alstott has had a pair on his black Chevy dually for several years!

[ProwlingPanther]

Virginia had a law about the same thing last year...guess some old fogies don't have anything better to do

[BucShot]

Your tax dollars at work. Still, they do look kinda' stupid and I often wondered what kinda' statement the owner was trying to make with them? Perhaps wishful thinking?

[BucNut]

I swear, I've never seen any...or if I did, I didn't know what they were.