XXX-DVDs a new hazard for drivers

[EdwardKnoxII 0]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/03/10/drive.by.porn.ap/index.html

 

XXX-DVDs a new hazard for drivers

 

DETROIT, Michigan (AP) -- Andrea Carlton hadn't planned on telling her daughter about the birds and bees until she was 8 or 9. But that changed the night 4-year-old Catherine spotted a porno movie flickering on a screen in a minivan nearby.

 

"Just like there's no windows in a strip club, you shouldn't be able to see inside windows in a car when they're watching X-rated movies," said Carlton, a 26-year-old from Gurnee, Illinois.

 

More and more Americans are buying vehicles with DVD players, usually to keep the kids entertained. But an increasing number of other people on the road are catching a glimpse through the windows of more than just "Finding Nemo" and "SpongeBob SquarePants."

 

Depending on where they are driving or parked, motorists could face fines and even jail time for screening X-rated stuff. But where the law may not be clear, some are calling for tighter regulation.

 

"Residents should not be subjected to those obscenities," said Flint City Councilwoman Carolyn Sims, who is examining whether an ordinance packing a $500 fine is needed. "They do have a right to have peace and tranquility and not to have this exposure to sex in their face."

 

A driver in Schenectady, New York, was arrested last month after rolling past police with a DVD titled "Chocolate Foam" playing on the passenger-side sun visor in his Mercedes-Benz, authorities said. The movie also was rolling on screens set into the car's headrests.

 

The driver was accused of breaking state laws prohibiting watching TV while driving, as well as another law making it illegal to exhibit sexually explicit material in a public place.

 

"The detective had a clear view of what was playing through the window. Anyone walking by on the street could have seen it," Schenectady police Lt. Peter Frisoni Jr. said of the nighttime traffic stop. "If he had dark, tinted windows where you couldn't see in, that wouldn't be a public display."

 

As for Carlton, she was driving in the Chicago suburb of Buffalo Grove with her daughter when Catherine glimpsed the sexually explicit movie. The experience last fall upset the girl and angered Carlton.

 

Carlton and her husband sat down with Catherine and offered the best explanation they could. Since then, Carlton has spotted other motorists with explicit movies playing, including a couple watching from the back seat of their car in a store parking lot.

 

"You're not allowed to have sex in your car, so why are you allowed to watch it?" Carlton asked.

 

Most states, including Michigan, have laws that make it illegal to watch TV while driving. Laws governing the exhibition of pornography vary by state, but experts say they could be applied to drivers as well.

 

"I think those restrictions would apply if the content is located in a vehicle," said Jeff Matsuura, director of the law and technology program at the University of Dayton. "You have effectively moved beyond the privacy of your own home."

 

During the day, it is often difficult to see what is playing inside another vehicle. But at night, the screens are easily visible from a passing car or a vehicle stopped alongside at a traffic light. The screens are also getting bigger.

 

In Flint, Sims took up the issue after hearing from a woman who was driving with her 5-year-old when she spotted porn playing on a vehicle's 13-inch TV screen. A police officer who happened to see the display pulled over the driver, Sims said, but let him off with a warning.

 

To Sims, a 23-year police veteran who retired in 2001, playing an explicit movie in view of other motorists or pedestrians is akin to flashing or having sex in a public place.

 

But Michigan State Police, who have not had any cases of in-car porn, say playing an X-rated movie might not be easy to prosecute unless it can be proved that the motorist intended for others to see it.

[MrRant 0]

It's illegal to have sex in a car?

 

Oops.

[Ravenbomb 0]

easy solution: Stop watching people in their cars

[starvenger 0]

easy solution: Stop watching people in their cars

I agree. Detroit already has their fair share of bad drivers, so there's no need to add to the problem.

[razazteca 0]

I thought this was going to be about the Vin Diesil movie being rereleased as a special edition or something.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next time just say porno.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

If the XXX film is being played in public, I could see the outrage.

 

And damn, what is so hard about waiting to get home to watch your pornos?

 

Don't answer that...

[DerangedHermit 0]

And damn, what is so hard about waiting to get home to watch your pornos?

My di...

 

Don't answer that...

 

Shit.

[EdwardKnoxII 0]

I just wait for the day when someone wrecks his car cause he was a watching porno and jerking off while driving.

[Guest El Satanico]

She should be bitching about window tinting laws then.

 

 

Like a fucking 4 year old knows she's seeing sex. This woman probably made the whole situation worse by explaining it to the kid.

[Slayer 0]

"Who taught you how to do this?"

 

"You allright! I learned it by watching you!"

 

Parents who watch porn have children who watch porn

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

OK, a few things. If theres only one person in the car then they dont need to have a TV playing any type of movie on in the car.

 

And most places make it illegal to tint your windows to the point where you wouldn't be able to make out the screen, I dont think.

 

"You're not allowed to have sex in your car, so why are you allowed to watch it?" Carlton asked

 

Idiotic Comment of the Year Nominee.

[Guest Coffey]

When are people going to grow the fuck up and realize the world will never be this nice little tight community of people who like to watch sunsets and flowers grow?

 

If some trucker who's been on the road for three months wants to run a porno movie in the back of his truck he should be able to. If this mother-fucker gets sued or whatever, he should have a nice invasion of privacy counter-claim.

 

If you were walking down the street and looked through someone's window and saw a cock on their TV screen...would you be able to get them in trouble? If so, would they then be able to get the people running the channel (let's say it's a satelite station) in trouble?

 

It's horseshit. Just let other people live their own goddamn lives. Who cares what your daughter saw! You think you're going to be a better parent by pissing off someone on the road? She's hear worse at school anyway...and if you homeschool that little slut she'll just grow up anti-social.

 

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