Americans watching porn while driving!

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.

In article , J Kozlowski
writes:

X-DVDs a new hazard for drivers

Weird, but what connection to air travel?

http://apnews.excite.com/article/200...D817PC500.html

Sickening!





"J Kozlowski" wrote in message
. ..
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.

"Edwardseco" wrote in message
...
In article , J Kozlowski
writes:

X-DVDs a new hazard for drivers

Weird, but what connection to air travel?

Well I suppose they could have been waiting at the airport.............

Or maybe the same could be said for someone in seat 1B playing the skin
flick and the little girl seeing way too much from 2C.

Heh-heh..............

I agree that that crap in public is bad......................

Treb

Also see the story on Yahoo, but better yet, check out the Message board for
this story. Some of these people just don't understand whats wrong with
doing this?!?!?!

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp.../drive_by_porn


"J Kozlowski" wrote in message
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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.

:SNIP:


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: Also see the story on Yahoo, but better yet, check out the Message board
for
: this story. Some of these people just don't understand whats wrong with
: doing this?!?!?!

How puritanical of you.

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"John" wrote in message . net...
http://apnews.excite.com/article/200...D817PC500.html

Sickening!

What, the porn watchers, or that you're too damned *stupid* to trim
over a hundred lines of the previous post to top-post your link and an
insipid one-word comment?
--
C.R. Krieger
(Glad I'm not you)

"Scott in Aztlán" wrote in message
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On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 04:08:27 +0100, J Kozlowski wrote:

"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.

$500 fine???

Sounds like that uptight bitch needs to get LAID!!

Great, another judy type engaging in reproductive activities (shudder....); just what
we don't need (shudder.... shudder.... shudder......)

--
Paul

"J Kozlowski" wrote in message
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XXX-DVDs a new hazard for drivers

snip.

Does anyone else see the irony in this?

In this country today, no one is accountable for their own actions. If I
get lung cancer from smoking I can sue the tobacco companies. If I get fat
from fast food I can sue the fast food companies. If I hit a tree on the
side of the road I can sue the state/county for the tree being there and
recover. Cities can sue firearm manufacturers for high crime.

What will we have next? Vehicle owners and or "victims of porn exposure"
suing the auto mfgrs for putting DVD players in their vehicles so they were
"forced" to see pornography? No one's at fault for anything remember?
There is always some evil entity with deep pockets to balem

Would Sally Soccermom be complaining if little Jenny had seen some hard core
R rated violence?

Maybe little Jenny should learn to mind her own f**king business and stop
looking into other peoples' cars if she doesn't like what she sees in there.

Personally, I see no place for a TV in a car that's underway.

Just my 2¢

On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 14:50:41 -0600, "Roy Shroyer" puked


"J Kozlowski" wrote in message
...
XXX-DVDs a new hazard for drivers

snip.

Does anyone else see the irony in this?

In this country today, no one is accountable for their own actions. If I
get lung cancer from smoking I can sue the tobacco companies. If I get fat
from fast food I can sue the fast food companies. If I hit a tree on the
side of the road I can sue the state/county for the tree being there and
recover. Cities can sue firearm manufacturers for high crime.

What will we have next? Vehicle owners and or "victims of porn exposure"
suing the auto mfgrs for putting DVD players in their vehicles so they were
"forced" to see pornography? No one's at fault for anything remember?
There is always some evil entity with deep pockets to balem

Would Sally Soccermom be complaining if little Jenny had seen some hard core
R rated violence?

Maybe little Jenny should learn to mind her own f**king business and stop
looking into other peoples' cars if she doesn't like what she sees in there.

Personally, I see no place for a TV in a car that's underway.

Just my 2¢




You don't have kids obviously. Kids need to watch porn while they're
riding around town to keep them from bugging mom.
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lab~rat :-)
Do you want polite or do you want sincere?