But...
The sticking -out ball type does tend to deter tailgaters- a little.
The lower portions of the US are distracting themselves from the Washington debt-ceiling car crash by asking whether the use of "truck nuts" constitutes obscenity or is a question of free expression. The constitutional freedom issue has swung into the national consciousness after a South Carolina woman was ticketed for hanging …
"...we have had mandated in the UK since forever."
Er untrue. A quick look at the Witter website shows two detachable types available for most vehicles. They cost about 100 quid more than the fixed ones, which is the *real* reason you don't see 'em that often.
I had a detachable one on a Disco in Britain a decade ago. It was a lot cheaper then as it didn't have to have that EU standards compliance stamp, so my "unapproved" detachable cost less than half what an "approved" fixed one did.
Obviously you are one of those city types that must rely on others to get anything done beyond driving your Le Car to work and back. Leave the city, and your city services, long enough to realize that trucks are necessary for many reasons beyond getting from one place to another.
Just because your city sucks does not mean that my country living has to be affected by your same rules and inadequacies.
In this part of the world (South America), or at least the Spanish speaking part of it, some of the words we use to describe men with "big balls" are not intended to flattering.
In Chile: "huevón" or with another spelling "güevón".
In Argentina, Uruguay: "boludo".
I'm sure there are other countries with some local equivalency.
Both cases have the same meaning: someone stupid, lacking understanding, an imbecile.
I believe the closest word in English slang would be "moron".
So if here someone hanged a plastic set of testicles to a bumper, or any other place, it would be recognized at least as a self derogatory statement... and most possibly, as a clear indication of the mind set of the owner.
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That simply because your government has spent enough money yet to fix stupid. If you aren't careful, they'll double the taxes levied to find a stupid cure.
Well, not a cure, but a nice drug you can take for the rest of your life that makes you seem less stupid because you lose the ability to speak for long stretches.
Look,
Here in the US, the bumper hitch is really a square receptacle that can take various hitches and since its removable, its easily stolen or lost. So when not in use, most people take them off.
So there's an after market of things you can put in the hitch:
1) Truck balls
2) replica claymore mines made from the same ABS plastic and looks damn real until you see the red 'replica' tag on the side.
3) Boat propellers that spin in the wind.
4) Oversized 'belt buckles'. Like what you see some trucker wear.
I'm sure there is more, but I'd settle for the claymore replica.
"If you had a small child, particularly a girl or with an elderly grandmother or have a preacher in the car, how would you feel? That's the litmus test,"
Fuda could have been more sexist but then he did give a 65 yr old woman a ticket. Clearly he is a modern sexist but I have to wonder where he draws the line at elderly. The really confusing bit is the preacher, surely he'd just forgive and forget or turn the other cheek or something.
Anyway, since the balls were red, I'm guessing they failed the test for being too acidic.
You tell that Po-lice chief cum Nutzi nanny wut fer! I'm guessing the prig has been blue ballin' for some time now and that his missus found a battery operated replacement for his "night stick".
Seriously Chief, if you want to start talking about things that are obscene, let's start with your attitude.
Yeah, but my all wheel drive luxury car is electronically-limited to 155mph. Just saying...
Anyway, freedom is dead in the USA (and most other places for that matter). Seriously, freedom is deader than a gnat stuck on the face of a hammer. You do anything out of the ordinary in public and all of a sudden you get unwanted attention from the authorities.
"Free Country" - puh!
I'd bet very large numbers of people in those same constituencies down there would consider a realistic--but hairless--plastic vulva covering the receiver hitch to be obscene. And I doubt the numbers would be much different if the 'bumper sticker' vulva was modeled on Smurfette's.
* Why should the law care? When people on that benighted continent can display real guns, why do false goolies matter?
*Why on earth would anyone want a pair of plastic like-size bollocks on a truck? Are these people deranged?
I think there are 'truck nuts' in the story, but they are the nuts holding the steering wheel.
I am also baffled that South Carolina /has an obscene bumper-sticker law/. Is their general legislation on obscene publications so poor? or is it that bumper stickers are the only written material they possess?
Oh, and if you follow the link to the local radio station, you will find that the illustrations of 'truck nuts' have been slightly pixelated, but not enough to obscure anything!
> When people on that benighted continent can display real guns,
You know, we have not yet quite eradicated all of the non-human animal species from the rest of this planet. You clueless city folk should contemplate that before you start whining about how well armed other parts of the planet are.