We've all seen them, those, ahem, rubber naughty bits that hang from trailer hitches. They're tasteless, crude and the absolute funniest thing you've ever seen while driving. According to Virginia State Delegate Lionel Spruill, they may also be dangerous. Though sold under many names, Truck Nuts is what we know them as, and some are claiming they cause potentially dangerous distractions on the road. (We've blurred the above image of Truck Nuts so you don't get distracted and bang your head on the keyboard while web surfing.) We've also heard the argument that they create long, awkward moments between parents and children when little Susie asks, "What's that, Daddy?" Soon they'll be causing long, awkward moments among Viriginia's lawmakers when Spruill submits a bill to ban Truck Nuts in Virginia. The state of Maryland also tried to ban the balls around this time last year, although we never found out if lawmakers there were successful. If any Marylanders out there know, let us know in the comments.
We're of the mind that Truck Nuts cause as much of a distraction to motorists as their own cell phones and steaming cups of Vente coffee do. To target this novelty item because it may offend would open the door to banning all sorts of auto accessories, particularly any bumper sticker that rubs somebody the wrong way. And as for what to say to your kids who they notice the Dodge Ram up ahead going commando, just make something up like that's where you refill the truck's blinker fluid when it gets low. They're kids, what do they know?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 14)
Dave @ Jan 16th 2008 11:06AM
They were funny the first time I saw them.
They are getting old.
TwinTurbo3000GT @ Jan 16th 2008 1:24PM
if they do actually succeed with the ban, i'm gonna mount a dildo
there instead.
It's too much of a gray area for any ban to be passed. They would
have to specify how realistic they have to be to be banned. What
about the chrome ones? What about 2 golf balls in a tan marble pouch?
What about other realistic and not so realistic body parts?
Anatomically correct dildos? non-anatomically correct dildos? Other sex toys?Banning
them will cause more problems than it solves.
Cornholio @ Jan 16th 2008 1:33PM
Agree.
When I see them, it doesn't do much for my opinion of the nutsack behind the wheel, either.
I don't think they should be banned just so daddy doesn't have to explain it to his daughter, but it would be nice if the morons out there didn't feel compelled to prove their trucks are "manly" by hanging a latex ballsack from their bumper. It says quite the opposite, actually.
PapaWhiskey @ Jan 16th 2008 1:51PM
You will find very few women who approve, or are even indifferent about this.
It isn't funny, it's offensive, and only impresses feeble minded men with the cerebral capacity of those balls.
This is a sad reminder of the direction society is headed.
Oh, one more thing... Lying to you kids is good?
Derek @ Jan 16th 2008 6:38PM
I don't think you'll find many woman who would care one way or the other if a guy hangs testicles from his truck.
Now, as for women who would date a guy who hangs testicles from his truck... Better grab the blue paint, buddy!
EJ25RUN @ Jan 16th 2008 11:35PM
i think Virginia needs to be seceded from the USA cause i hate that state and so does everyone i know... i heard south dakota is more pleasent!!!!
deke @ Jan 17th 2008 1:37AM
Last time I checked, we still have a Constitution in the United States of America. Free Speech or Die!
goober @ Jan 17th 2008 1:45AM
So now it's not OK to hang a piece of plastic on your car?
Umm, but it's OK for US Congressional Republicans to talk about Presidential oral sex, oral-anal contact, touching breasts and other various body parts for years? Look it up, it's all in the Congressional Record. Forever, by the way.
What a $#@%ed up country.
JMAN @ Jan 21st 2008 8:25PM
I totally agree. They are pretty pathetic now. They WERE funny. Now if you sport these you are just another idiot going along with the crowed. BORING!!!!!!!!!
Roxie @ Jan 21st 2008 9:18PM
Old nuts are no fun LOL
Happy2bTink @ Jan 21st 2008 11:19PM
Well, LAUGH PEOPLE!! Have you forgotten how? God, it feels good to laugh. LOL They're supposed to be FUNNY... LOL
Kat @ Jan 22nd 2008 1:13AM
Why are these raising eyebrows when those chrome seductively posed silhouettes of neked women with huge boobs have been around for ages without anyone making a stink???
daddzgrl02 @ Jan 22nd 2008 1:45AM
I think this is crude and unnecessary. It is not something that children need to see as we are driving them around town. This world has enough perversion on TV, the news, in music without adding this kind of stuff to our public roads where we have no way of censoring it for our children.
Babe @ Jan 22nd 2008 2:47AM
well this strikes me funny. I am all woman and I drive a truck and guess what I have balls hanging off my tow hitch.. I like them there and I realy dont care what anyone thinks or says its my truck I pay the insurance on it and ECT... so there for I will do as I please with it. If someone is offended by it I'm sorry they can turn their heads and forget they seen it. I refuse to change something I like just cuz some one dont like it..
Katie @ Jan 22nd 2008 5:18AM
EJ25RUN
HEY IDIOT!!! VIRGINIA IS NOT A STATE TO BEGIN WITH, IT'S A COMMONWEALTH. WHAT'S WRONG, DIDN'T YOU FIT IN WITH THE EDUCATED POPULATION? LET ME GUESS, YOU HAVE THESE NUTS HANGING FROM THE BACK OF YOUR TRANS AM!!!
VIRGINIA IS FOR LOVERS, NOT HATERS!!! hehehe
Bob-omb @ Jan 16th 2008 11:10AM
I hate when things get banned or blocked, but if *actually* showing your balls in public is illegal, models of them should be, too.
If for no other reason than to avoid awkward moments when you're behind a pair in your car with your elderly mother and she's going "Inch closer...what ARE those?"
Mike @ Jan 16th 2008 11:18AM
How is this any different than the 'I'd rather be Cummins then PowerStoke-ing' (clean version) stickers? Or the Calvin peeing on _____ (insert any object here)? It isn't really.
C'mon, a year or two ago, NY State tried to ban aftermarket truck bumpers. Where does it begin, and where does it end? Who gets to be the decider? Do YOU want the gerrymandered, pandering, lobbyist and gift influenced state legislatures telling any automotive enthusiast (hey, just 'cause it aint your thang, doesn't make the other person less enthusiastic...) what the can or cannot do to his or her own vehicles?
cyb @ Jan 16th 2008 11:33AM
I don't care about awkwardness but I sometimes drive by and wonder how securely it's attached? What if that quite large piece of metal (yes some are made of chromed steel) fall of at high speed. Person behind have no chance. If that would happen on the highway there could be several people dead.
Maybe they have balls but definitely no brain.
James @ Jan 16th 2008 11:38AM
Yes, and of course we should pass a law that all animals at zoos should wear pants, because we wouldn't want to have to explain that to little Susie either.
Oh, and do you like to exercise in spandex? Your bulge might confuse her too. None of that.
In fact we should all dress like nuns. Or the Ku Klux Klan. They all keep themselves well covered.
Mike @ Jan 16th 2008 11:43AM
cyb: Find me a single newspaper article, or new report, or 911 report, or blog entry, or BB post where this has ever occurred, or supposedly occurred. If you are unable to provide a single account from the whole of the interweb, do you really expect me to assume that laws should be passed to prevent something from happening that has never happened before?