What the Heck?

Did you know that you could get a ticket in Michigan for simply having a pair of fuzzy dice hanging from your rear-view mirror?

Let me start this ol' blog off by saying that I am not a big fan of fuzzy dice. They simply aren't my cup-o-tea. However, I do have a "thing" for little hula-girls and bobbing head dogs. In fact the dash of my car looks like a Luau that has gone to the dogs!

Maybe it is simply the fact that growing up and carousing in Mayberry we didn't have a good casino or floating craps game in the area for me to develop a love of dice...but, then again, I guess we didn't have many hula girls either.

Anywho...I was surfing the web today and ran across an interesting article about a poor sap that was pulled over and busted for the crime of having a Tweety Bird ornament dangling from his rear-view mirror.

According to the article, a man named Lonnie Rae Davis was pulled over by the Michigan police after they spotted a Tweety Bird ornament dangling from his rear-view mirror. The article goes on to state that Michigan law forbids dangling things that "obstruct the vision of the driver of the vehicle."

Davis has apparently appealed his conviction stating that the Tweety Bird didn't obstruct his view and that the cops had no right to pull him over...or confiscate the open alcohol container, crack cocaine, wad of cash, stun gun, or the .38 caliber handgun they found in the car after they stopped him!

He argued that the cops had no right to pull him over in the first place since the Tweety Bird ornament did not obstruct his view, therefore the stash of guns, drugs and hooch they found in his car should not be held against him.

As it stands now, the fuzzy-dice (and dangling Tweety Bird) ban stands in Michigan...and Mr. Davis, is headed off to jail...and not the one where Aunt B. serves her famous fried chicken and apple pie!

You can check out the whole article HERE.

Does anyone know of any other states with similar laws? I'd hate to get pulled over for my hula girl collection and have the cops find the stash of Snickers Bars that I illegally smuggled in from Canada!