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You all have seen them while driving, the flip down or  head rest DVD screens. they have been great baby sitters while on long trips. Ok so what do you do when your driving home and as you approach the stop light you see one of these DVD screen clearly through the tinted windows of the vehicle in the lane next to you with a pornographic video playing in clear view of your family and more so your Young kids. I'd Like to get your Opinions

Call Deputy Dog and give the tag number and snap a Pic with the camera Phone.. Thats about all you can do.. No point to saying anything to people like that.. you know they dont give a crap.. 

bUg

Get a tag number,and a good vehical description and report him. Isnt that like in a way public indecentcy?

I bet you will never run into this problem again, but if you do - I dont think you can legally do anything, maybe just ask the hoodlums to kindly turn it off and explain that theyre are young children in your vehicle.

Chuck - My mother recently told me that she saw a pornographic movie on a large flip down screen while at a stop light. I doubt anything can be done, but it sure does show the total lack of respect in today's society and the rapid degredation of the world in which we live. It's an absolute shame.

Get out of your car and get in theirs?  lol im jk get out and open their car door and break the TV screen.

Im not sure what I would do.  I think in Jacksonville this happened last year and someone called the police and they got charged. There must be a law against something like this.

get the .45 from the glove box and tell them to turn it off and break up the disc or shoot the player.



lol.

Attention is what they are looking for! Don't give it to them. :o

I heard that a guy got arrested for that in Georgia.

hope the light stays red lol follow him [butt...keep yer eyes on the rode]

Hey Chuck just for grins and giggles I emailed the Sheriff's department here to see what they say. they usually get back pretty quick as part of their community oriented policing. I'll let you know what they say.

Tell your kids to turn their heads.

yea pretty much lol

Or you could

A. Tell them to shut that off.
B. Kick there @$$ if they dont
              OR
C. Tell them it was a GREAT VIDEO!

That is someting that should be kept behind closed doors in the privacy of those that wish to view it! I think that you would have a hard time getting anything done about it as far as getting the police involved unless they were right there and see it with you....I'm sure there are laws pertaining to this issue, just as there are if lets say you have a big screen TV in your living room and a big picture window that anyone in the neighborhood could see in clearly....the police would make you put up blinds!!!

You can try to ignore it, or wait for the money shot.But if you do want to, you can take a picture and contact the police. There is a law that prohibits showing porno in public.

Think it depends on a couple of different factors. 1.How old are the children? there is stuff  on broadcast tv that is damn near pornography. Heck, watch MTV for a little while and you tell me. 2. Does this happen with great regularity? I drive from one end of Florida to the other and never caught a glimpse of this. Yet, I have heard a few stories like this. I think we all can agree that we have to prioritize law enforcements job, and unfortunately no matter how repugnant this may be they have more important things to do. So the only logical thing to do is ask them to  turn that off while at the light . If they give you some lip or get
nasty then you need to evaluate your ability to put a beatin on the old boy if things go that way. By the way, the meet force with force law also applies to you in your vehicle.(for our CWP card carrying members).

1 logical answer............... ;D

...and go to jail for pulling a gun on someone...great idea.

It is illegal to have porn playing on a tv screen from your vehicle where it's visible to others. I've read a few people being busted for it.

Bill

If my kids weren't already distracted with their own movie or gameboy, I would try to distract them for the minute or two we were waiting at the light. If possible, I would roll forward or backward a little to block their view. My oldest knows about the facts of life, so if he saw it, I would reiterate how irresponsible and disrespectful that is. However, I would do anything I could to keep it out of view of my youngest and distract him. Unfortunately, even if you can cause the culprit legal problems after the fact, there is not much else you can do in the moment. Even if you roll your window down and say something, it will draw your kids attention to it while you talk to the people.....

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One that shouldn't need to be used. There should be a certain level of decency that would mean you should never have to distract your kids from being exposed to pornography while driving down the road.


Chuck - I already got a response from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's office (that was quick) and they said that yes it is indeed a crime - a misdemeanor - and that you should get the tag and report it. It's not like a traffic violation in which an officer needs to see if himself, this is a crime that they can be arrested for even if the officer doesn't see it. if the officer isn't sure they can process a request for prosecution and forward it to the D.A. and let them file the charges. There are very specific statutes and county codes that address displaying pornography especially when it is exposed to children. He said that even if the D.A. doesn't file charges, the whole process of having an officer show up to question them about it should hopefully disuade them from such an irresponsible, foolish act in the future which would help protect innocent kids from exposure in the future.

I wonder if there is anything you can do. I mean, you would think out of respect for others around you, you would keep your porn in your own house and out of view of minors.   

Tough call! 

I think it's OK if it's girl on girl porn though.

...but there it is. Question was what would I do? Distract my kids rather than cause a scene where the unpredictable can and would happen. I would rather my kids be distracted, than witness the butt whoopin either given or recieved. Far beyond my scope of responsibility to tell them what to do without repercussions. Easier for me to move on. That my friends is what I would do.  ;D  ...I must be getting old.... :(

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Thanks Able I will keep that in mind, come decentcy vs. self interest there is a concept then again there is just some folks that don't care no matter what. They are going to do what they please no matter who it affects

I'd snatch that DVD right out of their player and haul a$$ outta there.

Old or not if everyone just turns their head then who will stand up for what's right? I know some would rather let others deal with it, but I personally believe in standing up for what's right. Yes I'd distract my kids, but I wouldn't let it just slide. If no one takes steps to correct these wrongs then they seem to be adopted as "ok" and that's not what I believe in, or what I want for my kids, or the future of our collective society.

Hey Chuck, these people who had the porno going on in their vehicle weren't doing anything else were they? I thought a person usually watched porno for one reason only...

yea, the "hey look kids, theres a deer" worked for mr. grizwold.

call and report it,,,,,that kinda stuff should be saved for the privacy of my neighbor's living room while they are at work because I don't have a DVD player.

Id@

I like the way that man thinks!  PLANNING is an artform.

i have seen it quite a few times when i lived in west palm beach, doesent bother me , but i dont have kids if i did that would be a different story,