# Driving Under Influence...of Hardcore Porn **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 13, 2005, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-under-influence-of-hardcore-porn/299103 "2005-04-13T06:22:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-under-influence-of-hardcore-porn/299103/1 "2005-04-13T06:22:39Z")
I was thinking about this because I saw another SUV with TV’s inside and of course even with the tinted windows it was easy to see the movie playing on the screens. The movie was Harold and Kumar go to White Castle 😛 if you must know…anyway what if it was a hardcore, xxx-rated porno and a police officer saw or a “concerned citizen” could that person be ticketed or put in jail? ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-under-influence-of-hardcore-porn/299103/2 "2005-04-13T06:28:14Z")
IANAL, etc. If it really is, as you say, “easy to see the movie,” they could probably cite you for displaying indecent material in public or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-under-influence-of-hardcore-porn/299103/3 "2005-04-13T11:33:25Z")
Not in [San Francisco](http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/03/16/BAGM5BQ1HQ1.DTL) they couldn’t. Apparently this is already a problem in some places – but a [cross-country trip](http://theedge.bostonherald.com/lifeNews/view.bg?articleid=75455) didn’t get this guy pulled over. In [Schenectady](http://www.dvd-recordable.org/Article1179-mode=thread-order0-threshold0.phtml) it can get you arrested, but in Chicago there’s no law just yet. YMMV (chicka whah whah…) ---
**Author:** ![Coil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Coil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coil)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-under-influence-of-hardcore-porn/299103/4 "2005-04-13T14:12:53Z")
> [@TJdude825](#): > > IANAL I guess I am not the only one that breaks up that particular acronym into two words, especially in a thread with this subject, am I? ---
**Author:** ![MaryEFoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MaryEFoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaryEFoo)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-under-influence-of-hardcore-porn/299103/5 "2005-04-13T18:11:44Z")
California bans “driving too fast for conditions” which can cover reading and all other foolishness while driving. Law enforcement most likely has to observe the violation. No solid cite: I’ve heard some jurisdictions have laws against installing a video screen visible to the driver, which would be easier to enforce, but what about satellite navigation systems that can also display videos? ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-under-influence-of-hardcore-porn/299103/6 "2005-04-13T18:31:07Z")
> [@Coil](#): > > I guess I am not the only one that breaks up that particular acronym into two words, especially in a thread with this subject, am I? What are you talking about? What two words? ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-under-influence-of-hardcore-porn/299103/7 "2005-04-13T18:34:27Z")
I think he means IANAL = I, anal. ---
**Author:** ![Aestivalis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Aestivalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aestivalis)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-under-influence-of-hardcore-porn/299103/8 "2005-04-13T21:39:45Z")
It’s not really a new thing. Five years ago, I was in Chicago (near the Museum of Science and Industry) waiting to get onto Lakeshore Drive. The car in front of me had a small LCD panel on the dashboard. My Girlfriend at the time looked at it curiously, and I noted that there seemed to be a lot of flesh-tones on-screen. As the camera zoomed out from the close-up action, we got a better view of the scene… I wasn’t quite mesmerized by it, but I could understand being distracted!