Awwwww **** they ain’t be spinning no more dawg!

But in all seriousness, I don’t understand why states make sure a stink about custom cars. As long as they are bolted on properly there shouldn’t bee issues.

Yes!! Ban those stupid things!

While we’re at it, ban loud-a$$ coffee-can mufflers, stupid over-size wheels on scrappers, murials on tailgates and mullets. Definately ban mullets.

I looked up S.B. 1640 in the NY state listing. No more than what is in the above. What’s the beef? Optical illusion issues?

———->6ix: think before you speak……ban “coffee-can mufflers”?? well if you hear one in person, i SURE think a Ferarri Enzo or Koeniggseig’s exhaust is WaY louder than my SRT-4’s………

yes… I would like to hear from anyone who can think of a genuine reason for banning them.

Those neons can get pretty loud srt-4ken.

What is the issue with spinners? I dont care for them, but if other like them thats fine. Is there some kind of safety issue I never heard of?

Just another law to piss kids off. I don’t get it, they want kids to stay in school and away from drugs. So you find something you think is fun, customizing your car, yet their always passing laws to prohibiting what your allowed to do. Its just ridiculous IMO. As far as the trash can mufflers they annoy me too, but no where near as much as a pos Harley Davidson with its loud ass exhaust.

Personally, I think spinners are rediculous, but I haven’t heard anywhere that they may cause a hazard. Are lawmakers trying to legislate taste?

Strike this bill if they can’t come up with a reason to ban spinners other than that they’re annoying. Old lady drivers are annoying, but I have to put up with them too.

anyboby ever drove through an intersection on a motorcycle and took evasive manuvers because you saw spinning rims at the light, it seriously (only the first time) is distracting. not to mention lame. but i dont know about banning them though, that seems extreme, but its nyc the east coast equivilant of san francisco`s insane liberal movement that wants total controll over every single aspect of your lives.

I would just like to see or hear a reason…

Well, they are dangerous is one good reason to ban them. I was buying snow tires a couple of months ago and a couple of guys came in looking for some spinners, the clerk said they no longer carried them as the owner of the store had been sued because some parents were not watching their kid who was playing with the wheel they had on display and broke 3 of his fingers. I kind of chuckled because the onwer got sued by parents who were not watching their own kid but they are heavy you get em spinning and try to stop them the wrong way I’ll bet you could hurt yourself. You know how things are in this country….whenever Darwin finds a way to thin the herd law makers find a way to stop it.

BAN THAT ****!!!

ban rap music next too, along with hip hop and r n b

There could be no other reason to ban spinners other than they are so god damed stupid in the first place. They scream “I am ghetto and unsophisticated to the incalculable maximum”!

I personally think spinners are RETARDED.. They might as well have spinners that say ” I am trashy” and “my wheels cost more than my car” ..

This is just silly. There is absolutely no reason to ban them, I doubt this will happen.

I could stick my singers into the spokes of a bicycle and break them, so I guess we should ban that too. lol The car its self is more dangerous than the spinners. I don’t have spinners, and I have never actually liked them, but it just pisses me off every time some people get together to ban something because they have a problem with it. So much for our freedoms here in America. We just love pissing them away every chance we get!

NY state = communist.

I know, I live here unfortunately.

It is about time—spinners sucks. And I am a bit tired of SEMA and all their absurdity about how we should support industries that are illegal. Car manufacturers pay million of dollars to be in compliance, and the aftermarket violates these rules. Now, those who have made illegal fortunes want to protect their lawbreaking. Yeah…right. SEMA in many respects is a joke.

they should, it gives the illusion of movement which could cause an accident which could injure the scientist that could have come up with a cure for AIDS. I can see the logic.

This reminds me of the guy in Virginia last year that wanted to ban people from wearing low slung pants. That same guy also wanted to ban the playing of loud music in cars and driving with your seat tilted back.
Anyone else see a pattern there?

Are these the same people that banned Elvis ??

I thought they were dead by now, but obviously their ideas still live on.

Whats illegal about after market equipment? Just want to know, not trying to be a d!ck. I have seen a lot of vehicles with spinners and have never mistaken one for moving when it wasn’t. Maybe I’m just that much better at driving, and pay more attention than some others out there, that being said, we need to revoke their licenses for being ****ty drivers.

The load music in cars should be banned too, it is REALLY annoying and rude when someone pulls next to you to where you can’t hear the music in your own car.. it is usually some skinny ass person who is practically laying down.. why do people do that?

^ I do it to piss off people who take their 4 year old screaming kids into a theater and kick the back of my seat during a movie. Muahahah revenge is sweet, lol.

It isn’t about being a good driver. When you’re coming into an intersection and you see some gigantic SUV with the chrome wheels still rotating, you’re initial reaction is “oh $hit!!” Oh wait, it’s just a homie with blingin’ wheels. Ban them. They create the illusion of movement and are a hazard.

Yea this law isn’t targeting blacks and hispanics at all. Nope, no way.

so why not beat the crap out of the kid at the movies? why do it to people in the street who can get out of the car and beat the **** out of you? for example me!

That last part neglects to mention that with those massive wheels even a little dip in the road will tear your wheels up.

If anyone feels they could take me I live in the Dallas area. lol Trust me I’m not concerned with idle threats. And it was more or less a joke, I have a system in my car, but I don’t normally turn it up to where it would be considered obnoxious to other people. And if you were a better more alert driver you would notice right away the vehicle isn’t moving. I lived near Detroit for over 23 years and in the Dallas area now for going on two years, have never had an issue with someone rolling on spinners. Stupid law thats again targeting the younger crowd, just like neon lights, window tint etc.

i guess they don’t care about actuall driving, since all they do is go up and down the same street to if if anybody saw the wheels…. sad and lonely people..

Nothing funnier than seeing a 10 year old Malibu with those fake plastic spinners where one wheel isn’t moving and the plastic fake chrome is flaking off.
Anyone heard Chris Rocks routine on spinny rims?
“Can’t pay my power bill, but look! THEY SPINNNNINNNN!!!”

“…ban rap music…”

okay, then ban stupid ass country music and irritating rock music from the 80’s up.

this is the lamest ‘ban’ i ever saw in a long time. i hate spinners too, but WTF? to each his own….

The issue is that the heavy spinning sections can keep moving for 5-10 minutes after someone parks. So there have been a few incidents of young kids going up and sticking their hands in and getting hurt. I’ve seen some brands that have added a saftey mesh to keep fingers out of the danger zone.
I’m against the ban as I’m always up for a good laugh.

I’m with you bolex. Ban Harley Davidson too!

I think that spinner wheels are lame, but ban them?
isn´t that a little extreme?
As long as they stay safe, why ban them?

srt4ken,
Enzo’s and Koenig’s sound GOOD loud. 4 banger ricers (sorry, but a SRT4 is an american ricer) are worse then nails on a chalkboard.
Yes, Harley riders with straight pipes should be shot too. But cops are afraid to pull them over.

Yea this law isn’t targeting blacks and hispanics at all. Nope, no way.

Comment by vmspionage, posted on February16 at 2:12 pm

it also targets skinny ass whiteboys who act like slim shadetree ar candy bar or what ever he calls himself

Great! Spinners look absolutely ridiculous considering how much they cost per wheel to begin with.

This is bull****. Whether you like spinners or not, the state shouldn’t be interfering in this non-safety issue. Maybe we should start banning mohawks.

I’m not for the ban, but I have heard of people getting into accidents because they were looking at the wheels spinning when the car was stopped, and drivers think that the other car is still moving, so they don’t hit the brakes on their own car. Basically, spinners can create an illusion of motion.

Hey bb_454, I live in the Dallas area too.

If they outlaw spinners, only outlaws will have spinners.

I think they’re pretty stupid and a waste of money but is a ban really necessary?

Where in the Metroplex do you live?

Yes, Harley riders with straight pipes should be shot too. But cops are afraid to pull them over.

Comment by norby413, posted on February16 at 2:56 pm ive rode motorcycles for 15 years (all sportbikes)now and do not believe loud pipes save lives, a proactive rider saves his own ass. besides with all of the quiet tuned cabins and loud stereos you would be a fool to think every car can hear you from miles away.

They dont create the illusion of movement. I live in the ghetto and i see them all the time, not once have I gotten scared and yelled oh **** that cars wheels look like they could be moving i better hide for cover. If you honestly have that little depth perception to not be able to tell whether a car is moving or not, you shouldn’t be on or near a road. Personally i think spinners are a waste of money but they don’t pose any legitimate threat warranting any sort of ‘ban.’ Cell phone ban, good idea, spinner ban, retarded idea.

Here’s a challenge to anyone on this site foolish enough to support the banning of spinners: Give me one single good reason as to why you say that. Noone has a good reason, and that’s the fact. Any reason anyone could give would be illogical, and probably a personalized opinion, relating nothing to a federal ban on an aftermarket piece. This is bull****, I hate dumb crap like this, it’s pointless and a waste of nearly everyone’s time.

Lambo, there have been a TON of legitimate reasons for banning them stated on this forum so far. Just read them. Mainly, they make the car appear to be still moving. It doesn’t come down to being a good driver. It comes down to your peripheral vision. If a car is sitting at a side street that i’m about to cross and I’m focused on what’s coming up ahead, but suddenly I see out of the corner of my eye SPINNING phookin’ chrome wheels, I’ll probably react. That reaction could cause an accident.

It’s a safety issue.

Whoa a law mandating good taste? Sounds wrong though. I used to see those things all over and then they just up and vanished. It’s a fad. People will get tired of them and just buy tasteful less maintenance intensive rims… The Market will decide with Law-makers should leave alone.

But while they’re at it ban those “Rim Skin” tires, with the one0inch side walls, I watched some poor fool peel his off the rim is a turn and slide into a light pole.

You are missing the whole picture….if this passes this means they can go after aftermarket rims! And only require OEM on your vehicle.

isn’t that kind of against freedom of speech?

Hey Phil whats up? I’m in Lewisville now, I was in Flower Mound for a little while when I first moved here.

Naw, they won’t go after that market. It’s too big. Just rims that move.

Wow! I want to move to New York! I had no idea that things are running so perfectly in the State of New York that their legislature has nothing better to do! That’s great! Congratulations New Yorkers!

The argument of the vehicle appearing to be moving is stupid, I’m sorry. But if something as simple as the rims spinning while the vehicle is parked fools you, you have no business driving on the road, your unsafe! I guess they should ban beautiful girls, they could take your eyes off the road. Maybe flashing lights on a police vehicle or what about the little bobble head dog things, they trick me into thinking the guy in front of me is accelerating. lol Its just freaking retarded.

bb_454,
Well said.

Although, no one here has mentioned spinners that appear to stay in place while the car is moving. Would that cause some idiot to abruptly stop their car while driving? Now, I hat spinners. I think that has got to be one of the worst things to ever happeen to Black America.
However, laws based on personal preference should not and will never fly.

Wow. So, I see two things bad about spinners:
1) They’re a distraction. But then again, so are yellow cars, the radio in your car, etc. Deal with it.
2) They add unsprung weight to the car, hence increasing stopping distances. But if they really wanted to address that, they could legislate a maximum wheel/tire combo weight, instead of just targeting spinners.

Dumb ban.

And to James up there, way to be racist. I love how you suggest we ban rap/r&b music and “nigra” wheels, and then use freedom of speech as a defense for your bigoted opinion “before any Obama fans run their mouths.” Way to be a hypocrite!

I knew some idiots would be racist fools on here when I saw this articles, THEY’RE the ones who should be banned.

WHAT YOU GUYS DONT THINK THE PROGRAMMABLE SPINNERS THAT SAY YOUR FRICKIN NAME WHILE DRIVING ARE COOL? I MEAN THEY WERE KIND OF LAME IN THE FIRST PLACE BUT NOW YOU CAN HAVE BIG LED DOLLAR SIGNS IN YOUR RIMS WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, ADD SOME UNDER CARRIAGE NEON AND YOU WILL BE COOLER THAN 50 CENT IN HIS CHROME LAMBO, BET IT DONT HAVE THOSE.

Whats up with the caps CTS? Neon lights are a safety feature IMO.

Like we really need more laws!

I haven’t seen LED’s in the wheels yet but the year is young so who knows. Stadt shut up. Spinners violate the laws of good taste but since your black friends have no taste stadt then shut up. If black people actually had good taste that would be news.

Crap i was watching the keyboard i cant type to save my life, but i was thinking about spinners with the led`s i could program pentagrams while listening to deathmetal, or big green leaves while listening to cypress hill:) now 10 minutes later i want a set…….go figure!!!!!!!

This is such a bull^^^^ legislation. It has nothing to do with anything. There are about a million other issues more important than this and they want to waste time on this crap? What harm do those rims cause other than scare old people? Non thats what. Its a waste of tax payer money and time. The government makes me sick sometimes.

i made the argument of the illusion of movement, but I was being facetious. no wait…they should ban cars, cars cause accidents and people can die in them. They should ban food, people are getting sick from that. Rims are a waste of time, but they won’t mortally hurt anybody.

Ban spinners? That’s almost as rediculous as the No Cruising law in South LA. It’s essentially illegal for me to drive down to the supermaket and drive back home, or go out to dinner and drive back home, or even go hiking in Malibu and then drive back home. All because I can’t pass the same spot within 3 hours…in a car.

maximus dont forget to ban air,steak knives,and god forbid somebody drowns lets add water too.

http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/03/25/forget-the-spinners-pimp-rims-go-hi-tech/,

Don’t most people die in their sleep? Lets ban that. I would have to fight my own law, I love sleep!

**** nevermind i couldnt stop laughing at the mickey mouse and coca cola rims.

Damn I so need to get a set of those, lol.

still laughing cant stop, need theese bad

Wow, James, you’re an idiot my friend. You strike me as someone who hasn’t seen much of the world.

Anyone who thinks spinners make the vehicle look like it’s moving shouldn’t be allowed to drive.

Spinners might be one of the dumbest automotive inventions of all time, but that said, on what grounds does New York have to ban spinners?

Z06ified - I sympathize with you. I grew up in the Syracuse area. Besides there not being any jobs, the laws up there are getting ridiculous. I heard they just passed a new one that charges an additional $200+ a year on your license if you have a certain amount of points. And that is coming from the DMV! NY is in the running for most liberal-commie state in the union. They could already have that title. Wait until Spitzer starts getting his fingers into everything. They’ve banned smoking. They’ve banned guns for the most part. It’s virtually impossible to buy a keg. The taxes are astronomical.

I miss the snow, that’s about it.

Dont forget Piablo, they also baned ‘Trans Fat’ a few weeks ago as well.

6ix: speak for yourself, asshole. Yeah, let’s ban everything people want to do to their cars that is legal EVERYWHERE else in the U.S. Do us all a favor and go kill yourself!

Lotus oh shut the hell up. I’ve seen plenty so stfu. Not my problem that you don’t understand things in life.

Ok, How about actually reading the justification for this bill? Go to http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/distsen.cgi and input S01640

PURPOSE: To prevent accidents resulting from hubcaps designed to deceive viewers as to the relative motion of the vehicle.

JUSTIFICATION: This legislation is intended to prevent automobile accidents caused by hubcaps that are designed to deceive other motorists into believing the vehicle is moving, or traveling at a rate of speed
different than the actual speed of the vehicle. While the design and use of devices known, as “spinners” is benign, the use of these devices on public roads can cause accidents resulting in serious injury or death.
The sole purpose and design of spinners are to provide the illusion of movement of the vehicle’s wheels and to thereby deceive persons into believing the vehicle is moving at a rate of speed greater than the actual speed of the vehicle, including when the vehicle is stopped. Unfortunately, this otherwise innocent deception can result in other motorists misjudging the rate of speed of the vehicle equipped with “spinners”, and can result in the other motorist taking actions based on the perceived but misleading speed of the other vehicle.

I think spinners serve a higher purpose. They identify the owner of the vehicle as a major douchebag.

keep ‘em legal.

If you get into car accindent because you are looking at spinners.. that’s some serious ADD

people these days…

**accident

I have no problem with spinners going the way of Anna Nicole ….
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That being said, I have a big problem with the government trying to enforce good taste by banning bad taste. In the name of good taste New York would be better off banning Hillary Clinton’s fatass calves, rather than ****ty ghetto Escalades.

Do the people that have been affected by spinners also believe that they are moving backwards when they are passed by a tractor-trailer?

and putting your fingers in any kind of wheel is stupid

At first they were cool because they were different.. But now they’re just played out and stupid. Specially the cheap ones on the hub caps. But if some 17 year old think they’re cool, more power to him. I don’t see how anyone can be deceived as the center mass isn’t moving. Has anyone ever thought someone running on a treadmill at the gym was going to run them over??? What’s sad is that if this idiot senator doesn’t get his way he’ll make cars with spinners wear a BIG sign that reads “Vehicles with spinners are going slower than they appear.” LOL! Idiot!

That’s just the thing - the fad will run its course. There’s no need to ban them, they’ll be out of style completely in a few years anyway.

And James, you’re still ignorant and racist, irrelevant of you telling everyone to “stfu.” Go don your white hood and sheets and buy a 3rd-gen f-body. You’ll be the envy of the trailer park.

I feel like my freedoms to exercise poor taste are being infringed upon. Ya, sure I don’t care for them but that’s my own personal aesthetics and I’m not going to mandate everyone to follow that, that would be facist after all. Road hazard? If you end up in a wreck due to the fact that you saw something spinning but not actually look at the actual car itself and it’s mass (which is a lot larger than the rims) and couldn’t figure out if it was moving or not, is a sign you more than likely should either a. pay more attention to how your driving and the road and the cars around you or b. should consider not driving in conditions where you are overwhelmed by stimuli to the point where you believe stationary objects are moving (which may include not driving). However, if we do ban spinners, I think we’d have to ban chrome, since it’s shiny and distracting. We should also ban clear coat, flake, and any other sorts of paint jobs that have certain amounts of specularity that can cause a reflection or glint. Place it all together in one massive piece of legislation and see if it passes. I think not. It’s ridiculous and obsurd to ban them even though I hate them.

Soccer moms are more annoying than spinners. I say ban soccer moms or make them conform to my wishes.

Their for KIDS anyway. The most childish thing you can do to your car.

LOL I didnt know people still used spinners.

Stadt you’re racist and ignorant making stereotypical comments about muscle car white guys. Better than the **** you like. I guess you haven’t heard of Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Expression, I can say anything I want. Therefore you have no right to get on my case. You also have the right to be a minor annoyance like you are right now. Keep buzzing little gnat.

@James, yeah you have freedom of speech, and no one is trying to get you arrested. We’re (at least I am) just astounded at your level of ignorance, and your hypocrisy keeps growing with every post. You just told me to STFU and then you start talking about freedom of speech. You’re telling us we have no right to get on your case but isn’t that infringing upon our freedom of speech and expression?

LOL@ people who have no idea what the 1st amendment actually means arguing over it.

Nobody cares what your opinion is Lotus so shut up. Of all places to troll you pick a car site.

James, you suck, you’re a racist, the end.

Also, like someone else said up there, if they’re going to ban these as being distractions, you’re gonna have to ban a hell of a lot of other stuff too. I guess in Vegas they should ban neon lights on the strip, those probably distract people too.

Whoever wrote this bill is gonna get shot by some bloodz.

James expresses his freedom of speech thru fuzzy dice hanging from his rear view mirror and by wearing baby blue polyester suits.

Don’t ban them……….Just tax the hell out of them.

LOL @ the losers ganging up on me, how sweet you girly men are. Thats all you can call me is “racist” Lefty broken records. That’s irony, the idiots calling other people ignorant.

i think GMnumber1forever, and James sould be banned

I saw a spinner flied off from the wheel on the freeway…and seeing the cars infront me trying to avoid it..Geezzz…imagine if it’s a rainy day…an accident is unavoidable!!! Beside…the spinner is ugly and annoying to the eyes…LOL

Elvio, I saw a hood fly off a car once and all the cars (including mine) behind the beater had to dodge everywhere to avoid the hood. Shall we ban engine hoods too?

and how about those people who have everything duct-taped to hold their car together…

Blah blah you idiots are bringing all your friends out to harass me.

James, you obviously don’t like black ppl so why are you so caught up about ppl calling you racist? And, we don’t need to go call our friends…go to almost any internet board/forum spewing the **** your spewing now and you’ll get flamed. Thrust me.

James you’re a real idiot. Your parents are idiots and should be ashamed of having a POS like you. Go crawl back up your mother’s womb oops, we both know you didn’t come from there so just go crawl back up her fat ass.

Why would they ban spinners? I didn’t see a reason…

Let them ban it; then let the US Supreme Court strike the ban down as a limitation on your 1st Amendement rights, because spinners have some message value in some cultures.

Then we’ll have the right to own spinners!

Now, about that conflict in Iraq…

Ricardo…give me a brake…as well as to yourself… those spinners are aftermarket craps….I don’t know how often the car’s hood will fly off on the Freeway, but if it happened a lot, there should have a lot of recalls…and if the spinners flied off on the freeway…I don’t think anying will be done. I don’t think people like you will care. Even if the accident caused by it, you don’t care.

To all ppl here..Spinner is Spinner…there is nothing to do with White, Black, Brown, or Yellow….and it has nothing to do with 1st Amendment as well…get a life…This is just a simple issues…why the hell you guys making the simple thing become complicated…Look at yourself, don’t you think you have not made your life complicate enough. No matter you like the spinner or not, this is a road user safety issues.

funny thing is, spinners were already going out of style. they should have just waited another month or two for the next fad.

bad thing is, NOW that there getting banned it just put a new lease on on the style. now young folks will WANT to put em on just to be rebels. and again lemme just state that i hate them things, but to each his own.

Elvio, i agree and disagree. it definitely aint a racist issue. but i think “bb_454″ said it best,

The argument of the vehicle appearing to be moving is stupid, I’m sorry. But if something as simple as the rims spinning while the vehicle is parked fools you, you have no business driving on the road, your unsafe! I guess they should ban beautiful girls, they could take your eyes off the road. Maybe flashing lights on a police vehicle or what about the little bobble head dog things, they trick me into thinking the guy in front of me is accelerating. lol Its just freaking retarded.

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I know I see spinners breaking off the rims and flying around causing accidents and cutting off heads and hands at least 20 times a day.
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Fact is, I’ve never seen a spinner fly off Elvio, but I did see that hood fly, and I’ve seen a lawn chair fly, as well as a rusty muffler. I didn’t go ape**** and demand that hoods, lawn chairs, and mufflers get banned as if my experience with those events somehow portrayed the norm. Spinners are gay and I’d love to see them go away, but not if it means regulation and letting some jackoff politicians think they should have more control over people’s lives under the guise of public safety. Anyone who advocates this BS has no moral or ethical claim to any sort of freedom. Legal certainly, but not moral or ethical, as they would casually deny others their rights.

Simple as this, James needs to STFU and GTFO this site kthx.

Ricardo…if everyone is ethical enough, there is no need of law…It was because we, the people, created the problems, the laws follow. Again…if everyone is clean, why the hell do we need to worry these and that. We are not living in a utopia.

It’s kinda funny you know people…when NYC wants to ban the spinner( a small issue ) for safety seek, you guys came out and cry foul, and even bring out the 1st Amendment rights. Where the hell are you guys at when the Fed Government came out those homeland security laws that would really threat and may take away our rights and freedom. So, stop whining.

Spinners were cool for about 5 minutes! Even though I don’t like them I don’t think they should be banned.

Elvio, your standard of “ethics” seems to require that everyone be regulated according to your desires or fears. I’m not picking on you because you’re not alone - witness the “no smoking in any bar or restaurant” legal craze. I’m a non-smoker and hate smoke, but I also don’t believe in frocing a facility owner that one voluntarily attends to enforce a tyranny of a majority. Like with smoking, few people think spinners are cool, but those who do have rights also. Hell Elvio, if you want to ban something in the interest of public safety, you should advocate banning automobiles altogether because 30,000 people die in car accidents each year. While you’re at it you should advocate banning vending machines because on average 15 people per year die while trying to tip a freebie (to save $1) out of a vending machine, which then falls on them and kills them. That vending machine statistic is probably 15 times worse than any casualty rate you can find for spinners.

Ricado…you completely missing the point…your argument is to have less government in our lives, and I was saying that we are living in a non-perfect world that we do need law to protect and regulate. So..please read my post before you try to make a hard sell.

I got your point. You want to regulate spinners because you percieve a danger. Your stat to prove the danger was some incident you saw. Your single incident is not enough to convince me that there is a serious danger. There are far greater dangers in the world than spinners, Elvio, like vending machines and pop-rocks.

when will the democrats have complete controll of our lives, they controll what you eat, see, say, or put on your cars in nyc and frisco, lets vote for hillary in 2008 so they can finish the rest of the country.

Wow. The State of NY has no bigger issues to tackle than the ban of spinner wheels. Those who are saying “yeah, ban them. I hate them” are missing the point here. Let’s ban lowering springs, aftermarket exhaust, forced air induction, and those distracting metallic pearl-effect paint jobs too. Where does it end? I would never buy spinner wheels. But it’s also not up to me to decide that you can’t buy them either. To those saying the “government is protecting us”, you can’t legislate against all stupidity. Using this logic we shouldn’t even be able to drive cars. Wake the hell up and take some credit for your own actions. Enjoy what freedoms we have left.

Sounds like another law to take away a freedom that does no harm to anyone. Besides people thinkin they are ugly or stupid, whats the harm? USA….land of the free? not if more of this bull**** gets passed.

That last comment wasn’t really needed.
This law to me doesn’t make any sense. If people can’t distinguish the difference between a moving car and spinning rims, then they shouldn’t really be driving in the first place. I hate spinning rims, but this law is probably the worst thing I ever heard of. Sometimes I’m glad to live in Canada. We do have stupid laws, but nothing this extreem I think. Unless I can be proven wrong.

Here are some rather stupid canadian laws…..

Section 331 of the Canadian Criminal Code states that it is illegal to send a telegram or letter threatening a bird.

Balloon animals are not permitted in public in Victoria BC.

It is illegal to kill a sick person by frightening them.
Just a few I found kind of quick.

Uh huh, the person with the last post isn’t needed on here. Idiot! Refer to the message before mine before making asinine comments deantj.

The fact of the matter is, no matter how you feel about spinners and how they look. This law isnt needed. And takes away from you freedom to have things the way you want it. If someone has spinners…so what. If you really think its a BIG deal, you have some issues. Like deantj said, this is one more law that would litter the lawbooks.

Elvio, I understand what you’re saying. But the point is that spinners haven’t been proven dangerous. The government’s argument is that cars with spinners appear to be moving when they’re not. I think that’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard, next time you see a car with spinners you’ll know what I mean. Often times they’re spinning backwards or inconsistently, but that’s beyond the point. As for them falling off, that’s an error of the manufactorer or whoever installed them. It IS required by law t