I took this video on 8th Avenue this evening.  It’s a box truck whose sole purpose is to advertise the Hustler Club.  How is this legal?  I’m not upset with what is being advertised.  I just think it’s absurd that you’re allowed to drive a vehicle that is essentially an enormous television set through city streets.  My iPhone didn’t pick it up so well, but there was loud audio as well.

If we’re going to ban hands free cellphone use because it leads to distracted driving, maybe we should also ban huge trucks with speakers and bright video screens that are solely on street to distract.

I should qualify this by admitting that if the truck was an art project instead of an ad, I probably would have loved it.  A contradiction, I know, but I think advertising, which serves no public good, should be regulated more heavily than art.