1. In the article it discusses how the law against items hanging from rearview mirrors is being rethought. Some people think the law is stupid, especially since it is rarely enforced by police. Now a senator is trying to "soften the ban".
2. "As a general principle, we wouldn't support anything that gives police arbitrary power to pull people over," Purdy said. "Unless it's large and an obvious obstruction, it's just silly for police to pull somebody over for that. People aren't hurting anybody and they're not causing any danger."
I like this quote because Purdy makes a great point saying that for police to pull someone over for a small item hanging from their rearview mirrors isn't right. If the item was very large and could potentially be dangerous for the driver then it is alright for the police to pull the driver over. We don't want to give police any excuse to catch a bad guy who may not be doing something wrong.
3. I agree with this ban because people enjoy having small objects dangling off of their rearview mirrors and they have significance to that person. I also don't see as much of a hazard as some would think as long as the items are small enough to not get in the way. Plus the current law is not even enforced, so what is the good of it?
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