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Honolulu Mulls Body-Odor Crackdown

City delays vote barring smelly people from riding public transit

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(Newser) – Honolulu's city council has delayed voting on a measure to bar stinky people from public transit, reports the Advertiser. The ordinance would crack down on people with “odors that unreasonably disturb others or interfere with their use of the transit system.” Part of the reason for the delay is the fact that only the state legislature can pass criminal statutes.

Under the proposed law, odor-emitters could be forced to pay a $500 fine or go to jail for 6 months. “I think it is a bit discriminatory to people but being a bus rider myself I think it would be helpful because some people do have really bad body odor,” one woman tells KITV.

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Unaffiliated
Sep 3, 09 11:31 AM CDT
6 months for not showering? That's just absurd. How does body odor interfere with someone's use of the transit system? Reply
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Realist
Sep 3, 09 11:38 AM CDT
Maybe you haven't taken a ride on a bus route that goes through those neighborhoods that all cities have... where the dregs and the forgotten live... Truly, just one very unclean person on a bus can make it unbearable...
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shonangreg
Sep 3, 09 5:38 PM CDT
This sounds like an anti-homeless ordinance, actually.
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RobN
Sep 3, 09 11:33 AM CDT
Can they extend it to include my local 7-11? Reply
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Realist
Sep 3, 09 11:36 AM CDT
Man, imagine the embarrassment of having a criminal record... for smelling bad! Reply
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