Stinky city bus riders soon could get soaked. The Honolulu City Council is considering a bill that would impose up to a $500 fine and/or up to six months in jail for public transit passengers convicted of being too smelly.

Video – Honolulu Seeking to Fine Bus Riders With Offensive Body Odor

Stinky city bus riders soon could get soaked. The Honolulu City Council is considering a bill that would impose up to a $500 fine and/or up to six months in jail for public transit passengers convicted of being too smelly.

The bill will be heard Thursday in committee. It would make it illegal to have “odors that unreasonably disturb others or interfere with their use of the transit system.”

It doesn’t matter if it’s body odor or offensive fumes that emanates from clothes, personal belongings or animals.

Councilmen Rod Tam and Nestor Garcia co-sponsored the anti-odor bill.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii says it is concerned with laws that are inherently vague, which opens the door to discriminatory enforcement based on an officer’s individual prejudices.

5 Comments

  • too funny!

    I am rolling on the floor!!!!!!
    Thanks for a good laugh! Guys watch the video the people talking are hilarious! probably the one who says she doesn’t like the idea is a stinker herself and she knows it.

  • lasvegasman

    hey the fish stinks from the head!! and there are alot of fish in hawaii. I thing it’s actually an anti french campaign. if they hate french turists then just say so. a lesson for us that everyone should make sure to wear deoderant.

  • NoYechi770Jerusalem

    Try riding the mehadrin buses in Jerusalem & you’ll know what smelly & stinky is!!!!