Spotted in St. Joe: The Bang Bus

By CRYSTAL K. WIEBE

What’s the most touching thing you can imagine running across with your mom on Mother’s Day? How about the Midwest Bang Bus?

On Sunday afternoon on Frederick Avenue in St. Joseph, my family and I pulled up behind The Bang Bus. In the back window was the clever warning, “If she’s a rocking don’t cum a knocking.” The case on the spare tire advertised Truckershos.com, “the truckers web site.” The otherwise nondescript black van had Missouri plates. I wondered what the male driver had done for his mom that day. Did he take her for a ride in the Bang Bus?

Later, I checked out the Web site. Slogan: “If it’s got tits or tires, it will give you problems.” Too bad the site itself has little of either. There are some photos of gals in tight shirts and bikini tops but no actual nudity — yet. Most of the site is still under construction, but its makers promise in an intro that live video, chatrooms, Web radio and games like Donkey Kong are all coming soon: “Our mission here at truckershos is to provide you, the trucker, with as many tools, information, and entertainment as possible to make life on the road as stress free as we can.” What a relief.