I'm almost afraid to ask, but.....is there *any* logical explantion for this? Or was it just some misguided soul who got elected to some public position and had to make a law with his name on?

Pretty much all other ways to mount a GPS strikes me a less good as suction discs (loose on dashboard: danger of flying about; clipped to a vent or elsewhere in car: forcing driver to take his eyes far off the road as compared to a windshield mount -- etc....)

Then again, elected officials got us zip-lock bags, so why not?