Sunnely wrote:
1. It's illegal to drive while wearing a blindfold in Alabama.
Who passed this law? Who elected these people?
I'm pretty sure it's illegal to drive while wearing a blindfold everywhere in the country.
I'm also pretty sure that none of the laws (even in Alabama) are phrased that way.
In NJ, "Any person to whom a conditional or restricted driver's license has been issued who operates a motor vehicle in violation of any of the conditions or restrictions upon such license shall be subject to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) or imprisonment for a term not exceeding thirty days, or both."
Now, normally, that would be interpreted to mean that if you need eyeglasses, you must be wearing them while driving --- however, since you had to pass a vision test to get the license, having vision comparable to that at the time of the test would be required to drive. Hence blindfolds are illegal.
DJ Mills wrote:
One thing for sure: You can't make this stuff up.
That's because it is illegal to make things up in Ohio
I think this one was from Louisiana: If two trains meet at a crossing, neither can leave until the other has left.
In Alabama, it's illegal to carry an ice cream cone in your hip pocket. (This bit of wit and wisdom came from inside the bottle cap of a Snapple Iced Tea). My dear aunt, who lives in Birmingham, concurred.
pendennis wrote:
In Alabama, it's illegal to carry an ice cream cone in your hip pocket. (This bit of wit and wisdom came from inside the bottle cap of a Snapple Iced Tea). My dear aunt, who lives in Birmingham, concurred.
At least that is a law thst makes sense. It sure makes you wonder about the story behind it.
In Texas it is illegal to shout "yee haw" in a public restaurant.
Pretty sure that it is not illegal to keep a coin in the ear in Hawaii. I do it all the time and have never been questioned by authorities anywhere, at least not on Kauai, Oahu, nor Hawaii. Maybe on Molokai?
DJ Mills wrote:
One thing for sure: You can't make this stuff up.
For real. Back in the late 60s or early 70s, NYC went through and streamlined/cleaned up its laws. One that was removed was a law that made it illegal to shoot rabbits from the Second Avenue elevated train line, commonly called the Second Ave El. It had been torn down in 1942 and there probably hadn’t been a rabbit around there for fifty years before that.
DJ Mills wrote:
I'm not claiming all this is correct. I am just passing it along. Feel free to add other examples you may know.
DJM
1. It's illegal to drive while wearing a blindfold in Alabama.
2. You can't put an animal into the back of an open vehicle in Alaska.
3. It's illegal for a donkey to sleep in a bathtub in Arizona.
4. In Arkansas, it's illegal to honk a car horn close to a sandwich shop after 9pm.
5. Plastic bags are banned in California
6. Edible pickles must be able to bounce in Connecticut.
7. It's a crime to keep a couch on your porch in Colorado.
8. It's illegal to sell dog hair in Delaware.
9. It's illegal to place a coin in your ear in Hawaii.
10. It's a crime to sweep debris into the street in Idaho.
11. In Idaho, you can't ride a horse above 10mph.
12. Tire screeching is illegal in Kansas.
13. It's illegal to send a surprise pizza as a gift in Louisiana.
14. It's a crime to park in front of Dunkin' Donuts in Maine.
15. Sleeveless shirts cannot be worn publicly in Maryland.
16. You are forbidden to sell your car on a Sunday in Michigan.
17. Dirty tires are illegal in Minnesota.
18. It's a crime to give someone a rat as a gift in Montana.
19. It's illegal to sit on a sidewalk in Nevada.
20. It's a crime to pick up seaweed on beaches in New Hampshire.
21. It's illegal to play BINGO drunk in North Carolina.
22. In New Jersey, it's illegal to wear a bullet-proof vest while committing a crime.
23. It's a crime to go hunting in a cemetery in Oregon.
24. Paying a psychic in Pennsylvania is illegal.
25. Racing horses on a highway in Rhode Island is illegal.
26. If you're a minor, playing pinball in South Carolina is a crime.
27. Sleeping in a cheese factory is a crime in South Dakota.
28. It's illegal to share your Netflix password in Tennessee.
29. In Vermont, a woman can't wear false teeth without her husband's approval.
30. You can't go trick-or-treating in Virginia unless you're at least 12 years old.
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I've lived in Virginia for 79 years and I have never heard of #30.
I was supprised to hear on LIVE-PD on the A&E TV Channel, that riding a motorcycle without a helmet in R.I. was legal if you were an adult.
charles tabb wrote:
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I've lived in Virginia for 79 years and I have never heard of #30.
I was supprised to hear on LIVE-PD on the A&E TV Channel, that riding a motorcycle without a helmet in R.I. was legal if you were an adult.
...and legal in South Carolina!
htbrown
Loc: San Francisco Bay Area
In the early 70s, it was still illegal to operate a horseless carriage in Riverside, CA, unless you had a man on horseback precede you with a lantern, to warn off other horses. I confess that I numbered among the thousands of scofflaws who violated this ordnance on a daily basis. Hopefully, the statute of limitations has passed and this confession won't get me in hot water.
In Los Angeles, it was illegal to shoot a camel from a moving street car. Presumably, it was okay to shoot one from a stopped street car. This remained on the books long after Los Angeles got rid of its street cars.
It's possible either or both of these laws have been eliminated in the past forty years.
FrankR wrote:
For real. Back in the late 60s or early 70s, NYC went through and streamlined/cleaned up its laws. One that was removed was a law that made it illegal to shoot rabbits from the Second Avenue elevated train line, commonly called the Second Ave El. It had been torn down in 1942 and there probably hadn’t been a rabbit around there for fifty years before that.
Which goes to the point I was making before. The actual law almost certainly wasn't that specific. Now, if we think of it in the way a legislator would have written it (It's illegal to shoot at animals from a subway train or platform), it sounds much more reasonable --- particularly if you note that the NYC subways had a lot of rats in them.
htbrown
Loc: San Francisco Bay Area
JamesCurran wrote:
Which goes to the point I was making before. The actual law almost certainly wasn't that specific. Now, if we think of it in the way a legislator would have written it (It's illegal to shoot at animals from a subway train or platform), it sounds much more reasonable --- particularly if you note that the NYC subways had a lot of rats in them.
In Los Angeles, the law was specifically about shooting camels. It seems that in the nineteenth century, the army imported a bunch of camels, thinking they might make a special desert cavalry unit, which they experimented with in the desert outside Los Angeles. The experiment didn't work out, and the camels were left to fend for themselves. They eventually died out, but into the twenties (or later) one would occasionally wander into town.
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