Strange Laws that are still on the books

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Government oversteps its place on a regular basis - this is big part of the reason why I am against most of what the government does. However, every now and then a law gets passed that is truly extraordinary and dumb.


Most of these age-old laws are exactly that: very very old. They were likely not ever enforced anyway but many of them are still on the books and technically, could land you in jail if you broke them. Here are a few.

You cannot take a picture of a rabbit from Jan - April without a permit


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does this count as 1 violation or 2?

This gem comes from Wyoming and I'm not even going to look into how something like this came into being or what the justification could possibly be.

Flirting is against the law


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"stop it lady, or I'm gonna call the authorities"

Some would argue that the SJW's of today are kind of bringing this gem back to the forefront as simply speaking to someone may trigger a virtue-signaling episode of monumental proportions. However, in San Antonio it was actually a crime to flirt with anyone.

This next one is my favorite, because I lived in the city that this law originated from for quite a few years.

It is illegal for a woman to drive a car on main street unless her husband is walking in front of it waving a red flag


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It's difficult to imagine now, but there was a time when women weren't generally trusted to be able to do really anything successfully, especially not things that could result in the injury or death of another person.

In an interview a police official with apparently very little in the way of a sense of humor responded to the existance of this law in an extremely matter-of-fact manor.

"No female driver will be charged driving up main street without a husband or significant other waving a red flag in front of them. Actually that would be quite dangerous. That would be considered playing in the street and being a distraction,"

Well thanks, Captain Buzzkill.


There are many many more dumb laws but i'll just leave it at 3 for now. I find it quite amusing how strange certain communities can be. I would say even detached from the rest of the world. I have a hard time imagining any of these laws being discussed with a straight face, let alone being passed and going through the process of putting them on the books.

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You cannot take a picture of a rabbit from Jan - April without a permit

That's fucking dumb. lol

Well thanks, Captain Buzzkill.

Definitely. Had a setup for some good jokes, while still showing he's not sexist... but blew it big time. Probably the type of guy wouldn't come to any parties either.

I have a hard time imagining any of these laws being discussed with a straight face, let alone being passed and going through the process of putting them on the books.

I imagine most stupid laws weren't. ;)

This reminds me of those laws passed in those redneck areas about not fucking animals. I imagine there was quite a bit of stifled laughing/chuckling at the idea of someone being an animal fucker to the point where they had to make a law about it. LOL

I'm sure though, as in that black mirror episode, that would be absolutely horrible to actually see... so it's great that we can simply hear about these stupid ass laws and not have to actually see what the hell they were made for! Fuck that!

great response. There are a lot more laws that are even more silly than these. I'm digging... i'll find some more :)

It is illegal for a woman to drive a car on main street unless her husband is walking in front of it waving a red flag

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P.S. There are current laws that I can bet that in the future will be considered ridiculous.

As if this law wasn't crazy enough it HAD TO be her husband, it couldn't be a brother, father, male friend, etc.

Why cannot take a photo of a rabbit? What would happen? Is it sin or something? Never heard such thing.. Very odd.

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Was probably passed for some dumbass reason like "it captures their souls" or something. LOL :P

Maybe it was because it interrupted some natural activity they perform. Still dumb lol. Are rabbits camera shy?!

Maybe during that period they are doing some specific biological activity and the cameras from before were different from now. I really have no idea.

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Hmm... maybe? It could have something to do with the fact that to make a flash back in certain times.. you literally used explosive material. The sound of that type of flash could be potentially disturbing to animals. I could see that. Who knows though. It’s all speculation until someone dives deep enough into google to find the real reason. ;)

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Hahahahaa thanks for sharing such unknown rules!!! @gooddream... Every other is tolerable but flirting one is quite difficult😂

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You cannot take a picture of a rabbit from Jan - April without a permit

Like, WTF? It doesn't even make fucking sense 🤦‍♀️

Flirting is against the law

Lol! This is freaking hilarious. How in the hell do people get into relationships? I am fucking dying here! Hahaha.

I find people who try to limit the capabilities of women in some areas yet they want them entrusted to birthing their next generation stupid. Some laws shouldn't see the light of the day but here we are. Sigh.

That is weird for sure, I can't imagine how these idiotic laws were enforced. Like come on the women driving was ridiculous law. That is hilarious that few of the human created such law and other few followed them.
Anyways that was quite a different thing to know.

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