#4. I doubt anyone would notice it. #12. As long as you were traveling north on State Line Road you would be legal.
On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 4:38 PM, bruce majors <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 12 bizarre laws that will ticket your funnybone! > Last Update: 6/02 1:57 pm > by Holly Rizzo > > > http://www.abc15.com/content/news/webxtra/story/12-bizarre-laws-that-will-ticket-your-funnybone/KLnsh84iPEavokG7_V8lsg.cspx > > You can understand why some laws exist: no speeding, don’t run the stop > sign, yield to pedestrians. But other laws may leave you scratching your > head – right in front of the officer who pulled you over for violating them. > > In many states, for example, it’s as possible to earn a ticket for > lollygagging to look at the scenery as it is for speeding. The legal > reasoning is that going too slowly impedes traffic. > > The reasons behind still other laws have been lost to history, and chances > are you can get away with violating them. In Denver, for example, it’s > illegal to drive a black car on Sunday. And in the foggy past, Minneapolis > outlawed red cars on Lake Street. > > Here are 12 more unusual laws related to cars and driving. But we must warn > you: Reading these means you’ll have to answer truthfully when the officer > asks “Do you know why I pulled you over?” > > > 1. Honk if you pass > > Rural New Jersey might sound like a never-ending New Year’s Eve party if > everybody obeyed the law. State law requires drivers to honk the horn when > passing another vehicle going in the same direction outside a business or > residential district. > > However, watch it in Little Rock, Ark., where the law says “no person shall > sound the horn on a vehicle at any place where cold drinks or sandwiches are > served after 9 p.m.” > > Honking at sandwich shops is OK in University City, Mo. – so long as you > honk in your own car. It’s illegal to honk the horn of someone else’s. > > > 2. Kindly keep your cattle in the car > > Hey, city slicker – you’ll have to keep that cow in your vehicle in Topeka, > Kan. The city has made it “unlawful for any person to suffer or permit any > livestock owned or controlled by such person to run at large, or to drive > any herd of cattle, horses, mules or hogs, or any flock of sheep, upon any > street in the city.” > > > 3. You’ll need permission to throw that brick > > In Mount Vernon, Iowa, you’re not allowed to shoot arrows or throw bricks > onto any street or highway without the City Council’s written consent. > > > 4. Clean up your act > > In San Francisco, it’s illegal to wipe a vehicle with used underwear and to > pile horse manure more than six feet high on any street corner. > > > 5. Unhand that nozzle! > > In Oregon and New Jersey, you cannot pump your own gas. Supposedly this > practice keeps gasoline prices lower in those states, because insurance > costs for gas stations go down if attendants instead of customers pump the > gas – but, on the other hand, that attendant must be paid, whereas you pump > for free. So the jury’s out on the reasons for this one. > > > 6. Animal and vegetable antics > > Palm Springs, Calif., forbids anyone from walking a camel down the main > street, Palm Canyon Drive, between 4 and 6 p.m. > > Hunting from moving vehicles is illegal in several states, including > Connecticut and Tennessee, where only whale hunting by that method is > allowed. > > Thou shalt not sow a vegetable garden in any public street in Chico, Calif. > The law, however, does not forbid flower gardens. > > > 7. No pillows on the roadbed > > No matter how sleepy you get, you are not allowed to snooze in the middle > of any street in Eureka, Calif. 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