Seriously,
Does anyone know of actual local laws (not fed. or state) that get enforced, or people even get arrested for?
any dumbass laws…??
-Cheers
subcook69420 wrote:
> Does anyone know of actual local laws (not fed. or state) that get
> enforced, or people even get arrested for?
park in a fire lane in NYC and you will see the result of a city law
as your vehicle is towed away…
> any dumbass laws…??
i think it is still against the law to spit on the streets of many
cities…
lucky for you, it is probably not against any law to ask dumb questions…
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Hello subcook69420,
I’m not an attorney … but if I were … well I suspect I’d have to reply with a book … maybe a few!
For starters, any number of “blue” laws at all levels of government … can’t sell booze on Sunday … can’t sell booze at all … can’t sell booze unless to members of a “private” club … can’t sell booze within XXX feet of a school, can’t drink booze here … only over there … BTW … if you buy a beer at one of the 40 places that sell it at the Staten Island Ferry … don’t open it unless you are on the ferry … learned that one the hard way … 
For enders, any number of absurd sexual prohibitions ranging from any form of homosexuality to selling pornographic material with XXX ft. of a school. (I vauguely remember a gay couple being arrested here in Houston for having consentual, but technically illegal, sex in thier own home … around 25 years ago)
The stuff in the middle … well if it’s REALLY stupid and you can imagine it … I bet you can find it with a little looking around …
And we’re taught to call this the land of the free …
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In Montana, a single (unmarried) woman may not go fishing alone. A married woman may not go fishing without her husband on Sundays.
How’s that for non-political? :X
Here in the Lake District, UK. We currently have a Hosepipe ban.
Typically absurd is a concession made for swimming pool owners, who can use a hose to fill their equally absurd waste of water ‘swimming pool’.
Reminds me of the Poll-Tax years ago: applicable for every single person, except for those in hospitals, jails etc. except for those in jail for not paying their poll tax.
Over here there’s a law/rule that says that any grown up person should have at least € 25,-- on himer, otherwise can be taken from the street for vagabondage…
Hah! Yes, completely bizzarre… You’re not allowed to water the lawn with a sprinkler, but you can fill up your fat swimming pool, have a dip & then empty that on the lawn instead 
Hansom cabs (black cabs) are still required, by law, to have a bale of hay in the boot to feed the horses that used to pull the hansom cab, before the infernal combustion engine.
Disclaimer: Hansom Cabs were ‘invented’ down the road from me in ‘Hinckley: Home of the Hansom Cab’
Periodically, here in Pennsylvania anyway, laws are reviewed to see if they are obsolete. In the lifetime of everyone reading this post, it was illegal, in Philadelphia, to take a bath between November 1st and April 1st. My guess is that lack of central heating made it a health hazard. Also, you were required to take a gun to church with you on Sunday to protect yourself from the indians. Neither of these laws were enforced that I can recall personally.
They also recently rescinded a law that said anyone driving an automobile had to have someone walk in front of them with a red flag to warn pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles.
In other gov’t nonsense: Johnstown PA was hit with its’ 4th disastrous flood in 1936. Lawmakers instituted a “temporary” 10% tax on liquor to pay for the clean-up. What was temporary was the 10%. I think it is now up to 18%. If they haven’t cleaned up Johnstown in 74 years, they never will.
Hee hee hee … nothing exclusively political about stupid … and nothing exclusively stupid about americans … and the ubiquity of stupid transcends politics … hence no debate … after all, we all know it’s stupid … 
From Michel Franti’s Disposable Heroes of Hiphopracy :
Hypocrisy is the greatest luxury … raise the double standard!
Sink your teeth into this. Dumb Laws, Stupid Laws: We have weird laws, strange laws, and just plain crazy laws! Enjoy 
This is not necessarily for Americans only. Please let the Europeans in too.
In the italian town of Roncadelle it is forbidden to die. The law is in force since August 9th 2010. Punishment for disregarding the law is prison up to 3 months or a fine up to 206 Euros. You don’t believe me???
Il Giorno - Brescia - Roncadelle, “vietato morire” Il sindaco apre ai privati.
google: ‘Roncadelle vietato morire’ for more …
In the village of Guastalla (Italy too, you guessed it) it is forbidden to sit on the ground.
On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:51:58 +0000, subcook69420 wrote:
> Seriously,
>
> Does anyone know of actual local laws (not fed. or state) that get
> enforced, or people even get arrested for?
Here in Utah, noise ordinances are local laws and they are enforced. The
thing is that law enforcement tends to be “complaint driven”, so
enforcement happens only if someone complains about something like that.
I’m involved in our local community council, so I often get to hear about
things like this from our police liaison.
Jim
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At one time, in Utah, it was illegal to insult a deaf woman.
I wonder why the deaf were picked out?
Making such partial distinctions in the first place is insulting.
On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:08:11 +0000, Prexy wrote:
> At one time, in Utah, it was illegal to insult a deaf woman.
I hadn’t heard that. I’ve actually had to deal with some of the alcohol
consumption laws here. They’ve relaxed somewhat since I moved here, but
when I did move here in 95 or 96, you had to be a paid member at the
establishment to be served alcohol; grocery stores were required to
remove alcohol from the shelves on Sunday (they could alternatively shut
down the aisles) - and they couldn’t (and can’t) sell anything > 3.2% ABV.
Member only clubs still couldn’t serve more than one drink to an
individual at a time - if you had a second on its way to the table and
the first wasn’t ready to be taken away, the wait staff couldn’t - by law
- leave it with you.
Most of these laws are no longer on the books now, but while they were,
it was extremely strange to this resident (moved here from Minnesota).
It’s still strange to me the only place to go for hard liquor is a state-
owned liquor store.
Jim
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In the State of Ohio, it is illegal for someone to back out of their driveway. I can’t imagine how this could be enforced nor why this law was passed at all, seeing as a lot of the suburbs (at least in the Northeast of the state) were built in the '50s/'60s and the general style of homes at the time had extremely narrow driveways; either you back in and drive out or you drive in and back out.
Keep in mind I only heard about this through hearsay, with only indirect references of this on Google so I don’t know if it is still (or if it ever was) true.
I don’t find any reference to it here; Dumb Laws in Ohio. Crazy Ohio Laws. We have weird laws, strange laws, and just plain crazy laws!
I’m guessing that, since she couldn’t hear it, it would be just mockery for the pleasure of those around her. I’m sure old-time gender sensitivity had something to do with it. To be kind, maybe they didn’t want deaf persons singled out for insults. The most likely explanation is that a Utah politician had a deaf relative.