USA Weird Driving Laws

jcgriff2 · Jul 2, 2015

From the files of US Insurance Agents -- 13 Odd Motor Vehicle Laws in the USA -

Members of the Georgia Assembly cannot be ticketed while Assembly is in session. The purpose behind this law was undoubtedly to prevent Assemblymen from being detained for undue periods of time, but it is easy to see how this law could be used to avoid other driving offenses as well.
Denver prohibits driving a black car on Sunday, but the most limiting color law is in Minneapolis, where it is against the law to drive a red car on Lake Street at any time.
In Montana, you are not allowed to leave a sheep unattended in your truck. In California, you are allowed to shoot only one mammal from the window of your car: a whale.
Oregon makes it mandatory to yield to pedestrians while driving on a sidewalk. In Dublin, Georgia, driving on playgrounds is prohibited, which may not be a bad thing, but seems rather unnecessary.
Rhode Island has a law that requires you to make an audible noise when passing another vehicle. Pennsylvania requires you to stop every mile and set off flares or other warning signals and then allow 10 minutes for livestock to clear the road.
Tennessee and Mississippi both have laws that require female drivers to have a male flagger walking front of the vehicle. Other states have similar laws in place to prevent accidentally driving through herds crossing the roads, but they do not single out women as needing the assistance.
Oregon has a law against leaving your car door open too long. The state also prohibits using your car to demonstrate physical endurance, so make to coast off the roadway if your vehicle breaks down.
In Youngstown, Ohio, you can be ticketed if your car runs out of gas. Even worse, Minnetonka, Minnesota writes tickets for leaving mud or other debris in the road.
On Kansas Avenue, in Kansas City, the law forbids transporting dead poultry on the roads. And if you squeal your tires in the state, you could face up to 3 months in jail.
Evanston, Illinois makes it illegal to change clothes in a vehicle with the windows drawn. If a fire is involved, closing the curtains is okay. Really, it's the law.
Indianola, Iowa prohibits ice cream trucks from using the roads. It is hard to tell whether this law is supposed to regulate ice cream eating or private enterprise, but it is on the books.
Scituate, Rhode Island makes it illegal to carry beer in your car, even if it is unopened. Hilton Head, South Carolina goes a step farther and makes it against the law to have trash in your car.
In California, it is illegal for anyone to jump from a car that is going more than 65 miles an hour. And once you bail out, keep in mind that California also prohibits driverless vehicles from traveling in excess of 60 miles per hour. These are only two unusual laws for a state that has many,

Courtesy of US Insurance Agents - https://usinsuranceagents.com/weird-driving-laws

GZ · Jul 3, 2015

I think I am going to go to Kansas and do burnouts until my tires separate from the rims.

jcgriff2 · Jul 4, 2015

Nah -- California for me where it is legal to jump out of a moving car as long as it is <65 MPH!

GZ · Jul 4, 2015

That California law about driverless cars is fast approaching relevance.

Chris Urmson: How a driverless car sees the road | TED Talk | TED.com

jcgriff2 · Jul 4, 2015

See that.... these "off" threads that I post do have some real life applications! :0

Do you follow this one GZ?

Pennsylvania requires you to stop every mile and set off flares or other warning signals and then allow 10 minutes for livestock to clear the road.

GZ · Jul 5, 2015

jcgriff2 said:
See that.... these "off" threads that I post do have some real life applications! :0

Do you follow this one GZ?

Pennsylvania requires you to stop every mile and set off flares or other warning signals and then allow 10 minutes for livestock to clear the road.

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I steer clear of farms. :-D

jcgriff2 · Jul 5, 2015

GZ said:
jcgriff2 said:

See that.... these "off" threads that I post do have some real life applications! :0

Do you follow this one GZ?

Pennsylvania requires you to stop every mile and set off flares or other warning signals and then allow 10 minutes for livestock to clear the road.

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I steer clear of farms. :-D

Good!

I'd still like to try the flare thing; get stopped by a PA State Trooper & explain! :0

At least I know I'd win in court!

GZ · Jul 6, 2015

Rotflmao. I'd do the same thing!

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