12 Crazy Driving Laws

[Paully_44]

Found this on Comcast today. Thought it was funny reading some of the wacky driving laws from around the country

--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.

--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.

--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.

--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.

--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.

--No matter how sleepy you get, you are not allowed to snooze in the middle of any street in Eureka, Calif.

--Yield to peacocks in Arcadia, Calif.

--Don’t jump into a passing vehicle in Glendale, Calif.

--Don’t change clothes in your car at the beach in Destin, Fla.

--Don’t keep a car door open longer than is necessary in Oregon.

--Don’t drive through playgrounds in Dublin, Ga.

[mavislb]

The one about pumping your own gas reminds me of one summer when we went to Minnesota. My youngest son was driving and pulled into the gas station. He got out to pump the gas but the pump wouldn't start. After several attempts, the attendant finally got on the speaker and informed us that a person had to be 16 in order to pump gas. So my husband had to get out of the van from the passenger side and walk around to pump the gas. My son was 15 but had his license from Kansas. He still couldn't pump gas in Minnesota.