Weird Traffic Laws
10 of the weirdest, wackiest traffic laws in America
By Cindy Perman
You know the basic traffic laws — stop at a red light, obey the speed limit, don’t drink and drive.
But this is America, land of the free and home of the make-it-up-as-you-go-along, so in addition to the standard traffic laws, there are some weird and wacky ones out there.
Some of them are specific to activities common in that town or state, and some of them make you wonder why someone had to tell you it’s illegal to do that.
In Kansas, it is illegal to screech your tires. That's a state law, but there are also local ordinances to back it up.
In Derby, Kansas, for example, it's part of a standard traffic ordinance that any act which causes or creates "unnecessary rapid acceleration, unnecessary tire squeal, skid, smoke or slide upon acceleration or stopping including the casting of tread, gravel, dirt or other road surface materials from the tires" is illegal. Also any acts that "simulate a temporary race."
The penalty is a fine up to $500 and/or imprisonment up to 30 days.
Good luck enforcing this one.
Good luck enforcing this one.
Oh, and isn't it great the authorities in Kansas are going after the "big guys" in crime here and not wasting their time on the petty criminals that don't matter?
On the plus side is that they're in last place, at number 10.
Kansas can count it's blessings on that one. At least they're not the worst.
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When I was in HS (in kansas) one of my classmates was actually issued a ticket for this. Translation: the cop was bored, and didn't like him.
I don't think that's all that uncommon a law. Dad got a ticket for that in Illinois in the 60s--According to him, he had been driving a 6 cylinder Fairlane, but one night had a friend's big-block V8 Fairlane hotrod. When he went to cross a busy street, he gave it the gas he would have given the 6...
And Ohio has similar laws on squealing tires unnecessarily. I'm guessing most states do, or there's a catch-all like exhibition of speed.
More than anything, this allowed me to a) post that Kansas was in the online news yesterday and b) have some fun, even if at Kansas' expense. Hey, it got readership.
Weird law? Maybe. It is until some idiot keeps barreling down your street at some extreme and absurd decibel level.
Or as the "3 am" blog says, "You kids get off my lawn!"
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