Your Under Arrest

So you’re driving down a country road, Queen blaring, smell of burning rubber in your nostrils, and flying so fast that you slip into tunnel vision at 200 miles per hour. This is the greatest moment of your life! A rebel without a cause, the bad boy of the 2000's, the bat outta hell, and nothing can stop you.

Uh Oh, you think, as a screaming cop car behind you suddenly pulls out from a hidden bush and seems to catch up to your speed fast. You pull over, roll down the window and look in the rear view to see a cop walking slowly towards you, your Ipod starts playing the music of westerns before a shootout and you sink in your chair. He approaches you with the look of stone on his face, you squeak out... 'Something wrong officer?'

So I have been reading about stupid laws lately in my free time. Laws that were made back in the days of horse and buggy, that just were never stricken from the record because it actually costs more to get rid of a law then to just bury it in the hatchet. Here are a few I think you will enjoy, most from the States!

Alaska: It is considered an offense to push a live moose out of a moving airplane.
Alabama: You may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time.
New York: The penalty for jumping off a building is death.
Washington: When two trains come to a crossing, neither shall go until the other has passed.
Montana: It is illegal to have a sheep in the cab of your truck without a chaperone.
Pennsylvania: It is illegal to sleep on top of a refrigerator outdoors.
Rhode Island: One must make a loud noise before passing a car on the left.
Massachusetts: No gorilla is allowed in the back seat of any car

My favorite of course, is London England; all taxi drives must carry a barrel of hay at all times! I mean if you really want to sue someone over how hot your coffee is, you may unfortunately have greater chances at putting a gorilla in the back of your friend’s car and taking a picture.
In conclusion laws are generally put in place for a reason, mostly to keep each other safe, however it is in my thoughts that the laws of today will be jokes by tomorrow, and the system shouldn’t take them so seriously. To read more on the stupid laws I have found please click on the link: http://www.dumblaws.com/index.php

And that’s a Megans Perspective!