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What stupid laws are there in your country.

Dry counties.

Yeah that is.

I feel the same about weed in the UK.

The governor of the state of Maryland is the official "head of the Catholic church in Maryland" I have heard. A holdover from colonial times when Lord Baltimore founded Maryland as a British colony specifically as a refuge for British Roman Catholics.

Food stamps (EBT) cannot be used for hot food.

The assumption, apparently, is that everyone has a stove.

I could understand making certain expensive luxury foods, like caviar, ineligible for purchase with EBT. But no. Caviar is allowed, but even the cheapest hot cooked food is not allowed.

The current regulations (and non-regulations) accomplish nothing except to screw over homeless people.

The Complete List: 14 Australian Criminal Laws You've Never Heard Of

NSW: Drivers can be fined up to $2,200 for not taking enough care to avoid splashing mud on public bus passengers (Regulation 291-3, Road Rules 2014 (NSW)).
Queensland: It is illegal to post a fake job advertisement, or publish false notices about engagements, births, deaths or funerals. Maximum penalty is a $1,219 fine or six months imprisonment (Section 21, Summary Offences Act 2005 (Qld)).
Victoria: It is an offence in Victoria to fly a kite to 'the annoyance of any person' in a public place. Maximum penalty is a $777.30 fine (Section 4, Summary Offences Act 1966 (Vic)).
Victoria: Singing an obscene song or ballad in a public place can attract a maximum fine of $1,554.60 or two months imprisonment; $2,331.90 fine or three months imprisonment for a second offence; $3,886.50 fine or six months imprisonment for a third or subsequent offence (Section 17, Summary Offences Act 1966 (Vic)).
Victoria: It is illegal to correspond or do business with pirates. The maximum penalty is 10 years imprisonment (Section 70C, Crimes Act 1958 (Vic)).
Victoria: It is an offence in Victoria to make unreasonable noise with a vacuum cleaner after 10pm or before 7am on weekdays and 9am on weekends (Section 48A, Environment Protection Act 1970 (Vic); Regulation 6, Environment Protection (Residential Noise) Regulations 2008 (Vic)). The noise will be considered unreasonable if it can be heard in a ‘habitable’ room in any other residential property, whether they have the door or window open or closed. Police or the council can direct you stop making the noise for 72 hours and a breach of their direction can carry a fine of up to $18,655.20, with an extra fine up to $4,663.80 per day for continuing noise violations.
South Australia: Obstructing or disturbing a wedding, funeral or religious service is an offence that carries a maximum fine of $10,000 or two years imprisonment (Section 7A, Summary Offences Act 1953 (SA)).
South Australia: It is an offence to sell a fridge with a capacity of 42.5 litres or more, unless all of the doors can be easily opened from the inside or it was brought into the state before 1 January 1962. Maximum penalty is a $750 fine (Section 58B, Summary Offences Act 1953 (SA)).
South Australia: A $250 maximum penalty applies to a person who, without reasonable excuse, disturbs another by wilfully pulling or ringing the doorbell of a house or by knocking at the door of a house (Section 50, Summary Offences Act 1953 (SA)).
Western Australia: Challenging another person to a duel is punishable by a maximum $6,000 fine or two years imprisonment (Section 72, Criminal Code Act 1913 (WA)).
Western Australia: You can be jailed for up to a year for cleaning up seabird or bat poo (guano) without a licence (Section 387, Criminal Code Act 1913 (WA)).
Western Australia: It is an offence to make a sign that offers a reward for the return of stolen or lost property if you promise not to ask any questions. Maximum penalty: $2,000 fine (Section 138, Criminal Code Act 1913 (WA)).
Western Australia: It is illegal to carry a weapon in most circumstances, but a lawful excuse exists in WA for electrified briefcases (Section 68A, Criminal Code Act 1913 (WA)).
Western Australia: It is an offence to be in possession of more than 50kg of potatoes in WA, unless you have purchased the potatoes from a grower or retailer authorised by the Potato Corporation. Police also have the power to stop and search a vehicle suspected of carrying more than 50kg of potatoes. The maximum penalty is a $2,000 fine for a first offence or a $5,000 fine for subsequent offences, as well as a further penalty up to twice the value of the potatoes (Section 22, Marketing of Potatoes Act 1946 (WA)).

I always hide the potatoes ....buried deep inside a mass of cocaine!

That website isn't very accurate.

Among issues under the Canada section:
Canada has allowed caffeine in 'clear sodas' for over a decade (although our Mountain Dew was without caffeine until that change)
right-on-a-red is only illegal in Quebec, not nationwide

Lol

In Texas, these are the laws that I despise the most:

Near total abortion ban (only exceptions are for saving the mother's life, no exception for rape or incest). Laws are being considered to ban people from traveling to other states to get the procedure.

Marijuana is illegal (some hemp-related products are legal if certified)

Ban on unsolicited dick pics (It has more to do with the "nudity is un-Christian" mindset, than combating sexual harassment). My issue is more that it was prioritized over, say, upgrading basic infrastructure.

We have four (out of 254) dry counties: Borden, Kent, Roberts and Throckmorton

Ban on gender-affirming care for minors.

Points to Quebec. Points away from the rest of Canada, and especially from stupidlaws.com for thinking that "red lights are not optional" is a stupid law

It's illegal to have more than four cats / dogs where I live.
I asked my vet not to report me having six.
My vet didn't know the law either.
He said any cat or dog would be lucky to live at my house.

All pets must be licensed with yearly fees paid to the city.
That's true even for indoor cats.

You can let your cat outside but you can be sued if it goes on anyone's property.
My neighbour tried to sue me when my cat stepped on his grass.
He didn't even soil that grass.

Clotheslines are illegal because they're an eyesore.
We have to pay for tumble dryers and all the electricity.

If it snows we have to shovel our property within 12 hours.
That's true even when the snow is up to our knees or our waist.
If you don't shovel it you can be sued $10K by the mail service.
I've had warnings.
It doesn't matter that I'm disabled.

Our school board will never close for "snow days".
They remain open as refuge centres in case parents need to work.
That means teachers must show up even if it's hazardous driving.
Kids can stay home but teachers get sued if they don't show up.

The school year increases by one day to offset any new holidays.
The school year must always be the same number of days.
When Family Day was added, the school year got a day longer.

Another law:

Public nudity is illegal in Texas (again, because of the "nudity is un-Christian" argument).

No snow days here, because no snow.

Where I live, I'm surprised the schools close for tropical storms. I guess they can't go one day without the school-to-prison pipeline.

I once saw a motorist at a deserted t-junction repeatedly driving back and forth over one of those car-counting strip things that ran across the road. The traffic light in front of him had got stuck on red because somehow it hadn't counted enough cars to induce it to go green. It would have been safer to just run the red light, but technically he could have been booked for that, and I think there were officers in the UK who would have done so if they'd seen him.

In some countries it was illegal for pedestrians to cross the road except on a pelican crossing. But it was legal to press the button and then not cross. I heard that one young man was doing that extensively, as a means of getting even. They say when the law is unjust, resistance is a duty. Hmmm.

Sometimes you just can't get the law perfect, and when an imperfect law oppresses an individual, from their perspective it's a stupid law. I have sympathy with both sides. I hate being forced to make sacrifices for the needs of the many, but sometimes I can see a bigger picture.