Published December 30th, 2007
in Etc. and Government/Legal.
Thinking about hunting water-based game from your car in Tennessee, or carrying a sheep in your car without a chaperone in Oregon? You’d better think twice. CNN’s compiled some of the more unusual laws pertaining to motor vehicles across the United States - and they’re pretty out there.
Some, including not leaving children or pets inside of hot vehicles, or hazards imposed by driving too slow, are somewhat self-explanatory, but others - including an “invisible” stop line placed 10 feet out from where the “visible” line was - are a bit odd. Bizarre describes many other statutes, including California’s law that no vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 mph, while Tennessee’s mandate that you can’t hunt game other than whales from a moving vehicle.
We can’t help but think that some of these more ‘oddball’ laws aren’t enforced on a regular basis, so we’re asking - have you ever been nabbed for one? What’s the strangest traffic law you’ve had brought upon you by an officer of the law? Sound off in the comments section.
+ CNN: Do You Know Why I Pulled You Over?
British drivers may have help reducing their speeds around London. Transit for London is taking bids on an Intelligent Speed Adaption system that would use satellite maps of the city that “know†the speed limits on every road. If a driver exceeds that speed, the system takes control of the accelerator and slows the vehicle.
The system will first be tested on TfL vehicles, but the bid specifies that the system must be easily adaptable for cars, vans, busses, and taxis—basically anything on the streets of London. A spokesperson assured Auto Express that the program is only a test for two years, but the long-term implications are obvious. Any state that tests such a system is looking to implement it as more than a test in the future.
We’ve already heard about the GT-R’s intelligent sat-nav system that allows top speed when the car is on a race track, but that’s a far cry from what TfL is proposing. Let us know if you’d be willing to have such a system installed in your vehicle in comments.
+ Auto Express: Now sat-nav slows speeders
