Arkansas: Don’t Honk if You’re Hungry
HOUSTON – Think twice about honking your horn at a sandwich shop in Arkansas. According to Little Rock’s code of ordinances Chapter 18, Sec. 18-54 “No person shall sound the horn on a vehicle at any place where cold drinks or sandwiches are served after 9:00 p.m.”
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Snowball fights are illegal when the snowball in question is launched by a device. Sec. 15.04.210. Unlawful to throw stones, snowballs or discharge guns and other missiles states “It shall be unlawful for any person to throw any stone, snowball or other missile or discharge any bow, blowgun, slingshot, gun, catapult or other device upon or at any vehicle, building or other public or private property or upon or at any person or in any public way or place which is public in nature.”
Indiana: Slow down cowboy
Horseback riders in Indiana better mind their speed while traveling. It’s illegal in the Hoosier state to ride your horse over 10 miles per hour. Sec. 441-105. - Effect of this chapter on horses and other animals. “No horse shall be driven or ridden on any street in the city at a speed in excess of ten (10) miles per hour and every horse shall be kept under control at all times by the person in charge thereof. Such person shall be subject to all applicable traffic regulations that apply to motor vehicles.”
Ohio: On E? Better fill up!
Prone to running out of gas? In Youngstown Ohio you can be guilty of a misdemeanor for running out of gas on congested streets. 331.44 SUFFICIENT FUEL REQUIRED IN CONGESTED DISTRICT. “No person shall operate or permit to be operated any vehicle within the congested district bounded by Chestnut, Walnut, Boardman and Commerce Streets without sufficient fuel to drive the vehicle from the district. Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.”
Virginia: Are you too old to trick-or-treat?
If you live in Virginia and are 14 or older, then according to Sec. 46-8, yes! “If any person over the age of 14 years shall engage in the activity commonly known as “trick or treat” or any other activity of similar character or nature under any name whatsoever, he or she shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. Nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting any parent, guardian, or other responsible person, having lawfully in his or her custody a child 14 years old or younger, from accompanying said child.”
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