There are a lot of supposedly “crazy” laws out there but unfortunately many of these cannot be verified or have been proven to be nothing more than old wives tales. Well, our team here at List25 was curious (as usual) to discover the craziest verifiable laws on the books. Everything from restrictions on reincarnation to absurd traffic fines, after scouring the world we proudly present you with the 25 craziest laws we could find:
For those of you planning violent crimes in New Jersey, according to New Jersey statute 2C:39-13, a person has committed a crime if “he uses or wears a body vest while engaged in the commission of, or an attempt to commit, or flight after committing or attempting to commit murder, manslaughter, robbery, sexual assault, burglary, kidnapping, criminal escape or assault.” In other words, the vest could bump your offense from third to second degree.In January 2002, Anssi Vanjoki, 44, a director of the Finnish telecommunications giant, Nokia, received what is believed to be the most expensive speeding ticket ever— $12.5 million — for driving his Harley at 75 km/h (47 mph) in a 50km/h (31 mph) zone. Mr Vanjoki appealed the fine because his reported income dropped significantly about five days after the incident; because of the new data, the fine was dropped to $103,600, still the most expensive speeding fine in history.In Canada, the Currency Act of 1985 prohibits consumers from using unreasonable amounts of coins to pay for purchases. This means you can’t pay for an item in all coins (especially if it’s over $10). Even the use of dollar-coins is limited. The shop owner has the right to choose whether or not he wants to take your coins but doesn’t have to.A 19th century law in Missouri banning the sale of yellow margarine has somehow managed to survive more than a century on the books. Agriculture Department spokeswoman Misti Preston said it was most likely passed to protect the dairy industry, which was a key business for the state back in the early 20th century. Although there are no records of anyone being prosecuted in the last 100 years, if the law were to be enforced offenders could spend up to half a year in jail.A litter law dating from 1968 is the country’s way of keeping clean. Disregard the law by dropping trash on the ground in this Southeast Asian city and you’ll pay $1,000. On top of that you’ll also be forced to do some community labor. And if you do it three times, you’ll have to wear an “I am a litter bug” sign.
The Chinese One Child Act applies to urban areas not rural areas. If a family can pay a fee it can have more than one child. It is common for families to have two or three children as this spreads the financial bruden for taking care of the parents after they retire…
the Chinese “1 child policy” has nothing to do with limiting the general Chinese population, as it does not apply to Huan Chinese (by far the largest population in China). But it was/is a mean to apply ethnic cleansing on the other populations in China.
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I am a saudi women … and I disagree with banning women from driving. However, for anyone who wants to hear about the real situation from an “insider”:
talking on behalf of my self and my many friends (P.S. we r all average income ppl) who currently live abroad for the purpose of studying. All of us think it is more convenient to commute in saudi Arabia, coz our drivers are just waiting for our calls. if it happened and all drivers were in vacation. We can just call our freind’s, sister’s, neighbor’s driver. as we are a traditional and friendly society, asking friends for such a fever is not a “big deal”. Also, we don’t consider asking my brother or any relative to drive us anywhere a big deal too, as males are used to(and committed to) do many services for females in Arabian culture. (i.e. males are highly recommended to pay for a servant for their families)
Yes, there are “few” people who cant afford having a driver (that’s why I disagree with the ban), but we have a service that is kinda between a taxi and a live-in driver. So, a customer can choose her driver and the car (audi, BMW, whatever). this service is vey convenient and affordable. most women who cant afford driver use it.
Again, I agree with u all guys, it doesn’t make since to ban women driving. actually, the government has already lefted the ban. looooool all dads will hate themselves now coz they’ll have to get us fancy cars. feel sorry for all the driver who will lose their jobs though
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In short, for saudi women it is not as big deal as the world is making it look like, seriously, am not trying to sugar coat anything here. We all love our country, as well as truth and right.
PEACE AND LOVE TO ALL ^____^
I just want to say that don’t make your opinion looks like
that all the Saudi’s women wish
cause we know that if a hug number of women decide that DRIVING
is something essentially for them they would take an action to give them that right
like what happen with the making some of clothes shops for women only and all
the staff in there are women ,, they achieve that throw using FACEBOOK as all of us know
so don’t give others picture that all women here don’t sleep nights because they want to drive
their own cars + if you had problem with your father , brother or any one else
don’t make general judgment that you have to do a lot in order to get out of home
because if we assume that is real then how could possible girls go to schools , collages and universities everyday ??
and why everyday we see markets and malls crowded with all of these women and girls??
who is the one take them to such places??
don’t say the use drivers because you know that not all families have drivers and prefer to take their
wives, sisters or daughters to anywhere they want in order to protect them from anything which is possibly
could happen to them. That because they believe women are precious and should be protect by them
In the end you said that some poor families don’t have money for driver …. but if they allow for women to drive
from where they will get money to buy a car and other staff ??
it is just poor reason which doesn’t make sense at all
How is it crazy that people don’t kiss in a Muslim country. It’s not crazy at all, and I believe that it’s one of the best country rules the UAE has put so far. I’m talking about the #6 No kissing in Dubai.
Well said .
for the 4 law it is not crazy law at all
I’m a Saudi lady and I don’t need to drive
because our religion give us the right to be treated like QUEENS
so why a queen need to drive by herself
I’m sure that is not the way Saudi’s women think of about driving ^^
Im a Saudi lady and I WANT to be able to decide for myself to drive or not to drive !
Our religion gave the right to be treated like queens but our dear male guardians are making it nearly impossible to even breath with out thier approval! In most cases! ..how about adding a law to it!!!
Crazy it is!
It should not be number 4.. It should be number 1 especially when we don’t have public transportation systems available to use!
There are other women who are suffering..we should think of them..instead of making a law based on our own cirumcantaces.
Abeer …. I respect your opinion …. people shouldn’t make laws nased on their own circumstances …. thouh, i dont like ythe way u descriped our male relatives … they ARE THE BEST … i love my dad, brothers, uncles and they love like crazy …. they would do anything for me
Zaidan put his career in risk because someone said a bad WORD about his sister
a small example of how valuable a muslim womwn for a muslim man
btw male and females get equally paid salaries in saudi arabia , not to mension the fully paid long maternity vacations…. while many so called 1st countries r still not getting it
also,all the bosses know that a saudi girl is financially gauranteed which grant her a great amount of pride and degnity
P.S. your English is too perfect
In Short, Dude!!! FOR US , it is not a big deal as the whole wprld want it to look like,,, ues , it is a big deal for some saudi ladays who are so spoiled and wants to have ot alll
i beleive saudi women is the luckiest wen in the world ,,,, whether everyone wants to aknowledge that pr not ,,, it is the truth , SORRY !
Thank you so much for this artcile, it saved me time!
Shocking and craziest 25 laws ever
thanks for sharing this
Four score and seven minutes ago, I read a sweet aritlce. Lol thanks