35 Strange Laws Enforced by Small-Town Police Officers
‘No gold painted living statues’
Laws don’t always make sense, but just like warning labels, you have to assume that one guy did something at some point to make them a real thing. And unfortunately, because our elected officials are often too busy trolling each other, the more bizarre laws never get taken out of legislation. This, of course, means that people with a lot of time on their hands perpetually keep those obscure laws in their back pocket, ready to whip them out whenever they have a grudge.
Redditors have marveled at the strangest laws that they’ve heard be enforced — from a police officer who wrote a ticket for farting, to a busybody who knows the proper size for stop signs on New Jersey ice cream trucks.