2006-09-14 02:13:01 · 20 answers · asked by jessica_warren_uk 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
70mph limit on Motorways
(dates from the 1950's when most cars could only do 80 flat out - with drum brakes, leaf springs, no ABS, Traction control....)
2006-09-14 02:16:02 · answer #1 · answered by creviazuk 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I once nearly got arrested for using a tripod on Hampstead Heath by a ludicrously over-zealous policeman who screeched up on a pedal-bike; no joke! They actually have some kind of bye-law banning tripod use.
I believe it's something to do with forcing professional photographers to pay for a licence as aparrently only professionals use tripods (which is nonsense).
I wouldn't mind, but I had a telescope on the thing, not a camera. Idiots!
2006-09-15 11:44:56 · answer #2 · answered by Jobbo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has to be the illegal status assigned to cannabis. I have lot's to say on this subject, but in short, how much police time is wasted by dealing with the effects of alcohol? If weed was legal the country would be a much happier place. Surely an individual has the right to choose what they put in their body.
2006-09-14 09:24:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are lots of stupid laws dating back to hundreds of years ago, but most of those aren't enforced or don't apply anymore because they have been superceded by less stupid laws.
For me, I think the stupidest modern law is the one banning bicycles from pavements - sometimes it's safer to ride on the pavement.
2006-09-14 09:21:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
London Hackney Carriages (taxis/cabs) must carry a bale of hay and a sack of oats.
This is because the old style of carriages were horse drawn and therefore needed feeding otherwise it was considered inhumane and therefore illegal!
(this is still on the statute books but no-one enforces it as there are too many for police to go "Excuse me Sir, have you got bale of hay and a sack of oats in your cab?"
2006-09-16 17:40:15 · answer #5 · answered by ireland_wins_quidditch_world_cup 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leave alone Britain, every country in the world has some or the other stupid law in EVERY field...
2006-09-14 09:22:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
theres some place in northern england where a scotsman can be shot if seen in the area
and the fact that running over a swan is treason (swans are the queens property, and so somehow that makes it treason)
2006-09-14 15:59:14 · answer #7 · answered by fifs_c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The one that makes it illegal for local authorities to put up 30mph reminder signs in built up areas with streetlamps (i.e 30mph zones) takes some beating.
2006-09-14 09:23:44 · answer #8 · answered by Neil 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, apparantly it is legal to shoot a Scotsman with a crossbow within York City Walls in the hours of darkness (and i think also applies to a Welshman in Hereford). But I'm not sure I'd want to test it.....
2006-09-14 09:16:30 · answer #9 · answered by eriverpipe 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
PC 724 Johnson.D. The prick nicked me for speeding!
2006-09-16 18:06:22 · answer #10 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋