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Laws are meant to give society structure, set standards for behavior, and help keep people safe. But just because they’re written down doesn’t mean everyone follows them.
One Redditor asked: What is something illegal that almost everyone does anyway? The answers ranged from minor slip-ups to rules you might not even know existed. Scroll down to see what they shared, and decide for yourself if these “offenses” are terrible or not so bad.
Just remember, this isn’t an endorsement—be responsible with your own choices.
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#1
Littering and not picking up after their dogs when they poop. It's gross and i'm sick of seeing it.
Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago (edited)
I have a neighbour who let his dogs poop in front of my garage door. I hate that guy. (Edit - Unfortunately he also puts his music really really loudly at 3am and the whole neighborhood hates that so the last time I went to speak to him it escalated and I threatened to call the cops on him, so I'm really not sure that throwing dog poop on his house would fix all that...)
Upstaged75 4 months ago
Collect it all in a bag and then return it to his house with a note saying "I think you dropped this". 😁
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KatWitch57 4 months ago
And picking the poop up in a bag and then hanging the bag on a shrub, grrr.
Colleen Glim 4 months ago
Or heaving it over the shrub so it lands in my backyard fountain! Yes this really happened
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iseefractals 4 months ago
For whatever inexplicable reason, animals love me. Even the anti-social puppers whose owners are nervous about being around strangers. So....now whenever i happen across someone walking away from their dogs pile....i run up to say "hello" to the dog. A good scratch behind the ear, a along its ribs...maneuvering it closer to its mess.....and once there i start with the belly scratch.....which encourages the pupper to go belly up.....rolling around in its freshly coiled pile. "oh, i'm so sorry! What kind of selfish a$$hole doesn't clean up after their dog. I hate people like that, absolute trash." =D
Tim Gearing 4 months ago
I sometimes help my neighbour out when she is dog sitting for friends. Our rule is; I walk one of the dogs and she picks up all the poop.
StrangeOne 4 months ago
It's a bylaw infraction, and people can get fined if caught and the mess is bad enough. Like, if someone kept letting their dogs s**t on the boulevard in front of their house and refuse to clean it up. Even then, I've found it to be hard-pressed to get the city to do anything.
AC 4 months ago
Where i am, people pick up their dogs mess, put it in a bag and tie it to a tree branch or throw it on the paths. What is the point???
Taffy Renee 4 months ago
This one depends on where you are. Some places don't require picking up doggie doo.
Emilu 4 months ago
Eww, really? I hate to imagine what your suburb looks like. I know if we didn't have rules about it (and not everyone does even though it's against the law here as well) our suburb would probably be one massive pile of shit at this point.
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Carrie de Luka 4 months ago
Speeding can k**l. It is all too often far more lethal way than stepping in dogshit. Yes, dogshit can be dangerous but there are things you can personally do to limit your risk - cleaning yourself up if you come into contact usually suffices (I'm a dog walker, I pick up my dogshit but I do sometime step in other people's dogshit which piisses me off bigtime, but I clean it up and wash my hands thoroughly). You can't control the actions of some other moron drink driving, driving when off their head on d***s and speeding. Those things can k**l multiple people in one awful crash.
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#2
Downloading copyrighted media …. Allegedly .. not me obviously … in fact I don’t even know what downloading is ….
Yrral Spavit 4 months ago
Copying was a crime! Until they developed AI. Now it is fine for THEM to seal everyone's art/ideas/stories to "improve the algorithm".
Ben Aziza 4 months ago
Few things make my blood boil more than companies scumming their way into making "buying" into "leasing" I am just happy there are EU regulators and and a SINGLE American like Louis Rossmann who has been on a righteous unhinged BUT JUST c*****e against this "practice". (I am kidding many Americans are rightfully pissed and acting against this too but their customer protections are weaker there)-------- "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" This has never been more true because think of the psyche of the new adobe execs and decisions makers that decided they were not evil enough by making all their products into subscriptions... and snuck in an update to copy art made with their software and upload it into their servers, basically STEALING ppls work...AND making it near impossible to unsubscribe taking you months of extra payments... How soulless does one have to be to bring a once loved company THAT LOW... Glad that s**t is getting shut down slowly but surely.
Rick Murray 4 months ago (edited)
I "rip" loads of stuff I hear on streaming radio and like from YouTube. If I particularly like a song, I might investigate other stuff from that artist, and if I enjoy those things I may go and buy their CD (Polly Scattergood, Nightwish, Within Temptation) or get the album from Bandcamp (The Birthday Mâssâcre) or Amazon (numerous; before Google broke in-app purchases). I'd like physical CDs from TBM but sadly the postage quoted on Bandcamp for a CD from Canada is often *more* than the cost of the CD. 😟 And as for Amazon, why is music download, when you don't even offer FLAC or WAV, sometimes more expensive per album than a CD? It makes no sense. Either way, my piracy for most bands is a song or two tops. But when it becomes more, then it's a band on my radar and it'll be converted into a sale, a sale that may not have happened without the streaming and piracy to bring it to my attention in the first place.
Emilu 4 months ago
Me too. I'll download a song or two... more than that, the album gets downloaded legally. So the piracy is helping in that places like iTunes etc (moreso before streaming became more popular) didn't show enough/a good enough part of the song to give you a good idea of what you were getting. Nowadays I pay for Apple Music (Apple because I have the damn phone and so I've locked myself into the ecosystem like a mug for all eternity) and if I like enough songs, I'll buy the album. I do feel for users like yourself, Rick, that still want FLAC/WAV quality, because it's getting so much harder to find online nowadays.
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Kira Okah 4 months ago
Tbf, I have the physical CDs of anything that I have a digital copy of, so I am taking a backup, tis legal.
StrangeOne 4 months ago
If it's just a couple songs I like off one album, I don't want to buy the whole d**n album. But I will download it off a youtube to mp3 converter. Sometimes that makes the quality a but subpar, but listenable. If I really like the whole album and don't want to ad interruptions, like I would playing it on Youtube on the TV, then I'm buying the album.
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Peter Bear 4 months ago
If denying medical procedures that i specifically pay my insurance to cover isn't theft, then...
Billo66 4 months ago (edited)
For music try Soulseek. No ads or pop ups of any kind, virus free I promise. It's open source and way better than Napster ever was. I never even considered Limewire a viable option. Soulseek you will thank me for. https://www.slsknet.org/news/ Edit: Just in case you didn't see it above :)
#3
I don’t know about illegal, but I’m in my twentieth year of my winrar free trial.
Emilu 4 months ago
"Still not 100% sure yet. Give me a little more time..."
Load More Replies... kissmychakram 4 months ago
I did buy it but somehow lost my license key when I changed computers (several pcs ago) and now I'm back to free trialing it.
Bartlet for world domination 4 months ago
WinRAR is one of two applications excluding pre-installed Windows that I actually bought.
Michael Largey 4 months ago (edited)
There are several excellent absolutely free equivalents, 7-Zip for example.
#4
Drive over the speed limit.
At least occasionally.
Upstaged75 4 months ago
In my current stage of life I never drive more than 5 miles over the limit. This is because when I was young and in a hurry all the time I racked up massive fines and points on my license. It's just not worth it - I'll get there when I get there. No need to risk unnecessary expenses or the lives of other people.
beez 4 months ago
It’s called getting old and responsible I guess. I used to drag race illegally, tune cars, drive fast. And now? Max. 5 miles over the limit. Sometimes I miss my old-self but Id never go back.
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Mel in Georgia 4 months ago
Man, I live near Atlanta. If you don't speed on the Interstate, you get tail-gated and become road rage bait!
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 4 months ago (edited)
Nope. This is something I'm an.al about. This and drink/dr.ug driving. Speed limits exist for a reason.
Rachel Reynolds 4 months ago
I, allegedly, made my husband's usual 2 hour drive in 1.5 hours. Allegedly.
PenguinEmp 4 months ago
Never. No speeding tickets either in 30 years. No parking tickets, no accidents. Alsol lose 20% fuel to save an avg of 2m.
Hiram's Friend 4 months ago
In the Phoenix area, Most cars do at least 10mph over the limit, although more than a few go 80 or 85 in a 65 zone on the freeways. Surface streets generally run 5 mph over the posted limit.
The Darkest Timeline 4 months ago
In general, it is most dangerous to drive noticeably faster or slower than the flow of traffic.
Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 4 months ago
My livelihood depends on me being able to drive so I am very careful. However, it is easy to get caught up with other traffic doing over the speed limit if you don't keep checking the speedo all the time.
R Dennis 4 months ago
I had a company car and it tracked acceleration, braking, idling time, and speed. Part of our bonus (and employment) was based on our driving, even when not working. I was pulled over once for being too dark in (my) the area. I gave him all the paperwork and when he came back I asked why he stopped me. The cop was making up his reason and I said it wasn't true, he said it was. I mentioned that I have a tracker in my car that measures everything. He turned and walked away.
Load More Replies... Peter Bear 4 months ago
I had to take a defensive driving course for a job once, and I was taught to match the flow of traffic. Don't go faster or slower than anyone else around you, because that's safest for everyone. So... yes, if literally everyone around me is going over the speed limit, so am I. Because it's actually safer.
#5
Distracted driving. Whether texting, changing the radio, eating or drinking….its all classified under distracted driving. (May vary some by state).
Upstaged75 4 months ago (edited)
Same here. We're only allowed to use hands-free options for phones. Personally my phone stays in my purse while I'm driving, unless I'm using it for the map/directions. I pull over if I need to call or text anyone. There's nothing so important in my life that can't wait a bit until I'm not distracted.
Load More Replies... angelmomoffour62 4 months ago
As it should be. Your only job when you get in your car is to drive.
megabeth 4 months ago
Do you ever wonder what activity some "drivers" are doing? Certainly seems like driving isn't on the list.
Load More Replies... PenguinEmp 4 months ago
It's illegal here. Also nothing on my phone is that important. Call me old school.
Rachel Reynolds 4 months ago
so...touch screens in cars? you know, where you have to take your eyes off the road to adjust the temp, or change the radio, unlike buttons and dials that can be done by feel.
Carrie de Luka 4 months ago
Some cars disable the touch screen when the car is being driven. Plus there are usually buttons on steering wheels to do most of what you need to.
Load More Replies... General Anaesthesia 4 months ago
Every country should have license points along with the usual fines.
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LizzieBoredom 4 months ago
I saw a lady driving down the Hollywood Freeway, and steering with her knees while knitting.
Scott Rackley 4 months ago
Driving while texting should have the same penalty as DUI. At least the drunks are actually looking at the road.
Day Andie 4 months ago
I agree 1000 percent! Stay off the phone! I'm not even a phone a****t. I can ignore calls and texts, and I never, ever walk around the grocery store with my phone glued to my ear (or worse yet, held sideways in front of my mouth with the speaker on!) and yet when I'm sitting at the stoplight for what seems like forever it's so hard not to have my hand reaching out for just a short little text.... So I keep the phone in my purse and my purse zipped shut!
Michael Largey 4 months ago
Keeping your eye on what the other drivers are doing is known as dystopian driving.
Molly A. Block 4 months ago
Are you saying we all need to go back to those bsre-bones Yugo cars? They had no radio, no A/C, crank windows, hahah. Cheap. I think they are bringing out an electric model that is going to be really nice, WITH a radio (hahahah) and affordable too.
#6
Clicking ‘I have read and agree to the terms and conditions.
WindySwede 4 months ago
*10 minutes*: BP changes title of page to get more hits from SEO?
Load More Replies... Rick Murray 4 months ago
1, it's not illegal; 2, you probably wouldn't understand a lot of it without legal experience; 3, you'd need that legal experience to identify parts of the Ts&Cs that are null and void because they are trying to take away rights that you actually have (such as making backups, decompilation (interoperability clause), access to source code if it's based upon GPL, etc etc); 4, very often you are coerced into a situation where you literally do not have a free choice (looking at YOU Apple, where the new Ts&Cs are shown *after* the device has been updated, not before, and agreeing is obligatory to continue using the device (which means, here, those terms are unenforceable)); 5, likewise terms shown in the installer of a paid product that were not easily available prior to purchase (the clickwrap licence), when said purchase cannot be returned after being opened, are also unenforceable.
Upstaged75 4 months ago
Not really illegal, but most people are lying when they say they read it. 😂
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Reality check 4 months ago
a little fun fact a software company put in his T&C call this number too reclaim your 500$ prize, took 2 years before someone claim it
Uncle Panda 4 months ago
The single most existentially challenging writing I had to do was EULAs (End User License Agreements). They have to be accurate, concise (believe it or not), unrealistically lawyer proof, and written for the general public about specific issues. And the entire time that you slave away on the text, you know that nobody will ever, ever read it.
#7
Driving like f**king maniacs and endangering everyone else to gain mere seconds.
LEAVE EARLIER if you're in a rush. It's crazy how it didn't bother me that much before, but now that i have a child, if somebody endagers while my child in the car by driving like a m****c, it makes me unreasonably angry at them.
Michael Largey 4 months ago
To some people it doesn't matter that they and I are both stopped at the same traffic light. What counts is that they are in front of me not behind me, the way they were at the last light. For them, it's not about speed - it's about keeping score.
Carrie de Luka 4 months ago
I agree totally with their sentiment but, sadly, the worst driviing I often see it's a parent being distracted by their child in the car. Following a woman driving several children on Wednesday (UK) on a motorway and she was weaving and constantly braking for no reason we could see. (She wasn't speeding, but there were cameras so no one was!). When we passed her she was turning her head to look at the children while chatting (I was a passsenger at that time). Driving around my local town many of the mothers are in a hurry on school runs and the driving is frequently awful. In the close where I live it's the parents who zoom up the road and race onto their driveways despite there being other people's children around. My neighbour (two young boys) makes me flinch with her driving when she comes home. Her cats are often in the road as well... 🤷🏻
Kim Gatlin 4 months ago
What happened to don't make me have to stop this car?
Load More Replies... Antonio Pinocchio 4 months ago (edited)
maybe not a child, but a dog - she was my child. but i had just got done dropping her and my wife off at her mothers before heading to work. Someone deciding they needed to be on their phone ran a stop sign and totaled my car, they hit directly where my dog had been not 5 minutes before. I was angry as hell because of where it hit. but was thankful i had dropped them off just before that happened.
Joshua David 4 months ago
I live in Metro Atlanta and the Mario Kart drivers scare me. I also find myself trying to use telekinesis like Carrie to make them crash into a barrier wall so I can laugh. I'm definitely not telekenitic, thats for sure.
Rick Murray 4 months ago
Come to rural France. It seems psychologically every driver needs to be "the car in front". Sometimes to the point of somebody coming from the back and trying to overtake three or four cars at once. Can lead to some pretty spectacular crashes, which at one point was responded to (I think this was Sarkozy?) instructing the Gendarmes to breathalyse British holidaymakers because they drive on the other side of the road. Yes, it happens, especially the doddery old fools that shouldn't be on the road in either country, but it's not the problem. The need to be first and the shocking risks taken are the problem. As a person in a speed limited car, I see facepalmy behaviour on a daily basis. Coming home from work on Friday, some Audi twât so intent to get around me and the van waiting behind, they were willing to play chicken with a combine harvester. I slowed right down, as did the harvester, to let that tosspot fly through the narrow gap. 🤬
Crystalwitch60 4 months ago
You are better being late THAN DEAD !! leave earlier drive sensibly sorted
StrangeOne 4 months ago
This is never acceptable nor impressive. You're not a "professional driver", and those who are tend to know better to respect the road. Rent time at a speedway course if you want to drive erratically.
#8
Drinking when under the age limit restrictions.
Hmmm hmmmm 4 months ago
Technically in the UK it is legal to drink alcohol in private from 5 years old and I don't know many toddlers who are drinking. Maybe some hungover toddlers around but not all.
XenoMurph 4 months ago
My daughter has a beer with her dinner when she's with me. has done since she turned 16. She doesn't go crazy, often leaves half of it. It's just not a big thing in her life. Hoping that continues into her 20s.
Load More Replies... Cammy Mack 4 months ago
There is no drinking age restriction, only purchase age restriction. Kids drink wine in Europe, and a beer isn't going to k**l a teenager if they're sitting in the backyard with their parents. It only becomes a problem in a non controlled environment, which I admit, should be less common.
Molly A. Block 4 months ago
One of the dumbest laws we have here in the USA is that you have to be 21 to purchase alcohol yet you can enlist in any service of the military and possibly die for this country without ever legally drinking one drop of alcohol. Alcohol related driving causes more injuries and death, and I don't know why it's even legal when you look at it this way! I'm not against drinking at home, or at a friends/family's house, but NEVER while drinking, and please, for your own safety, NOT in public. Get drunk at home, so you are on your own turf, doing your own thing, in the privacy and safety of your home. Please.
Malfar 4 months ago
I never even began drinking. And I am 35. To some it's a crime against fun.
StrangeOne 4 months ago
I get ya. My adult daughter refuses to touch alcohol of any sorts. It's her choice. People who pressure and guilt others into drinking alcohol are the ones with a real drinking problem, because they want to get hammered, embarrass themselves and don't want to be the only ones to do so, just so they don't have anyone around to remember their antics.
Load More Replies... pineapple87 4 months ago
I was terrified of losing control, so I didn't drink at all until I was 18 (legal limit where I come from) and the first time I was drunk was around 25.
Michael Largey 4 months ago (edited)
By the time I was 15, I looked 21. My peers were envious of me until that found out that I still didn't drink.
Antonio Pinocchio 4 months ago
I'm a social drinker, when i was younger, i had friends and was more social. now that I'm older, now legal to drink and all. I haven't any good friends and the ones i do have, we all work so don't socialize often. if i drink, its one or two before bed and then I'm done.
Farah (she/her) 4 months ago
I have a friend who is 15 and does this unfortunatly Ive tried to get her to stop but she wouldnt
#9
For cyclists, traffic lights are recommendations.
Bob Brooce 4 months ago
There are plenty of people who shouldn't be considered cyclists just because they ride bicycles, but eight US states have laws allowing cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs yield. I'm not sure why it works, but the goal is to reduce accidents and it does. As a practical matter, cyclists have better visibility because there are no windshield pillars or right seat passenger to interfere with their view, and they're generally approaching the intersection at a slower speed than most cars. Stops signs make sense at busy intersections, but often they're used instead of yield signs because too many drivers don't understand how yield works. Of course a lot of them don't have any idea how a 4 way stop works, either. Three of those states also allow cyclists to treat red lights as stop signs, but IMHO the acceleration after having to come to a complete stop is the problem with both lights ans stop signs when you can easily see that traffic doesn't require a stop.
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Toothless Feline 4 months ago
This always annoys the cr@p out of me. If you want to be treated like you belong on the road, then ride like it! That means obeying traffic laws. I would never cross an intersection against the light on a bike unless I had completely clear views of potential traffic *and* the light wasn’t changing because the sensor doesn’t detect something as small as a bicycle and doesn’t have a crossing-signal button. You get t-boned in a car, you might walk away. On a bike? You’re pizza.
Kim Karlotta 4 months ago (edited)
I really wish drivers would start treating bicycles like they belonged on the road. It's almost daily I am honked at while driving perfectly legally on the right side of the road (which is dangerous when cycling because it startles you), not able to drive in the bike lane because people use them as parking spots, or nearly run over when taking a left turn on the road. So yeah, when drivers don't adhere to laws concerning bikes, you might end up doing the same.
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Tucker Cahooter 4 months ago
And not running down pedestrians on footpaths too (I'm looking at you Sydney bike couriers)
Emilu 4 months ago (edited)
I would have said wearing helmets for cyclists. Nobody seems to do it here except for the hardcore, padded-bum lycra-wearing ones.
Dilly Millandry 4 months ago
Not heard of the cycle helmet paradox? This is where wearing a helmet can sometimes increase the risk of accidents by influencing cyclist behavior, a phenomenon known as risk compensation, and by influencing the behavior of other road users. Studies show helmet wearers may take more risks, and other drivers may drive more aggressively around helmeted cyclists, potentially leading to a higher likelihood of accidents, particularly for helmeted individuals. Some cyclists don't wear them for these reasons... I, however, would if I cycled 🤷🏻
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Robert T 4 months ago
Bicyclists should have to display registration plates and have licences, which get endorsed with points for any infringements of the law.
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 4 months ago
That would put people off cycling, which is exactly the opposite of what we need to do. In the UK, however, breaking traffic law on a bicycle can lead to points on your driving licence.
Load More Replies... StrangeOne 4 months ago
I've nearly gotten hit by cyclists because they come out of nowhere, behind stopped cars. Some cyclists actually do follow road laws. We need more people like that.
WubiDubi 4 months ago
What percentage do this. Then what percentage of car drivers do this. I'll wait.
Yrral Spavit 4 months ago
"Wu and colleagues found that a little more than half, around 55%, of the 451 cyclists caught on camera crossed the intersection against a red light." https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/motr/researchers-investigate-why-cyclists-run-red-lights.html
Load More Replies... Tim Gearing 4 months ago
A Danish Road Directorate study in 2019 shows that less than 5% of cyclists break traffic laws while riding yet 66% of motorists do so when driving https://bicyclenetwork.com.au/newsroom/2019/05/23/drivers-break-more-road-rules-than-cyclists/
#10
Tailgating nobody keeps a safe following distance anymore.
Aleksandras Tvardauskas 4 months ago
Or when you keep a safe distance but someone decides its a good space to jump in so now you have to slow down to re-adjust.
sfgothgirl 4 months ago
The bane of my existence! The space behind my car - apparently the worst place ever. But the space in FRONT of my car? Apparently the most amazing place on the planet!
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Paul C. 4 months ago (edited)
I drove back from a holiday in Cornwall UK, with my wife. In another car my BIL had his wife and two kids. It was about a four hour journey, many country roads. He did his usual, driving like a lunatic, diving in and out of traffic and generally well over the speed limit. I did my usual and enjoyed the leisurely drive through beautiful countryside. He arrived eleven minutes before us and was so proud of himself. They all looked totally frazzled and we were feeling quite calm with the whole journey. Wow, well done on that eleven minutes!
Kim Gatlin 4 months ago
Dang, a four hour drive when you don't really have to be somewhere at a certain time is chill time. Especially with nice scenery.
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Mother of Giants 4 months ago
My license plate frame says 'The Closer You Get The Slower I Go'. People test me on it *all* the time. A slight tap of my brakes, just enough to disengage my cruise control, is usually enough to get them to back off. I also have bumper stickers that say, 'Go Around Me, I Left On Time' and another one that says, 'If You Get Any Closer, I'll Fart'. I think the combo of the 3 helps people realize that I can't stand tailgaters and that I will go out of my way to slow them down as much as I am able to.
BeesEelsAndPups 4 months ago
I don't like adaptive cruise control. My GFs car has it, so I tried it on the highway once. Whenever a car would merge into the lane in front of me the car would slam on the breaks hard. Freaked me out, and can cause an accident of the person behind you is too close.
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Igor Grujic 4 months ago
yeah, keep your a*s out of the passing lane or stop driving 10 under the limit
Day Andie 4 months ago
I'm doing five miles over the limit and I just want to pass this one truck. WILL YOU PLEASE STOP RIDING MY A*S!??! As soon as I get past him, I'll move over. But no, keep pushing me the whole way, then pass me on the right before I can get over, w****r.
Load More Replies... Crystalwitch60 4 months ago
Eugh loath this ,I’m guilty of what’s called brake checking ah,s as do that , n that isn’t exactly legal either but sometimes you just gotta make em wake up n think !, so glad I can’t drive anymore ,
#11
Not fully stopping at Stop signs.
Upstaged75 4 months ago
I have no idea why, but it the States we call it the California Rolling Stop. Not sure what California has to do with it? 😂
StrangeOne 4 months ago
Pretty much every place I'm hearing how bad the drivers are. In Manitoba we also call it the Manitoba roll. There's s****y driving everywhere. This is why drivers should be reevaluated and retested, at least, every 10 years, and have to automatically do a retest every time they get a ticket. Maybe that would deter poor, aggressive driving habits.
Load More Replies... Mel in Georgia 4 months ago
My son, who is an excellent driver, failed his driving test because he rolled a stop sign. In the DMV parking lot. Really, son? During the test?
StrangeOne 4 months ago
Ask yourself why he thinks that's acceptable. Monkey see, monkey do.
Load More Replies... Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 4 months ago
5 decades of safe driving and my only infringement has been one of these. Almost stopped and easily saw nothing coming but cop ahead of me on the left saw me and pulled me over. He knew I slowed right down but, no caution, immediate ticket :(
Molly A. Block 4 months ago
I have never been able to legally drive, due to vision problems, so when my narcissistic same-age-as-me teenage cousin got her first car, and came to a "rolling stop" at a stop sign, it was the best day of my life (up to that point) because she got pulled over and given a ticket and I'm pretty sure it took a point or two off of her newly acquired driver's license, hahahahaha. Yeah, buddy! That was AWESOME!!!
Glen Ellyn 4 months ago
When I learned to drive, I was taught that you are at a complete stop when you feel that little lurch as forward motion ceases.
Rick Murray 4 months ago
How many people actually *properly* stop at stop signs. I don't mean come to a stop and count to three, I mean gearbox in neutral and handbrake on like you're supposed to. 🤔
nottheactualphoto 4 months ago
I never heard of such a thing (doesn't mean it doesn't exist). We are simply required to come to a complete stop. If there is more than one car stopped at the intersection, there are rules of precedence regarding who goes first after we've stopped.
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#12
“Oh the speed limit is 65? Better go 85 and then be annoyed at people who are going 75”.
Anne Roberts 4 months ago
I get nervous when I'm going five to ten miles over the speed limit and other cars pass me like I'm standing still.
Michael Largey 4 months ago
Me too. But I am glad that they are now ahead of me and getting further and further away from me.
Load More Replies... Robert T 4 months ago
The general rule here in the UK is that you will get a fine (and potentially points) if you exceed 10% + 2mph over the limit - so 35 in a 30, 79 in a 70. This is to allow for speedometers that underread by up to 10%, and is consequently why most cars overread by about 5%.
nottheactualphoto 4 months ago
Better: I've been to Florida. And lived to tell the tale!
Load More Replies... Cuppa tea? 4 months ago
There urban legend you can drive say 5-10 km over the limit on your speedometer. The reasoning? Speedometer always shows speed higher than actual, plus radar tolerance. So if there is limit 130km/h, you can clock your speedometer at 140 and still within the limit. I always drive the same speed as is the limit on my speedometer. Screw the speeders.
Tim Gearing 4 months ago
Then there are the drivers who go with the traffic flow that is speeding, and get annoyed at drivers doing the speed limit.
Upstaged75 4 months ago
They're being sarcastic.....meaning that those people are impatient jerks.
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nottheactualphoto 4 months ago
The caption is using dimensionless numbers. Perhaps it meant furlongs per fortnight.
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Texting/looking at phone while driving.
Everyone is against it, but pick any random car and look...odds are good you will see someone doing it, or doing the look up look down thing.
And checking at red-lights counts as texting/driving. The law in my state, and in most other states, doesn't differentiate between the car moving and the car being stationary.
So you a******s doing it at red lights are still breaking the law in addition to not paying attention when it turns green.
Sandy Kavanaugh 4 months ago
If the car is running, you're at the wheel, and not moving, you're still the driver who is driving.
Michael Largey 4 months ago
And the one who will have to act if an emergency heads your way.
Load More Replies... Yrral Spavit 4 months ago
Yet it is fine when you have to look at the large tablet in your dash to adjust anything
Day Andie 4 months ago
Upvoted your down vote because you're absolutely right
Load More Replies... Rick Murray 4 months ago (edited)
To answer SchadenFreudian, in many jurisdictions you are considered "driving" if your car is positioned on a public road in such a way as to be a hazard to others if it was not able to move and/or if the engine is running. Both would apply in the case of waiting at a red light, so you're still a driver in control of a vehicle which means no poking the magical glass.
Glen Ellyn 4 months ago
So are police officers on motorcycles. They can get right up next to the car and see exactly what the driver is doing. I've seen them at red lights, too. They KNOW how dangerous distracted driving is!
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Kenneth Smith 4 months ago
Well, I guess the self-righteous little s**** are out early on this Sunday. I thought you all were in church.
Antonio Pinocchio 4 months ago
i think your picking the wrong argument. location is irrelevant. the point of the matter is stay off your phone while driving. not that hard to comprehend, yet here we are.
Load More Replies... Forrest Hobbs 4 months ago
If you've got control of the brakes and the steering, you're driving - that's how it works in the UK. If you want it to count as "not driving" when you're in the driving seat, you need to take the key out of the ignition and then ensure the steering lock engages. At least, that's how it worked several decades ago - it's possible the rules have changed since I last checked...
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#14
Peeing in public. (Like, in a pinch).
Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago
Those who have never peed in the sea/ocean among us, let you be the first to throw a stone at me.
Upstaged75 4 months ago
Yeah but that's different than whipping it out and peeing on the street.
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Auntriarch 4 months ago
The occasional wild wee is sometimes necessary. But if you're in a built up area there's usually somewhere out of the public eye. I'm pretty certain nobody saw me that time on the far edge of the Cheltenham park & ride...
Cammy Mack 4 months ago
Pee is just pee. Gross in a concrete jungle, but completely harmless in a green space.
StrangeOne 4 months ago
Urine kills plants. My ex bf admitted to peeing on his parents bushes, which always looked dead on the area he'd pee. It's not like his parents didn't have 2 bathrooms in the house for him to use. Just lazy and taking advantage of being male.
Load More Replies... Fat Harry (Oi / You) 4 months ago
Dutch (I think that's Dutch) always looks like a made-up language.
#15
Copyright/IP/TOS. SO many things rely on violating some kind of copyright or IP, or a term of service deep in a contract no one read. Granted, I do it very intentionally, but if YouTube, or the internet in general, had to rely on the word of actual IP law, nothing would exist online but text, and a good portion of that would be illegal.
Example, years ago the internet was full of websites where people wrote out guitar tabs for songs, unofficial, made by some guy online, a bunch of numbers and dashes showing you how to play a copyrighted song on guitar. The RIAA decided that was not legal, now all of the websites that don't pay them money, again to post text documents that are entirely numbers and dashes some guy guessed is the correct way to play a song, shut down.
E: 2-2--2-4-5--5-5-4-2-2 There, I broke the law.
Upstaged75 4 months ago
My father was an intellectual property attorney for over 40 years. For the most part no one is going to sue you if you post a guitar chord on your Facebook page. It's too expensive. But if your company tries to sell an exact replica of a patented medication (as long as the patent is still active) you can expect a $$$ lawsuit. Fun fact: my dad wrote the original patent for Mucinex. 😊
Robert T 4 months ago
What annoys me is the number of companies that exist purely to make money out of copyright. They buy up the copyright to things and then send threatening emails/letters demanding "licence" fees. They create nothing and become wealthy through other people's efforts. The whole point of copyright was to protect the limited incomed of author of the works.
Rick Murray 4 months ago
Meanwhile, AI companies are thieving everything they can in order to train their electronic shitgibbons, *and* lobbying for "fair use" exemptions because if a country doesn't fall for the AI hype they will get left behind. Sadly, it seems they have made some impact on indoctrinating the current British government. The British government (of either colour) that I don't think has had a successful IT project since the BBC Computer Literacy project in the early '80s...
#16
Here in NH, w**d is illegal. Yet everyone smokes, we just go to Massachusetts for our goods lol.
NoRestfortheQWERTY 4 months ago
Fitting, as people from Massachusetts love to visit NH's tax-free state-run liquor stores.
Colleen Glim 4 months ago
Been legal across Canada for a few years now. Astonishingly, the world failed to end. Again
Cailyn B 4 months ago
Yes, the world didn’t end, but it stinks like shít. I was visiting Toronto, and it stunk like weed. No one wants to smell your weed when out in public
Load More Replies... Zig Zag Wanderer 4 months ago
In Australia, we get it prescribed by our doctors, grown by our government, and delivered by our chemists. Good times!
Emilu 4 months ago
Exactly, because if *you* drive with it you'd likely get done, depending where you are 😂
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Zig Zag Wanderer 4 months ago
I believe you can get a prescription, but it's very difficult.
Load More Replies... WubiDubi 4 months ago
Make sure it's low THC weed. The illegal stuff in London is now super strong and causing paranoia and psycho breaks.
Karl 4 months ago
The black market in action. Poorly grown, poorly cured and often sprayed with synthetic cannabinoids (spice) - gangsters don’t care about a quality product or the age of their customers.
Load More Replies... #17
Online piracy.
Upstaged75 4 months ago (edited)
Actually it means watching Pirates of the Caribbean online. 😉 😂
Load More Replies... Peter Bear 4 months ago
Piracy isn't theft, because the original doesn't disappear or get lost. The owner of the original still owns the original.
#18
Driving behavior in big cities is often more illegal than legal. Speeding, failing to signal, aggressive driving, failing to yield, phone use/distracted driving... And that's just one traffic light to the next for many drivers!
Upstaged75 4 months ago
If you've ever ridden in a NYC taxi you have experienced all of this. And probably thought you were going to die. 😂
Carrie de Luka 4 months ago
I have... there are other cities in Europe where it was far more terrifying!
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#19
Jaywalk.
Ace 4 months ago
Not illegal in most of the world, The only way to cross the street at all in much of it.
Nils Skirnir 4 months ago
Pretty US centric like most of this is getting to be
Load More Replies... Tim Gearing 4 months ago
Jaywalking was part of a propaganda campaign by the American automobile industry to shift blame for pedestrian accidents onto pedestrians and to assert the road belonged to cars not people. The word ‘jay’, meaning a country bumpkin or country idiot, was a derogatory term to ridicule pedestrians who didn’t follow traffic rules in urban areas.
Forrest Hobbs 4 months ago
Where I come from, pedestrians are allowed to walk on any part of any public road - except for motorways. And yet I keep on hearing how the USA is the land of the free... 😉
Upstaged75 4 months ago (edited)
Yeah, but you'll struggle to find anyone in the US who's actually been thrown in jail for it. I've probably jaywalked 100's of times and never had anyone say anything. Unless you're drunk and causing a commotion in the road or something like that, the cops have better things to do.
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Stardust she/her 4 months ago
Honestly speaking in my country you have no choice but to jaywalk as the zebra crossings are either non existent or you have cars parked on them. There aren’t even proper sidewalks that can fully support your body weight and the only good sidewalks have huge stalls that sell tobacco. You still get fined if you’re caught or if you just happen to follow the rules and exist near a policeman
Min 4 months ago
It doesn't have to be a painted crossing, at least not where I'm from, just street corner to street corner. Of course, in countries without a grid system of streets that still doesn't work.
Load More Replies... Zig Zag Wanderer 4 months ago
Yeah, nah. We don't have laws against walking on roads. We're adult enough.
Remi (He/Him) 4 months ago
And then there are people like me who will wait for the green even when the road is empty
Emilu 4 months ago
Jaywalking's a $77 fine here! (Least it was last I checked). But you'd be hard-pressed finding someone that can honestly say they've never jaywalked, especially if they've visited a capital city.
PeepPeep the duck 4 months ago
We have fines too but I haven’t heard of anyone actually getting one. We used to do it across and 8lame highway, none of the restaurant staff wanted to be late, including me. They tried to build a huge fence to stop us all, some hero cut a hole big enough for people to walk through 😂 came back home after being away 15 years and they got rid of the fence
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nottheactualphoto 4 months ago
I got fined for jaywalking. Small town in the USA. The amount was one dolla.
#20
Travel in the NBA.
Mike F 4 months ago
Why carried on chariots like the gods they believe they are.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 4 months ago
NBA players travel more in a game than they do going to an away game.
Janissary35680 4 months ago
For the puzzled: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveling_%28basketball%29
Crystalwitch60 4 months ago
Oh that clears it up lmao ty for that I was totally in comfuddled 😂
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ILoveMySon 4 months ago
Not bouncing the ball with each step. It is against the rules of basketball and, therefore, illegal.
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P**n website is forbidden is south korea but we use vpn.
BeesEelsAndPups 4 months ago
P**n is a confusing one for me, legally speaking. In some states, it is legal to hire somebody to have s*x with you on camera to make p**n. But p**********n is illegal.
Stardust she/her 4 months ago
In my country they’ve made it illegal to create, publish or distribute p**n of any kind but it’s perfectly fine to watch it while alone. There have been many attempts to completely block it only for the ban to be lifted again by our Supreme Court. Because of this sometimes scam sites will pretend to be official government websites and will pretend to fine people thousands of rupees for watching p**n or else the browser gets locked. Unfortunately a lot of people fall prey to this and have to keep giving payment after payment
Rick Murray 4 months ago
Pørn is still a thing in the UK, but you have to hand over a bunch of identification information to random third parties. I have zero interest in pørn but I absolutely will get myself a big bag of popcorn and enjoy the fallout when one of those ID sites gets hacked. There isn't enough "I told you so" to cover the many failings of the Online Safety Act, there is only epicaricacy.
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 4 months ago
Most people just use a VPN. The law is nonsense.
Load More Replies... Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago
Banned in France too now... One day I'll have enough money for a VPN, I swear it !
Beak Hookage 4 months ago
I use the Brave browser, which has a built-in free VPN.
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#22
Dark tinted windows.
Forrest Hobbs 4 months ago
Here in the UK, dark tinted car windows are illegal, the traffic cops carry equipment to measure light transmission, and you can expect to be pulled over if they think you've got illegally tinted windows.
arthbach 4 months ago
That's not quite correct. In the UK the law states the front window and front side windows must permit passage of at least 75% of the light. The back sides window and rear one can be as dark as you like.
Load More Replies... Crystalwitch60 4 months ago
Hmm in uk we can have them ,but only to a certain darkness , my son had the back windows tinted professionally at a place in Swindon , on his first car , but the traffic cops n the interceptors will pull you if it’s to dark , and they also make you take it off there n then if it’s to dark lol
Emilu 4 months ago
I think this is the case in Aus as well, but I'm not 100% on that/how often it's prosecuted because tinting is too annoying/expensive for me to redo it regularly. I'd rather get it done once and know it's regulation so I don't need to do it again.
Load More Replies... StrangeOne 4 months ago
Having such dark windows is not only illegal, it makes you a target for suspicion.
Anikulapo 4 months ago
Can you explain? I haven’t either and I’m not sure what you’re trying to say.
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Not giving your true birthday when you verify age on a website. (Eg, just plugging in 01/01/1980.) Violation of federal hacking laws, because you’re given fraudulent information to access a protected computer system.
Emilu 4 months ago
But it's so much quicker than scrooooooooooolling all the way to my actual age 🤣
April Pickett 4 months ago
It is tiring scrolling all the way down the years till you reach your own.
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Uncle Panda 4 months ago
I bet about half of the birthdays a website registers are Jan 1 plus a random year to be "old enough."
nottheactualphoto 4 months ago
I use January 1 of the earliest year they have on the scrolling list.
Load More Replies... Rick Murray 4 months ago
As if I'm going to give real information to a site that doesn't need it. As an EU citizen I fall under the GDPR which requires that the collection of such information be justified. Very often it is not, it's just a data grab for the dummies that will fill in whatever questions they are asked. Might as well as for card number, expiry, and CVV afterwards...
keyboardtek 4 months ago
I object to the corporate collection of personal data. So I usually make it up when it is requested.
Science Nerd 4 months ago
No website has ever been given my mother’s maiden name or even the name of my first pet. 😁
Bob Brooce 4 months ago
I don't think there's ever been ruling on whether or not that sort of thing actually violates the law(s) against unauthorized computer access, because there's never been a test case to take to court. The law (like so many others) is poorly written and the plain text may make such things illegal in theory, but the law as a whole makes it clear that it's almost certainly not intended to criminalize access that was authorized based on minor, and usually inconsequential, falsehoods.
#24
Jaywalking. At least in the small tourist town I'm from. Drives me up the wall because traffic is always bad during high season and avoiding clueless drivers who aren't from here AND meat-and-skin based obstacles at the same time is hard as hell. Especially when they hide behind cars to jump in front of you outside of a crosswalk. It's like these people go on vacation and decide "I'd like to get ran over and die today."
Rant over thank you for listening.
Forrest Hobbs 4 months ago
Walking on any part of the street is perfectly legal where I live - unless it's a motorway. We have freedom here in the UK. Driver training ensures that we learn how to anticipate hazards such as wayward pedestrians. No-one ever "hides behind a car" to jump out in front of a car - any driver who think that's happened is a poor driver.
Zig Zag Wanderer 4 months ago
Yeah. America doesn't really have freedom. They have laws telling them what they can do. We can do anything, but have laws telling us what we can't do.
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Scott Rackley 4 months ago
I remember visiting a college friend from Germany and he filled me in. Germans are very peculiar about their road laws and obeying signs and lights.
#25
A lot of comments here have a skewed view of “almost everyone”. I think speeding is probably the only true answer. (W**d is legal all over the place and also done by a minority of ppl. Most ppl wouldn’t know how to pirate a movie. ).
Rick Murray 4 months ago
Depends what weed. There's quite a thistle problem these days. 😂
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#26
Insider Trading. Overvaluing assets on loan applications.
Riley Quinn 4 months ago
Only US politicians are allowed insider trading. One of the perks of the job beside taking money from lobbyists to push controversial bills through.
#27
Turning on to a road into the far lane.
Zaach 4 months ago
In WA the rule is to make the turn in the shortest distance - they may have updated that after all the round-a-bouts got built since the shortest distance bypasses the center island
Funhog 4 months ago
Technically, the shortest distance in a roundabout would be through the center island, not bypass (to go around) it.
Load More Replies... nottheactualphoto 4 months ago
In Virginia, it's illegal to change lanes in an intersection, turning or not. More honored in the breach, etc.
Bob Brooce 4 months ago
Or turning into the near lane when you turned from the far lane. Not all states require turning into the corresponding lane, and I'm not sure if they have a law that covers the situation when other traffic make changing lanes in a turn a problem (other than catchall law about yielding). It's amazing how many stupid people change lanes in a turn even when there's other turning traffic.
Scott Rackley 4 months ago
Tennessee does. They will pull you over for it too. I think TN being a right on red state might have something to do with it.
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Watching p**n when you're under 18.
Beak Hookage 4 months ago (edited)
Which is pretty funny really because the way I remember it teenagers past a certain age are OBSESSED with s-e-x. My classmates sure as hell wouldn't shut up about it.
Auntriarch 4 months ago (edited)
Yup. If anyone really has a need for pórn, it's teenagers. Speaking as a former teenager.
Load More Replies... Molly A. Block 4 months ago
There is no more guessing or wondering about s e x these days. Our kids get to see so much more than I ever saw in my first 30 years of life! I'm 56 now, btw. With p o r n site all over the net, and for free, they can get their full on education about the 'birds & the bees' as soon as they learn how to work that smartphone they just got their hands on! I bet that is the FIRST thing that gets googled by them, hehhehheh.
WubiDubi 4 months ago
Especially if you are in UK where consent age is 16. And driving is 17. And solo flying is 16.
Kris 4 months ago
What has solo-flying got to do with it? When I do it I usually dont have my c**k out.
Load More Replies... Bob Brooce 4 months ago
There may be the odd exception, but in the US it's generally not illegal to watch porn at any age Ithe viewer, not the participants of course). The various laws prohibit providing it to those under 18.
#29
Have a garage sale and not report the earnings to the IRS for taxes.
Anne Roberts 4 months ago
How much money does the typical garage sale make? A couple of hundred dollars? Plus I already paid taxes when I bought the stuff I'm selling
Rick Murray 4 months ago
There is a bit of a debate about this in France. There should be no requirement to pay tax on stuff sold at garage sales (vide greniers) because tax will have been paid on the original purchase. The current thinking is to have people declare on their honour that they only attend *two* in a year (usually their local and a big one). Yes, it is abused, and often by people (cough) from the east (/cough) which is annoying for all of the rest of us. That being said, vide greniers have largely been a lot of cr@p for a decade or so, as anything worth anything tends to get listed on Le Bon Coin (France's answer to eBay).
Michael Largey 4 months ago
If you sell the Item for less than you bought it (common at garage sales), there is no profit to report. You lost money, and if anything you'd might take a deduction for a capital loss.
Emilu 4 months ago
Hence why you don't need to, eg: report eBay sales unless you operate a business from there (with an ABN or whatever your country's equivalent is).
Carrie de Luka 4 months ago
You might not need to where you live, but in the UK you may need to report what's called 'side hustle' income. That is income that could be money, gifts or services you have received from selling personal possessions.
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#30
Feeding pigeons. It’s illegal in most places.
Beak Hookage 4 months ago
So that's why the cops just showed up to slap the cuffs on me. AVENGE ME PIGEON FRIENDS!
Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 4 months ago
I have b & w photos of me just a few years old feeding pigeons in Trafalgar Square in the early '60s. Vendors sold pigeon feed for, yes you guessed it, tuppence a bag, lol.
Remi Flynne 4 months ago
Lovely memory. I actually love that song... 🎶Feed the birds, tuppence a bag🎶 Had a terrier called Tuppence (or 2p for short!). I miss that little dog!
Load More Replies... Rick Murray 4 months ago
Padstow, Cornwall. You used to be able to buy little bags of seeds to feed the seagulls, but they really like chips and they absolutely *will* help themselves, right down to flyby whipping it out of your mouth if there's enough they can grab onto. And, yes, you'll get a faceful of dusty wing because gulls are fast but not especially agile and they just don't care. They'll smack right into you but "WORTH IT!" if they get that chip. Doubly so if you're so startled the rest go flying, some will be grabbed before they reach the ground.
April Pickett 4 months ago
I haven't seen any police out there writing tickets for feeding the pigeons.
Toothless Feline 4 months ago
Feeding the wildlife, whatever it is and wherever you are, is always a bad idea, for a multitude of reasons. They can become dependent on humans for food, and it encourages them to stay close to people and be a nuisance.
nottheactualphoto 4 months ago
Many things are a bad idea, but not illegal.
Load More Replies... Crystalwitch60 4 months ago
I feed the wild birds ,I’m out in the sticks ,n got loads of pigeons wood pigeons ,crows starlings by the hundreds lol sparrows red tailed kite (hawks ) sparrow hawks crows magpies jackdaws u name it
#31
To own a pet in USA and Canada (and am sure in other countries) without pet license.
Upstaged75 4 months ago
Nope. Not true. Dogs maybe. You don't need one to own a cat. Or a horse.
Andrew Keir 4 months ago
Nobody owns a cat, humans are just staff as far as cats are concerned.
Load More Replies... Toothless Feline 4 months ago
Only some pets in the US require licenses, and it depends on your state. For the most part, it’s only dogs and “exotic” pets that require registration. I’ve never seen a requirement for cats to be registered in the US (it may exist somewhere, but I’m not aware of it), and I seriously doubt that any state or local government will ask you to register your goldfish.
Rick Murray 4 months ago
Here in France, pets need to be chipped (including cats). As explained by the mayor, if you feed a "wild" cat for a period of more than two calendar months, it is then considered yours, and it's on you to chip, vaccinate, sterilise, etc. The cat, on the other hand, may have an entirely different opinion about ownership but will grudgingly tolerate human foibles in return for regular packs of Felix.
Carl Roberts 4 months ago
Entirely depends on local laws. My former city required one for dogs, but not cats. My current city requires one for both.
Emilu 4 months ago
In Australia (possibly Vic specifically? Unsure) we only need them for owning a lot of animals, or exotic ones. It's also very local council-dependent. At least in my local council area, you're required to register your cat/dog, but that's not the same as a license; it's just saying you pay for the privilege of owning Mittens/Spot (aka if the council can get more $$ out of you, they will 🤷🏽♀️). Not doing this is against a council by-law and is usually dealt with by a fine (unless you get a particularly wanker council that takes you to court over it; some do), but not having a license for an animal when you should is more serious.
Day Andie 4 months ago
I live in a rural area where dogs don't need to be licensed, but they do need to have proof of rabies inoculation. Certain wild animals are required to be licensed though--if you're stupid enough to have a wild animal for a pet.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 4 months ago (edited)
Both of my dogs are licensed. I have to register them and pay the licensing fee. Where I live (in an American state), you are required by law to license your dog annually. All dogs over the age of four months must be licensed and have a valid rabies vaccination. You can get citations/fines if you do not license your dog.
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What do you think ?
Taffy Renee 4 months ago
Big one for me is someone selling fan artwork of copyrighted characters and claiming "Fair Use" law as the reason for doing it. NO "Fair Use" does NOT allow you to sell fan artwork. The only way you can legally sell fan art is if you have permission from the copyright owner.
Emilu 4 months ago (edited)
Edit: Sorry Taffy, this was meant to be a new comment, not a reply.
Load More Replies... Emilu 4 months ago
I don't "mind" low level speeding but higher-level, no. Recently, for example, I had a client who was ticketed for going 45km+ over (Clocked at 90 miles or thereabouts, so probably not fast for some people out there, but Australia does have pretty low speed limits. Our max is 110km/h). The client's ('D' for 'dickhead' henceforth) excuse was that the cop couldn't 'prove' that the equipment used to detect D was going 145 was accurate, and the cop also pulled D over at what D believed was around 115-120 and therefore there was sufficient 'doubt' that D was actually speeding. I took great pleasure in telling him that speed detection devices were accurate unless proven otherwise, D'd be looking at around $8k to find an expert to look into if it *could* be proven otherwise, and if he was detected at 145 the speed he was being pulled over, if lower, didn't mean jack. D got the idea when he wanted to "SPEAK TO A *MAN*?" and said senior male criminal lawyer said the same as me. 🤷🏽♀️
Ren Karlej 4 months ago
Even at low speeds though, you can k**l people. There's a reason why in some towns and cities in the UK they're changing limits to 20mph instead of 30mph. You stand a chance of walking away from the former speed. Most car accidents happen on urban roads.
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Harry Gondalf 4 months ago
Surprised not to find this, although it doesn't apply to "everybody:" the use of recreational chemicāls other than aḷcohol.
Rick Murray 4 months ago
Hey, leave my organic cane sugar out of this! ;)
Load More Replies... Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago (edited)
In many places, taking stones to make cairns is illegal yet I see them everywhere after touristic season. (I destroy them every time because they are harmful to the ecosystem.)
Rachel Reynolds 4 months ago
In Michigan, A husband legally owns his wife's hair. I recently got my hair cut without telling my husband. Lock me up.
Rick Murray 4 months ago
Eff that noise. Your hair is a part of you. End of discussion.
Load More Replies... Rick Murray 4 months ago
" Note: this post originally had 31 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes. " Really?!? REALLY? smh...
Lady Eowyn 4 months ago
A lot of people seem to have a funny idea about how common certain things are.
arthbach 4 months ago
They use the excuse of 'everyone does it' to feel better a out themselves when they break the law.
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Taffy Renee 4 months ago
Big one for me is someone selling fan artwork of copyrighted characters and claiming "Fair Use" law as the reason for doing it. NO "Fair Use" does NOT allow you to sell fan artwork. The only way you can legally sell fan art is if you have permission from the copyright owner.
Emilu 4 months ago (edited)
Edit: Sorry Taffy, this was meant to be a new comment, not a reply.
Load More Replies... Emilu 4 months ago
I don't "mind" low level speeding but higher-level, no. Recently, for example, I had a client who was ticketed for going 45km+ over (Clocked at 90 miles or thereabouts, so probably not fast for some people out there, but Australia does have pretty low speed limits. Our max is 110km/h). The client's ('D' for 'dickhead' henceforth) excuse was that the cop couldn't 'prove' that the equipment used to detect D was going 145 was accurate, and the cop also pulled D over at what D believed was around 115-120 and therefore there was sufficient 'doubt' that D was actually speeding. I took great pleasure in telling him that speed detection devices were accurate unless proven otherwise, D'd be looking at around $8k to find an expert to look into if it *could* be proven otherwise, and if he was detected at 145 the speed he was being pulled over, if lower, didn't mean jack. D got the idea when he wanted to "SPEAK TO A *MAN*?" and said senior male criminal lawyer said the same as me. 🤷🏽♀️
Ren Karlej 4 months ago
Even at low speeds though, you can k**l people. There's a reason why in some towns and cities in the UK they're changing limits to 20mph instead of 30mph. You stand a chance of walking away from the former speed. Most car accidents happen on urban roads.
Load More Replies... Harry Gondalf 4 months ago
Surprised not to find this, although it doesn't apply to "everybody:" the use of recreational chemicāls other than aḷcohol.
Rick Murray 4 months ago
Hey, leave my organic cane sugar out of this! ;)
Load More Replies... Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago (edited)
In many places, taking stones to make cairns is illegal yet I see them everywhere after touristic season. (I destroy them every time because they are harmful to the ecosystem.)
Rachel Reynolds 4 months ago
In Michigan, A husband legally owns his wife's hair. I recently got my hair cut without telling my husband. Lock me up.
Rick Murray 4 months ago
Eff that noise. Your hair is a part of you. End of discussion.
Load More Replies... Rick Murray 4 months ago
" Note: this post originally had 31 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes. " Really?!? REALLY? smh...
Lady Eowyn 4 months ago
A lot of people seem to have a funny idea about how common certain things are.
arthbach 4 months ago
They use the excuse of 'everyone does it' to feel better a out themselves when they break the law.
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