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There's virtually no difference in the number of crashes from before the laws were implemented, after they were mandated while the number of phone calls dropped nearly half the number of text messages. This means people are using their phones more than ever.

Laws like the distracted driver law are a product of our time, the growing number of personal cell phones and distracted drivers warranted the restrictions. But what happens when a law put in place decades earlier becomes irrelevant and forgotten?

Waynesboro, Virginia, home to 21,000 residents, has many relics from history. One of them is a law prohibiting women from driving down the main street of the town, also a product of its time. The law came about during an era when cars were growing in number, and people believed women weren't to be trusted driving them.

Thankfully, we've evolved on that mindset. The law did have one caveat that allowed women to drive down Main Street: women could drive only if their husband, brother, or uncle was walking in front of the car waving a red flag. How's that being restricted to driving however fast your husband could walk while he waves the international sign of caution - literally a red flag.

Luckily, this law has since been repealed along with other antiquated laws of a bygone era. Other places, like Pennsylvania, have their own unique set of weird traffic laws. For instance, there's a law requiring motorists driving in rural Pennsylvania to stop every mile and fire a rocket. Wait for cattle or other farm animals to cross the road, then proceed another mile, stopping again every mile.

Obviously, this law isn't enforced - or else driving through Pennsylvania would be extremely slow but also very whimsical like a retirement home for wizards.

Now is a good time to reiterate that it's essential for states to revisit old legislation so that old laws like this aren't misconstrued or used for a different purpose than originally intended. Traffic laws are put in place to protect motorists and are vital to remain relevant with the times.

Some people might think traffic laws are too restrictive, but ultimately, what makes a law seem "dumb" is subjective. I mean, who wouldn't agree that a weird whaling law from before seems absurd? But it's often those things that we later realize were actually necessary.

Sometimes, things seem dumb at first, and sometimes what you think is dumb is actually genius - which I know a lot about, as I'm very self-aware. I mean, who doesn't love using their phone while driving?

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WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enbeing a teenager all of us can agree that laws are stupid I mean there isn't any logical reason I shouldn't be able to launch my car into a helicopter if duty calls some laws whether they're enforced or not are dumber than others today we're focusing on the stupidest most insane traffic laws in the United States this is wheelhouse laws keep us safe at least they're intended to wearing a seatbelt is required a little law and that makes sense as much as people don't like to be forced to strap in the fact remains that the safety belt has saved millions of lives but we're not here to catalog every law that works we're here to look at obscure traffic laws that you probably didn't even know existed some are annoying some are weird and some like my grandpa are so old they don't even make sense anymore let's start with some more well-known traffic laws that really just get our goat you're driving home from the movie theater late night after seeing Shrek you exit the highway and pull up to a red light the intersection is barren no living soul is within miles of your car after a few long moments you realize the walk signal hasn't even started counting down yet the glowing white man seems to mock you from across the street why isn't that like changing why isn't the light changing you start to get irritated who is the engineering wizard who programmed this light why is there even a light here why is there even a light here you pull forward to make sure you're on the sensors so the light is triggered but nothing at this point you're angrier than Lord Farquaad you throw caution to the wind and drive to the red light suddenly cherries and blueberries out of nowhere sorry bud you just got pinched hmm this is known as a midnight red which actually sounds like a band from the nineties and it has some people up in arms if you've been waiting an exorbitant amount of time for a red light to change and there are no cars in sight it seems logical to this drive through it but in the end a red light is of red light and running one is against the law obviously cities usually remedy this with a number of different ways by changing the solid red to a flashing red or installing sensors in the road that detect is driving on triggering the change of the light these sensors use a variety of different technologies to detect cars ranging from electromagnetic circuits lasers and even tubes filled with air you want to know more about how to's work check out this episode of science garage tubes at this point Mart really is grasping at straws which I found out our type of tube there's another manoeuvre to sneak you through red lights that you might not realize is illegal have you ever pulled up to a crowded red-light intersection that you just know is gonna take forever to turn green then you notice you are perfectly lined up with the entrance to a gas station and you pull in looking for an open pump oh I think they'll get premium gas here this time if I could only find ha psych you pull out of the gas station and bypass all the people waiting to take a right at the red light your tank is full you're never gonna get gas especially premium stuff like 420 a gallon you fooled everyone everyone that is except a cop and is about to pull you over pinched while this is a lesser offense than running a red light it is still an illegal move as annoying it is for you to sit up a red light it's probably ten times as annoying the owner of the gas station good morning what kind of gas are you gonna oh you're not gonna get gas my life is meaningless yeah I should stop eating all these rotating hotdogs that we have in this machine and drinking this Mountain Dew now the boss said they're free if they've been there for a day but just because they're free doesn't mean I have to eat them well it's like these while they seem to be enforced solely to harsh people's mellows as opposed to marshaling people's Mallos makes more sense due to the sheer amount of cars that are on the road nowadays the fact that I can't ride in the back of my friend's truck is horse hot key to me but I trust that these people making our laws are smarter and safer than I there are some laws I can't really get behind though Oregon and New Jersey two states that on the surface don't really have that much in common one is where they film The Goonies and the other is where you'd expect people to trap a group of children in a cave full of pirate treasure both states have laws that make it illegal for car owner to pump their own gas only gas station employees can touch the pumps yo bro we don't pump gas we pump fists out here hey Oh as they say in Jersey the legislation cites a number of health hazards 17 actually as reasons why the public shouldn't be able to pump their own gas reasons ranging from reduced fire hazards to the more vague dangers of crime and slick surfaces in Oregon the law was relaxed just this year to allow people to pump their own gas only at standalone stations in County with fewer than 40,000 residents it seems like a no-brainer to allow people to pump their own gas right think again some Oregonians absolutely flipped when they heard of the newfound freedom online forms saw an influx of oregon natives complaining about I don't even know how to pump my own gas and I'm 62 never mind the millions of people across the world that safely pump their gas every day without dying people my right wish I live far far away with Shrek these states aren't alone when it comes to kooky laws in Texas windshield wipers are mandatory but windshields themselves aren't in Denver it is illegal to drive a black car on Sundays in Minneapolis it's illegal to drive a red car on Lake Street if you're in California it is illegal to shoot any animal from your car unless it's a whale alright it's not explicitly stated in the law that it's chilled to shoot whales from your car but because of a loophole they don't really fall into any category of protected animal within that particular law the so called distracted driving laws have become more and more relevant following the rise the number of distractions drivers face the laws center around text messaging phone calls and general cell phone use while still in the car and are still perceived to be an inconvenience but it's all worth it if it saves lives right psyche Nolan psyche there's virtually no difference in the number of crashes from before the laws - after they were mandate while the number of phone calls dropped nearly half the number of text messages ropes which means people are using their phones more than ever I've got an app on my phone that reminds me every hour to calm down and drink glass of milk there it is excuse me laws like the distracted driver law are a product of our time the growing number of personal cell phones and distracted drivers warranted the restrictions but what happens when a law put in place decades earlier becomes irrelevant and forgotten Waynesboro Virginia home to 21,000 residents it has many relics from history one of them is a law prohibiting women from driving down the main street of the town also a product of its time the law came about during an era when the number of cars on the road was growing and people believed women weren't to be trusted driving them thankfully we've evolved on from that mindset the law did have one caveat that allowed women to drive down Main Street women could drive only if their husband out their brother out their uncle walked in front of the car waving a red flag how the Grady is that being restricted to driving however fast your husband could walk while he waves the International sign of caution a literal red flag thankfully this law has since been repealed along with other antiquated laws of a bygone era others that probably shouldn't still be around are take Pennsylvania for instance there's a law requiring motorists driving in rural Pennsylvania to stop every mile fire a rocket wait for cattle or other farm animals to clue rohde then proceeded another mile stop and do it again every mile obviously this law isn't enforced or else driving through Pennsylvania would be extremely slow but also very whimsical like a retirement home for wizards now is a good time to reiterate that it's important for states to revisit old legislation so that old laws like this aren't misconstrued or used for a different purpose than originally intended traffic laws are put into place to protect motorists and is vital to remain relevant with the times our traffic laws nowadays too restrictive some think so what makes a lot of dumb is subjective I mean that weird whaling law from before I bet land whales think it makes a lot of sense ultimately the government has our best interest in mind when they make laws yeah I'm sure they do I'm sure people thought seatbelts were dumb when they are first implemented but it's obvious now that seatbelts save lives sometimes things are dumb and sometimes what you think is dumb is actually you being done yourself which I know a lot about I'm very dumb in our interconnected world where literally everything you do online is logged and tracked your privacy is more important than ever this episode of wheelhouse is brought to you by expressvpn the fastest and easiest VPN available what's a VPN it's a virtual private network that masks your internet activity by sending your data all over the world before your internet provider or advertisers even know where you are protecting your privacy expressvpn has consistently faster speeds than other VPN services and server locations in 90 for different countries giving you plenty of choice of how you want to protect your privacy expressvpn doesn't log your activity or connection logs and has the best-in-class encryption available it's basically the best way to protect your identity finances and privacy online period all for less than seven bucks a month expressvpn as apps available for every platform Windows iOS Android iPhone Linux even routers hits a link in the description and learn how you can get a free three-month trial with a one-year package go to expressvpn comm splash wheelhouse that's expr e SS VPN dot-com slash wheelhouse and get a free three-month trial with a one-year package take back your privacy today thanks for watching this episode of wheelhouse we talked about the weird stuff that affects you in the car world every week so make sure you hit that yellow subscribe button right there as I mentioned we talked about speed limits a while ago check that out right here if you want to know about a car that probably shouldn't be legal check out this episode of up to speed bye for now waitbeing a teenager all of us can agree that laws are stupid I mean there isn't any logical reason I shouldn't be able to launch my car into a helicopter if duty calls some laws whether they're enforced or not are dumber than others today we're focusing on the stupidest most insane traffic laws in the United States this is wheelhouse laws keep us safe at least they're intended to wearing a seatbelt is required a little law and that makes sense as much as people don't like to be forced to strap in the fact remains that the safety belt has saved millions of lives but we're not here to catalog every law that works we're here to look at obscure traffic laws that you probably didn't even know existed some are annoying some are weird and some like my grandpa are so old they don't even make sense anymore let's start with some more well-known traffic laws that really just get our goat you're driving home from the movie theater late night after seeing Shrek you exit the highway and pull up to a red light the intersection is barren no living soul is within miles of your car after a few long moments you realize the walk signal hasn't even started counting down yet the glowing white man seems to mock you from across the street why isn't that like changing why isn't the light changing you start to get irritated who is the engineering wizard who programmed this light why is there even a light here why is there even a light here you pull forward to make sure you're on the sensors so the light is triggered but nothing at this point you're angrier than Lord Farquaad you throw caution to the wind and drive to the red light suddenly cherries and blueberries out of nowhere sorry bud you just got pinched hmm this is known as a midnight red which actually sounds like a band from the nineties and it has some people up in arms if you've been waiting an exorbitant amount of time for a red light to change and there are no cars in sight it seems logical to this drive through it but in the end a red light is of red light and running one is against the law obviously cities usually remedy this with a number of different ways by changing the solid red to a flashing red or installing sensors in the road that detect is driving on triggering the change of the light these sensors use a variety of different technologies to detect cars ranging from electromagnetic circuits lasers and even tubes filled with air you want to know more about how to's work check out this episode of science garage tubes at this point Mart really is grasping at straws which I found out our type of tube there's another manoeuvre to sneak you through red lights that you might not realize is illegal have you ever pulled up to a crowded red-light intersection that you just know is gonna take forever to turn green then you notice you are perfectly lined up with the entrance to a gas station and you pull in looking for an open pump oh I think they'll get premium gas here this time if I could only find ha psych you pull out of the gas station and bypass all the people waiting to take a right at the red light your tank is full you're never gonna get gas especially premium stuff like 420 a gallon you fooled everyone everyone that is except a cop and is about to pull you over pinched while this is a lesser offense than running a red light it is still an illegal move as annoying it is for you to sit up a red light it's probably ten times as annoying the owner of the gas station good morning what kind of gas are you gonna oh you're not gonna get gas my life is meaningless yeah I should stop eating all these rotating hotdogs that we have in this machine and drinking this Mountain Dew now the boss said they're free if they've been there for a day but just because they're free doesn't mean I have to eat them well it's like these while they seem to be enforced solely to harsh people's mellows as opposed to marshaling people's Mallos makes more sense due to the sheer amount of cars that are on the road nowadays the fact that I can't ride in the back of my friend's truck is horse hot key to me but I trust that these people making our laws are smarter and safer than I there are some laws I can't really get behind though Oregon and New Jersey two states that on the surface don't really have that much in common one is where they film The Goonies and the other is where you'd expect people to trap a group of children in a cave full of pirate treasure both states have laws that make it illegal for car owner to pump their own gas only gas station employees can touch the pumps yo bro we don't pump gas we pump fists out here hey Oh as they say in Jersey the legislation cites a number of health hazards 17 actually as reasons why the public shouldn't be able to pump their own gas reasons ranging from reduced fire hazards to the more vague dangers of crime and slick surfaces in Oregon the law was relaxed just this year to allow people to pump their own gas only at standalone stations in County with fewer than 40,000 residents it seems like a no-brainer to allow people to pump their own gas right think again some Oregonians absolutely flipped when they heard of the newfound freedom online forms saw an influx of oregon natives complaining about I don't even know how to pump my own gas and I'm 62 never mind the millions of people across the world that safely pump their gas every day without dying people my right wish I live far far away with Shrek these states aren't alone when it comes to kooky laws in Texas windshield wipers are mandatory but windshields themselves aren't in Denver it is illegal to drive a black car on Sundays in Minneapolis it's illegal to drive a red car on Lake Street if you're in California it is illegal to shoot any animal from your car unless it's a whale alright it's not explicitly stated in the law that it's chilled to shoot whales from your car but because of a loophole they don't really fall into any category of protected animal within that particular law the so called distracted driving laws have become more and more relevant following the rise the number of distractions drivers face the laws center around text messaging phone calls and general cell phone use while still in the car and are still perceived to be an inconvenience but it's all worth it if it saves lives right psyche Nolan psyche there's virtually no difference in the number of crashes from before the laws - after they were mandate while the number of phone calls dropped nearly half the number of text messages ropes which means people are using their phones more than ever I've got an app on my phone that reminds me every hour to calm down and drink glass of milk there it is excuse me laws like the distracted driver law are a product of our time the growing number of personal cell phones and distracted drivers warranted the restrictions but what happens when a law put in place decades earlier becomes irrelevant and forgotten Waynesboro Virginia home to 21,000 residents it has many relics from history one of them is a law prohibiting women from driving down the main street of the town also a product of its time the law came about during an era when the number of cars on the road was growing and people believed women weren't to be trusted driving them thankfully we've evolved on from that mindset the law did have one caveat that allowed women to drive down Main Street women could drive only if their husband out their brother out their uncle walked in front of the car waving a red flag how the Grady is that being restricted to driving however fast your husband could walk while he waves the International sign of caution a literal red flag thankfully this law has since been repealed along with other antiquated laws of a bygone era others that probably shouldn't still be around are take Pennsylvania for instance there's a law requiring motorists driving in rural Pennsylvania to stop every mile fire a rocket wait for cattle or other farm animals to clue rohde then proceeded another mile stop and do it again every mile obviously this law isn't enforced or else driving through Pennsylvania would be extremely slow but also very whimsical like a retirement home for wizards now is a good time to reiterate that it's important for states to revisit old legislation so that old laws like this aren't misconstrued or used for a different purpose than originally intended traffic laws are put into place to protect motorists and is vital to remain relevant with the times our traffic laws nowadays too restrictive some think so what makes a lot of dumb is subjective I mean that weird whaling law from before I bet land whales think it makes a lot of sense ultimately the government has our best interest in mind when they make laws yeah I'm sure they do I'm sure people thought seatbelts were dumb when they are first implemented but it's obvious now that seatbelts save lives sometimes things are dumb and sometimes what you think is dumb is actually you being done yourself which I know a lot about I'm very dumb in our interconnected world where literally everything you do online is logged and tracked your privacy is more important than ever this episode of wheelhouse is brought to you by expressvpn the fastest and easiest VPN available what's a VPN it's a virtual private network that masks your internet activity by sending your data all over the world before your internet provider or advertisers even know where you are protecting your privacy expressvpn has consistently faster speeds than other VPN services and server locations in 90 for different countries giving you plenty of choice of how you want to protect your privacy expressvpn doesn't log your activity or connection logs and has the best-in-class encryption available it's basically the best way to protect your identity finances and privacy online period all for less than seven bucks a month expressvpn as apps available for every platform Windows iOS Android iPhone Linux even routers hits a link in the description and learn how you can get a free three-month trial with a one-year package go to expressvpn comm splash wheelhouse that's expr e SS VPN dot-com slash wheelhouse and get a free three-month trial with a one-year package take back your privacy today thanks for watching this episode of wheelhouse we talked about the weird stuff that affects you in the car world every week so make sure you hit that yellow subscribe button right there as I mentioned we talked about speed limits a while ago check that out right here if you want to know about a car that probably shouldn't be legal check out this episode of up to speed bye for now wait