In Tennessee, a law explicitly prohibits drivers from operating a vehicle while asleep. Even more intriguing, there’s a firm ban on catching fish using a lasso.
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17 Dumb Laws in Tennessee
- “Crimes against nature” are forbidden.
- Driving a car while asleep is illegal.
- In Dyersburg, women are not allowed to call men to schedule a date.
- In Fayette County, owning more than five inoperative vehicles is illegal.
- Oral sex is prohibited.
- In Jonesboro, a slingshot is considered a deadly weapon.
- In Memphis, women can only drive if a man is walking ahead of the vehicle, waving a red flag to warn other drivers and pedestrians.
- Catching fish with a lasso is illegal.
- In this state, it’s entirely legal to pick up and consume an animal hit by a car.
- In Memphis, frogs are not permitted to croak after 11:00 p.m.
- In Knoxville, all buildings must have a post installed for tethering horses.
- In Lexington, eating ice cream on the sidewalk is prohibited.
- Panhandlers wishing to earn a living in downtown Memphis must first purchase a ten-dollar license.
- No more than eight women can live in a house, as this would constitute a brothel.
- In Nashville, men are not allowed to be in public if they are visibly excited.
- Horse theft is punishable by hanging.
- In Oneida, an ordinance forbids anyone from singing the song “It Ain’t Goin’ To Rain No Mo.”
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