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Jun 7th 2010, 19:31:31

From wikipedia:

Red flag laws in the US

In the United States, the state of Vermont passed a similar flurry of Red Flag Laws in 1894. The most infamous of the Red Flag Laws was enacted in Pennsylvania circa 1896, when Quaker legislators unanimously passed a bill through both houses of the state legislature, which would require all motorists piloting their "horseless carriages", upon chance encounters with cattle or livestock to (1) immediately stop the vehicle, (2) "immediately and as rapidly as possible... disassemble the automobile," and (3) "conceal the various components out of sight, behind nearby bushes" until equestrian or livestock is sufficiently pacified.[1] The bill did not pass, as Pennsylvania's governor used an executive veto.


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hehehe

American politicians (other than mainly their Founding Fathers) have always been loony apparently....
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Jun 7th 2010, 20:03:01

LMAO! That's good stuff.

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Jun 8th 2010, 23:06:09

I think I heard somewhere that ridiculous laws like these were related to lobbying? Any history buffs know if that's true?

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Jun 8th 2010, 23:15:47

was this before or after the invention of the horn?

basically sounds like they got tired of chasing their livestock because of the loud, smelly automobiles. or maybe the livestock was just afraid of ghost horses.
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Jun 10th 2010, 20:09:38

lol... no idea
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