20 Jaw-Droppingly Weird Laws That Still Exist In America
3. Virginia - Women May Not Drive Unless...
Law's Origin: 1920
Risk of Prosecution: Traffic
... their husbands walk in front of the car waving a red flag. Needless to say, it's not even worth it to let your wife get behind the wheel. Scoot over honey, we're going to be late for church. What's scary about this law is it directly applies to cars. That means that unlike most of the insanity we've covered today that wormed its way out of the 1800s, this law has to be less than a hundred years old!
When this overtly sexist statute came to public attention a few years ago, news teams flocked to Waynesboro Virginia to investigate. One sheriff stated he was sure the law had been expunged a couple decades back.
Our Rating: Too ridiculous to have ever been enforced.