New Laws in Bizarro World
July 1 is always a fun day because that is the day most of Virginia's new laws go into effect. There are always the new laws that baffle you into asking why something so strange was llegal in the first place, others that you can't believe laws weren't on the books before now, and others still that just make you scratch your head.
Some of the highlights:
Beginning today, restaurants will now be able to legally serve Sangria, because the ABC bans mixing of beer and liquor in one drink. What is more strange is that is the only mixed drink you can order. Other mixed cocktails, like Boilermakers, remain illegal.
Yet, if it's Sunday and you just gotta get smashed, then don't fear: ABC has allowed its stores to open from 1-6pm in certain urban areas of the state (like Richmond) where they had been closed, but in places like Southwest Virginia they remain closed.
Another law was passed that had actually "protected men who sexually attack girls 14 to 16 from criminal charges as long as they offer to marry the victim." Legislators closed the "marriage offer" loophole. That is just too bizarre for comment.
Just as weird is a ban on French kissing. "Adults who French kiss kids will face stiff penalties, too. That Class 1 misdemeanor will land them on the sex offender registry."
Again, welcome to bizarro world.
Drivers at DMV who fail the test three times have to attend a training school before they can take it a fourth, fifth, and sixth time. I feel safer already.
People who renew their licenses online get a $1 dollar discount but those who show up in person pay an extra $5 fee. Do I even have to ask where the picketing ACLU crowd is on this one?
Another law prohibts school bus drivers from using cell phones or other wireless communication devices while driving. How was this even ever legal?
That is all I can stomach researching today, but rest easy as these things are now law.
And hold your breath for the other wild and woolly new laws that are sure to come our way from the special session on transportation.
If that session goes par for the course, then Fred Flintstone's ride might be in store for all of us in the near future.
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Some of the highlights:
Beginning today, restaurants will now be able to legally serve Sangria, because the ABC bans mixing of beer and liquor in one drink. What is more strange is that is the only mixed drink you can order. Other mixed cocktails, like Boilermakers, remain illegal.
Yet, if it's Sunday and you just gotta get smashed, then don't fear: ABC has allowed its stores to open from 1-6pm in certain urban areas of the state (like Richmond) where they had been closed, but in places like Southwest Virginia they remain closed.
Another law was passed that had actually "protected men who sexually attack girls 14 to 16 from criminal charges as long as they offer to marry the victim." Legislators closed the "marriage offer" loophole. That is just too bizarre for comment.
Just as weird is a ban on French kissing. "Adults who French kiss kids will face stiff penalties, too. That Class 1 misdemeanor will land them on the sex offender registry."
Again, welcome to bizarro world.
Drivers at DMV who fail the test three times have to attend a training school before they can take it a fourth, fifth, and sixth time. I feel safer already.
People who renew their licenses online get a $1 dollar discount but those who show up in person pay an extra $5 fee. Do I even have to ask where the picketing ACLU crowd is on this one?
Another law prohibts school bus drivers from using cell phones or other wireless communication devices while driving. How was this even ever legal?
That is all I can stomach researching today, but rest easy as these things are now law.
And hold your breath for the other wild and woolly new laws that are sure to come our way from the special session on transportation.
If that session goes par for the course, then Fred Flintstone's ride might be in store for all of us in the near future.
~
posted by Jon Baliles | 9:59 AM
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