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What’s wrong with you UK? (i.imgur.com)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is there a source for this.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

For the UK legislation: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/2-3/47/section/54

Paragraph 16.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

Wow that's a gold mine! Some highlights:

Every person shall be liable to a penalty [...] who [...] commit any of the following offences;

[...]

Every person who shall roll or carry any cask, tub, hoop, or wheel, or any ladder, plank, pole, showboard, or placard, upon any footway, except for the purpose of loading or unloading any cart or carriage, or of crossing the footway

[...]

Every person who shall blow any horn or use any other noisy instrument, for the purpose of calling persons together, or of announcing any show or entertainment, or for the purpose of hawking, selling, distributing, or collecting any article whatsoever, or of obtaining money or alms

[...]

Every person who shall wilfully and wantonly disturb any inhabitant by pulling or ringing any door-bell or knocking at any door without lawful excuse, or who shall wilfully and unlawfully extinguish the light of any lamp

[...]

Every person who shall fly any kite or play at any game to the annoyance of the inhabitants or passengers, or who shall make or use any slide upon ice or snow in any street or other thoroughfare, to the common danger of the passengers.

So don't even think about *checks notes* flying a kite and playing games in general and also don't you dare to *checks notes again* slide on ice or carry a wheel on a footpath, punk!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

There's a reason the UK has the "Oy mate, have you got a loisence for that loisence?" joke. ("Loisence" meaning "license", but pronounced funny)

[–] sangriaferret 4 points 11 months ago

Those actually all sound pretty reasonable. Basically don't interfere with or inconvenience people in public areas.

[–] Justas 3 points 11 months ago

I can remember an old Tom Scott video where he broke a bunch of those. Still have "We flew a kite in a public place/ We flew a kite in a public place" stuck in my head.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

There goes my plan of extinguishing streetlamps in England for funzies.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Thanks! Are the over the top punishments still enforceable or is this a death penalty in Hesse situation?

Death penalty in Hesse:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46070519