The Wild and Wacky Laws of Alabama

Alabama has a bunch of weird laws. Let's check them out!

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[austinmcconnell]

So, do I make this a recurring series from time to time, or what?

[TheTexas]

"Do you want to hear about weird laws from Alabama for 19 minutes?"

"No, why would I want to do that?"

"What if Austin McConnell made the video"

"Oh in that case, I'll watch it as soon as I can"

[stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis]

Can't wrestle a bear, cant duel a bear! Where will it go next?!
I thought this was supposed to be a country of FREEDOM

[TheAssassin]

"...subject a bear to surgical alteration" Alabama doesnt mess around when it comes to stopping cyborg bears.

[goodlookingcorpse]

The law against marathons could be aimed at 'dance marathons'--events that were popular during the Depression, where the last couple that could keep moving got a prize.

[pleepler]

Airbag fraud is an actually serious issue. They're quite expensive parts, so sleazy dealers tend to repair crashed cars, not bother replacing the airbags, and sell cars as uncrashed. Worst thing is that you won't know you don't have an airbag until, well, you crash. And that's too late.

Good on you Alabama, good on you

[JIceTea]

Reminder: All these laws came about because it most likely happened at one point or another.

[Sandy.J.Lloyd.Sr.]

Also in Eufaula, Alabama, a girl can get married at the age of 15 without her parent's permission and 13 with it. While the man has to be 19 to get married without permission and 17 with it. At least it was the law in 1978 when I married my wife, she was 15 and I was 17. The judge called my father to get the okay to marry us and my father told him that he would come to Alabama and kick his butt if he did. So the judge married us without my father’s permission and we were married for 30 years till she passed away in an accident caused by a drunk driver. The lesson here is don’t piss off the judge if you want to have it your way.

[DarthTrytan]

I came expecting a law forbidding goats from attaining a driver's license or something. But most of these made sense in the proper context. I for one appreciate laws forbidding defunct airbags being installed in a vehicle.

[rinoz]

"What are you in for?"

"Grabbed a turtle."

[acollectic]

I feel like aside from the obviously ridiculous stuff like high heel permits and yoga restrictions most of these are actually perfectly reasonable laws

[brassmule]

5:28 - airbag fraud is actually a big thing unfortunately, and I wonder how new this Alabama law is. In 2011-2015 when I worked as a DHL manager for a large hub in the US South, we had been unknowingly delivering fake airbags for quite some time, and then federal authorities used us to stage raids on various people. I believe it made the national news at the time. Charging retail prices for airbags that looked correct but were functionally inert, which could cost people their lives. Most of them originated from Indian and Pakistan, as I recall. More commonly, people insert resistors into airbag cabling and simply unplug the real airbag (that doesn't work for whatever reason). The resistor tricks the car's SRS system into thinking the airbag is fine so the airbag light stays off.

I use the resistors - legally, of course - as a mechanic to check as to whether a short or open circuit fault code is the result of something internal to the airbag or in the car's wiring harness. It's a temporary measure, however, not a permanently installed "fix."

[spacecowboy]

In a lot of states and cities, spitting on sidewalks was banned to prevent the spread of tuberculosis. And it worked.

[danielhale]

So my plans of selling counterfeit glitter-coated kitten-fur airbags in Alabama are shot to hell. It's getting harder and harder to make a dishonest living in this world.

[Luna_Potato]

8:02 when he said "They casnt say namiste, " that had me rolling. that's rediclous lmfao 🤣

[egg_]

if huggbees has taught me anything (and he most certainly has), its that wacky laws and facts from different states are an entertainment gold mine. looking forward to seeing more vids like this from you!

[cow]

"Oh yeah that's a pretty good law, dueling is very much a drastic action for anything, and especially at the time as medicine wasn't as advanced as it is now people would totally die from it, I'm glad Alabama was forward thinking at the ti-"
*2:27**: Also illegal to fight a bear*
"Legit 1984."

[Desolatebrowser]

The song just plays in my head anytime i hear the name of the state

[nickharris]

you can tell these are laws that were written after very specific things happened to particular law makers.

who did yoga hurt so badly?

[FishareFriendsNotFood]

I commend Alabama for standing up for bear rights! Bears are tired of being treated like second class citizens