My brother lied to me and said it was illegal for me (a child at the time) to go in too forever 21, because I wasn’t 21. He just wanted to go to the video game store.
When I was roughly 10 my mom told me that adults didn't have to wear seatbelts. One day at school we had these driving safety people come in to class to talk to us. They asked us why adults don't wear seatbelts sometimes. I proudly told them that my mom said adults don't have to. They told me that was wrong... and I was very embarrassed. 😅
My mother didn't tell me it was illegal to drive with interior lights on, she just straight up told me it made it hard for her to see at night, and that's honesty I appreciate and seek to emulate.
My parents gave it to me straight about dome lights inside the car. “Don’t do it cause it’s gonna distract me and we’re gonna crash into something” Worked perfectly fine for me, I was never compelled to find out how distracting that was
Where I'm from driving around with dome light on is not good... we call it the dope light.. cops assume someone is trying to pack a bowl of weed or .etc I myself and know alot of others getting pulled over for this... never got busted tho
I’m from Texas, and dealt with chronic health issues up until mid high school. I I had at least one Dr. appointment a week. My doctors always gave me official notes, kept in regular contact with the school district, and I was still threatened with truancy court. The district didn’t back off until my entire medical team sent a letter to the district, saying “Try it and see what happens.”
@@carissashley For sure. What shocks people is, I grew up in one of the top districts in the country. In a district like that, theoretically, they’d do everything they could to take care of each student, and have massive resources available to do so. What people don’t know is that in a district like mine, students who don’t toe the line usually get kicked into special programs (school for delinquents) to protect the district’s image and bottom line, whether or not the student's difficulties are their fault. Even weirder, my home district was a rich suburb, while the district my hospital was in was an under-funded city. My home district's attitude was "You want us to give you online classes? Lol, suck it." whereas the underfunded city district was like "Well our headquarters literally don't have power or running water, but we have online courses and we'll do what we can."
I got strep throat, chickenpox, and an ear infection back to back to back in fourth grade. A truancy officer came to our house. Thankfully we had notes from all the doctors but I still ended up having to go to school with an ear imfection. Spent two days with my head on my desk cause my teachers knew I was miserable but the law didn't care.
When I was in jr high and high school back in the 80s and 90s, kids would skip school, then steal absentee notes from the office and forge the teacher's signatures on them or send a forged note from home. I overheard a girl bragging about it to her friends. I should have told on her, but I didn't. I guess the tight laws are all because kids skip school, and they can't trust all of them. When I missed school, it was because I was sick, which wasn't very often.
The beauty of being born into a family where both my parents were lawyers is that they never lied to me about the legality of the car light being on. My dad just straight up said once "turn it off, dammit, it's wasting the car battery and it's distracting."
@@levieverhart8640 so your headlights, radio, tail lights, the engine (all using electricity from charging system) are "hurting" your battery? Better turn all of those off too, so your battery stays safe🤣 🤦♂️.
See, _my_ dad pointed out that, if we got in an accident and my feet were on the dash, the airbag would snap my legs like little toothpicks when the airbag deployed
I can confirm, your legs will snap, your knees may bludgeon your chest in, and you may get slammed down under the dash as well, which is even more horrifying. Those are calls that I will never forget!
I vividly remember being about 9 years old, on a walk with my mom and the dog. We happened upon a house with an open mailnox, I guess I was worried about the person losing their mail, so I closed it (didn't touch anything else). My mom yelled at me saying it was a federal offense to touch someone else's mailbox. I didn't sleep for weeks, thinking the FBI was going to break into my house in the middle of the night and take me away.
While closing it is not gonna get you in any trouble, breaking it (18 U.S. Code § 1705), taking stuff out (18 U.S. Code § 1708), or putting stuff in (18 U.S. Code § 1725) totally could.
One time I tied a long rope to the seat peg of my bicycle, and tied two Fischer Price rollerskates to the rope, at the halfway point and at the end, to make an extra-long bicycle (in my head the skates staking upright and rolling along). This was the bike that originally had training wheels. Some random kid saw me riding it and told me it was illegal. I was also paranoid for weeks.
It pisses me off when teachers and parents and other caregivers are so blasé about making sure they actually know the things they think they know before they traumatize their kids with it.
My mom was a cop and my stepdad is a prosecutor, so my experience was very similar. My mom was also fond of "it's only illegal if you get caught", so go figure.
I mean... if your parents were like mine, they’d say “it’s against our house rules. If you’d like to sleep in the barn, you’re welcome to it. Otherwise, obey.” Of course, that was a joke. If we did anything wrong we did not get to sleep in the barn, we would just be beaten, isolated from other people for months, and be yelled at. In fact, suggesting that we call them on their bluff itself would’ve been grounds for all of the above.
@@tompeled6193 I don't think parents are intentionally doing that. They just don't have the foresight to see how their actions can affect their children later down the road. It only sucks when someone tries to tell them possible consequences of their actions only for them to get mad and feel insulted/slighted and ignore the advice given to them.
My parents told me it was illegal to make phone calls after 9pm cause it was a breach of the peace. 😂 Backfired when I grew up and stopped calling them when I was out at night. Parents 0 - Laura 1
My parents never told me any of these lies, they just said “that’s unsafe”. I believed them, and didn’t do it. I guess trusting & respecting your kids can work.
@@EvilSniper181 The problem is that any "parenting style" breaks down when there's peer pressure. For example, if their friends start showing them "unsafe" things and how "fun" it is to do the "unsafe" things, how will you compete with that? So far my children have not smoked or drank because I explained that it was not only unlawful at their age, but also unsafe at any age, especially highlighted instances. To top that off, I have provided them a form of "role model" since I do not do the things I say are "unsafe". Also, luckily for me, my kids have friends that also tend to the side of "safe". As parents, you need to try to instill the best morals you can in your children. Just like morals are based within a given religious book and can be referenced. Telling them it is "illegal" is not smart, unless you can show them where it is listed in the local code or laws. When they are young you need to be careful to not overstep what you can prove, because later they will "quote you" and you will have to answer with either documentation or acceptance that you were lying to them, otherwise they may not trust you as they get even older.
@@helstromh you don’t know they don’t. You just know that they don’t tell you about it. Safety should be your number 1 priority, and that means educating you children more than “don’t do drugs”. For the same reason abstinence only sex Ed doesn’t work, “don’t do drugs” doesn’t either.
My mom was taken to court and fined because my brother refused to go to school, like she would drop him off, he would walk into the building wait till she drove off and then he would leave the premises. And even though she had video proof of dropping him off on a daily basis she was still fined. 😤
Sounds like in your state it is the absolute responsibility for a parent to make sure your child actually goes to school, and doesn't just fake it and then leave.
@@ianh1504 then it would have defintely happened because it will be noticed by the owner If he doesn't, then wh could say that this illegal thing bappened
@@ianh1504 No but it's the same, you don't know who, but you know it happened I mean, nephyril's view was more "Not seen, not caught" (like a candy bar in a shop, you wouldn't see the difference with one more or less)
Once my aunt called and learned I was home alone. she called her local cops. I was 18 at the time. She had dementia. she lived in CO. I was in PA. the cops from CO called me and I explained everything.
When I was in middle school I became obsessed with reading law books. After I started correcting them on their misunderstandings of the law they quit mentioning laws. Also, they frequently left me home alone, so that was a non-issue. Although this was pretty normal then; I’m from the “latch-key kid” generation.
“A cute girl wants you to” was the reason for about 75 percent of the dumb things I did in high school. The other 25 percent involved underage drinking.
Yeah, same here. I'm wondering if these people legit thought it was illegal themselves. I never told my kids things were illegal that weren't illegal either. Seems to me telling someone it's unsafe if it is, is the smart thing to do. Idk...
my parents told me we couldn’t have the light on while driving because it was distracting to them and it’s important to keep attention on the road. respect them for not lying to me
My parents always pulled out “you could kill us all with that“ in those situations. When I left their church with 14 I provoked that situation just to answer "well wouldn't be too bad, you guys go to heaven and I don't have to deal with you anymore". First time my father actually stopped the car and let me walk home.
My teachers also used the “illegal to skip school” lie when I’d leave school early. When I explained to them that I’m their responsibility when I’m at school, and so it’s actually them if anyone who are breaking laws by letting me leave, they quickly stopped using that excuse. They did give me a lot of detentions for talking back and lecturing them on truancy law though…
My son dropped out of the 9th grade because he was bored to tears, and for the 3 weeks it took to get him registered for homeschooling, the school called me every single day to ask why he was not in school. Those 3 weeks took forever to end!!! Once he was registered with both the school and the school board as a home schooler, the calls stopped and I have not heard from the school since. Of course I did still have to register my son with the school board as a home schooler every year, but that was easy to do. The school board then sent the letter to the school as a yearly update. After my son turned 18, I was no longer required to send anything to anyone, as the school leaving age in my area is 18.
I was in the hospital for a month my senior year of high school and we got a call from the school that said that if I didn't show up I wouldn't be able to graduate. Which was ridiculous since I was second in my class and maintained A's in every class, including a college math course, since I did the work on my own.
My husband turned 18 halfway through his senior year, and unfortunately took too much advantage of it by signing himself out at will. He had to take summer school night and day to get his diploma on time.
Thankfully, my parents never told me the light thing was illegal. Just that it was distracting and made it basically impossible to see anything in the rearview mirror.
Yep, my parents did as well. It's amazing how well it works to just straight up explain the reasoning for why you shouldn't do something instead of just making vague references to law enforcement.
Calling it illegal is an example of the philosophical term "An appeal to authority." It redirects blame from the true cause to a source of fictional or actual authority, and shows it's head in emotional arguments and hollow statements when someone's often at a loss to continue.
That's the same for me, with the one exception being the nickel on the railroad - where they *did* (correctly) say that it was illegal to even enter railroad tracks, let alone place things on the rails.
Mine mostly said that it was a bad idea because they'd kill me. Short of that a cop would beat me into next week and they might have to teach me to talk again. True stories from a white southern household.
My parents actually told me and my siblings the truth. For example. The interior light. Dad always said that the reason he asked for us not to turn on the interior light unless it was important to do so was because it actually reflected on the rear-view mirror and made it hard for him to see vehicles behind him. It was for safety reasons we were not to have the interior light on unless we needed to. We grew up with having an honesty is the best policy home life and my parents reflected that to us because they wanted us to be honest with them. Didn't always work that way...kids being kids but this also made it a lot easier to feel that we could come to my parents with an issue and expect an honest answer which elevated trust between us all.
since you replaced my parents, you should know that Derek's Mom said that you're in charge of getting pizza after the next soccer game. Be sure to save your receipts
@@unknowngod8221 you remind me of a kid (maybe 13) I had to babysit years ago, he was so proud of being Asian that he would say “I’m Asian I’m Asian!”, expecting praise for it or something, lol
@@snazz1363 I would assume they pointed it out because both laws and culture are different... If I had commented about some of the examples in the video I would have pointed out I'm Finnish and what the laws are here. I don't expect praise, it's relevant. Midway through this video I was thinking "why am I even watching this since I would have to check the local laws anyway". And pointing out being from the other side of the world also underlines how such an absurd lie can still be told globally.
I brought the interior light one up to my mother awhile back, and she legitimately thought it was illegal because HER parents told her that when she was little.
One thing to remember is that, while not specifically illegal, it can still run afoul of rules regarding "obstructed vision" or "driving with due care an attention."
Potentially some form of negligent driving depending on interpretations and jurisdictions. I feel like these catch-all laws exist to basically enforce not being a dumb f..
This is actually my first time hearing that putting coins on a railroad track is illegal. Entirely contrary to this video, my mother grew up near train tracks, and still has a coin in her jewelry box from when she and her siblings would go over and do just that. She spoke of those times fondly.
I think it's one of those things that's more "technically" illegal, it's not like the engineer is going to notice running over a penny. I'd actually be interested to know if anyone ever has been prosecuted for putting a penny on a railroad track (honestly, I kinda doubt it, it would be a massive waste of time).
There is a Reddit story where Karen was hoping to have a train to stop so her kid could get a ride in the cab. To pass the time as she was waiting, next to a grade crossing, for a one to come along, she started putting coins on the rails. Apparently, she had placed so many coins the train's stopping distance was greatly extended. She stood on the track to get it to stop because she didn't believe the "lies" that trains can't stop on a dime (pun _not_ intended). A bystander pushed her out of the way.
@@TheDungeonofBadDecisions Fun fact: railroads hate Fall/Autumn. Wet leaves on the rails prevent the the locomotives from getting traction, so no going uphill, or stopping!
About 10 years ago the local news announced that a steam train would be coming through my town on its way to a railroad museum. People turned out in the hundreds! Unfortunately the engine kept breaking down so its arrival also kept getting delayed by several hours. In the meantime people (including myself) amused themselves by putting pennies on the track as this was also an active Amtrak line. I'm sure the Amtrak engineers did not appreciate the large number of people milling around the track as the train sped by at full speed and I'm also sure that Amtrak probably contacted the steam train's owners to complain. In retrospect that was a very reckless thing to do as a train passing by at high speed creates a suction that can be felt several feet away. A fence was later put up at that section of track. By the way, most of the pennies and other coins flew off the rails and did not get flattened.
Parents that are liars< parents who explained why its unsafe to be home alone, interior lights, etc to give you understanding of the world instead of saying “because i said so”
Yeah. As a parent of four, actual good explanations are sometimes not good enough for them. I often end up doing the "because I said so" after getting exhausted explaining over and over.
Exactly why can't you just be honest with the children, if they are old enough to turn on that light, they are old enough to understand English (or another language)
My driver's ed teacher told me never turn the dome light on for more than a minute or two while driving when checking a map or mapquest. His reasoning? The police will notice and pull you over to ask why your light is on.
I am a lawyer mom and I think you can: we make sure our kids understand that laws are not there to just prevent you from having fun, but to protect you and the others. And also that not everything needs to be written as law to make sense!!
Man, my parents were really honest with me growing up. Most of the time when I asked why I couldn't do any of these things, they'd say "because it's not safe" or else "because I told you too."
That. I mean why can you, as a parent, not make the rules? Why do you need on a higher Authority? Just make the rules and explain why. That important too. The basic understanding why we have rules.
@@williamphillips2671 My nan used to say the same thing here in the UK... Just because you haven't heard it doesn't mean it's not used. Broaden your horizons sausage.
My parents didn’t call a lot these things “illegal”, but that didn’t mean I was allowed to do any of these things either. Their reasoning wasn’t “this is illegal”, but “because we said so”.
Yeah, as a kid, I'm pretty sure I cared less about what the government prohibited and more about what my parents prohibited. The government was less likely to give me a spanking for disobeying.
Yeah mine was, “don’t be stupid.”, “that’s dangerous.”, “because I said so.” Though sometimes it was that it was illegal. Though it was some of the ones he said was true.
The skipping school thing... when I was in fifth grade, I was so overwhelmed with emotional distress one day that I actually left in the middle of a test to go to the bathroom and kept walking out the door. I lived about seven houses away from my elementary school, so it wasn't a child endangerment issue, but my parents were threatened with legal action if I did it again. Being amazing parents, they didn't tell me this until I was much older so as to not put that burden on their already cripplingly anxious child.
The way he kinda wiggles in his seat and waves his hands is super lawyer-y. I can’t explain it. Watching him talk is juts “ah, yes, that’s a lawyer man right there.”
I don't think my parents ever said that we can't do something because it is illegal. And in fact, this has informed a lot of my morality. Laws IMO exist to enforce or collective morality...not replace it. So my parents would never say anything like "Wear a seat belt it is the law" but instead "wear a seatbelt it saves lives"
That's why people don't wear masks or obey the laws in general. I've never understood the whole "Because I said so." line because people will do stuff they want to anyway.
It's worth mentioning that in the case of little kids especially, they sometimes do bad things out of genuine lack of understanding. If someone explained WHY something is bad to me as a kid, I would often comply without them having to resort to "because i will punish you if you dont listen" or nonsense like "because i said so".
@@oggiekrstic7171 I mean, nowadays if you just tell someone "it'll save lives" they'll say "I don't care". That's why the mask rules are in place. The seatbelt law is the same. Most laws often are formed because people refuse to listen even though the danger is there because it makes the person uncomfortable or takes the fun away. Although the seatbellt law for adults is silly. If people want to risk only their life, so be it. Although one could argue please wear a seatbelt so the paramedics don't have to scrap you off the roadway. Therapy is expensive.
@@ananthropomorphictalkinggo6641 Mmmm yep. Rules can't replace morality. You can't make an unhonest person honest by making a law trying to make them honest. They have to want to be honest.
Honestly, I was told that skipping school is illegal (am in the UK) but then I was getting bullied by teachers and students, and my body reached a breaking point after being bullied my whole life and getting diagnosed with autism and having been depressed since 9, and got physically sick with stress at around 13 and 'skipped' an entire year 'cause no one could get me into school, no matter how much they tried. Also when I realised that even if it is illegal, the law doesn't care as much as it was stressed to me. (And if you're wondering how this ended, I was moved to a special school for those who can't go to mainstream school, e.g. disabilities, aggression, etc., and it was the best decision that was ever made. My mental health has only gotten better since going to college and university.)
OMG I had to legit look at the profile name and pic of rhis comment to make sure it was one of mine. I'm from the UK, I was bullied at school by teachers and pupils, and I also went to a special school for those that can't be in mainstream. That special school was called "The Pilgrim". EDIT: and my experience is how I got diagnosed with autism at age 13 following 2 suicide attempts beforehand.
In America it’s illegal but it’s enforced against black people more. I always missed at least 20 days of school per year (10 was the maximum you were supposed to miss, which is ludicrous). They would threaten to take me to court, or call CPS, but never did. My boyfriend had CPS called and went to court over attendance multiple times for the same amount of time missed.
I remember someone i used to know skipped an entire year of school before randomly appearing again the next year. I was super jealous of him but looking back going from grade 6 to grade 8 sounds like hell
In Finland there's "oppivelvollisuus", a responsibility to learn freely translated. It's from 7 to 18 years old (since 2021, previously until 16 years) and the parents are legally bound to see that the responsibility is met. You don't have to go to regular school, but you have to meet the expected educational standards. In fact in 2012 the district court ruled one kid's parents guilty of neglecting the monitoring of the responsiblity to learn (using my best free translation), because the kid had skipped school so many times and the parents had been notified of it repeatedly without effect. So in Finland it in fact is illegal to skip school. When I was a kid, I don't know if this still applies, you are allowed absence with the permission of your guardian and they will negotiate with the teacher if you need to do let's say exams another time or return homework or do extra homework due to missing education. Usually it's just that someone brings you homework if you're sick or if you're travelling you study what you missed by yourself or do the exam on later time. But it will always require your guardian's permission and I believe it needs to be something that the teacher feels is valid as well to not have a discussion. The shoe talk made me wonder if you'd be found guilty of dangering the traffic in Finland if you had shoes that caused an accident where someone was injured. There is no law for what kind of shoes you're supposed to wear, but you can get penalized in court for all kinds of behaviors that are not explicitly stated in the law, that cause danger in traffic. America gets a lot of bad rep for silly laws or allowing people to do stupid things, but to me it seems like the interpretation of the laws and customs work very similarly to many european countries.
My parents explained that the interior light made it harder to see because of the reflection. I remember having a nice long evening with my dad playing with lights inside and outside the car to see what levels of light would reflect from both inside and outside the car. It was a fun learning experience. This is also probably why I'm a nerd now.
I think my mom just said: "don't turn the light on. I can't see." Don't know why anyone would need to invent a fake law to explain something perfectly simple and sensible.
My mom: "Don't do that..." Me: "why not?" My mom: " I don't like it, and if you keep doing it I'm going to eat your dessert/all your candy." Me: *traumatized forever*
@@rae3460 Mine never claimed it was illegal, but they did discourage it, because the dome light on at night makes it more difficult to see the road, and also messes up your night vision.
I love your movie scene examples and your puns, always! -Bringing up the driver's manual is a valid point, we never thought of that. But, it was true my mother told me and I told my son about not having the interior light on. But, we actually thought it was the law until, like, a couple of months ago - from another source. Now we know. -When I was a child I was very sickly. I also had exhaustion issues (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, who knew?). Plus, I got teased BADLY. Even bullied at times. My mother was always at my schools (plural because I changed schools to get away from the bullying). When you go through that it makes it hard to sleep the night before and to have the enthusiasm to go to school the next day. But, my mother worked hard to try to get me to school. It mostly worked. The times it didn't work, the school didn't like. For example, a school district hosted "Outdoor Ed" where you spent 5 days and 4 nights on cabins and did sciencey things got me a massive ear infection that lasted 60 days. I did all of my homework and classwork at home. I got straight As, but no honor roll because of my attendence. I had weekly doctor's notes, whom was trying all kinds of antibiotics on me. Finally one NOT covered by Medi-Cal (Medicaid for California) worked. CPS saw us as innocent but was required to investigate. We learned that the teachers get paid by the students if the student is not there, they get less money. But, Truancy is illegal from what I've learned through experience - if it is repeated a lot and for no good reason. Because it's a Tuesday is an EXCELLENT reason to skip school ;D -"vechilce fatalities" I hope the Nat'l HWY Safety Transportation Board does not have that typo in their laws. I wasn't looking for this typo it screamed out to me. -When I was waiting for a commuter train in the Bay Area (Caltrains), a couple of young teenage girls put a penny on the track just before the train was due to arrive. Unfortunately, they had to get on that train, but you could tell that they really wanted to know the results. We had to get on the next train, so as soon as it left, I went in search of that penny (no trains were due at that time, it was safe enough and my mother was watching). When the train passed, I saw the penny flip as one wheel went over it then land on the rail again. Next it flipped again as a wheel when over it but this time it landed next to the rail. The images on each said was a little smeared and it's shape was a bit odd (and slightly thinner), but it survived. I still have that penny to this day. This was in the mid-90s and I was a teenager.
I remember, i was on a train ride with my parents, and we made a stop. While we were waiting, some railroad worker went up to me and was like "yo you want a coin that got smushed by the train?" And I was like "ok"
That’s awesome. Ooh, cool fact here, when rockets are going to be launched, it’s considered bad luck for the prime crew to see the train that pulls the rocket. Instead of watching the rollout they throw coins under the train.
I remember my mum told me it was illegal to look through text messages, I never opened messages on my phone (when I got it) until my mum asked me why I didn't use texting, I explained what she said before and the look on her face was just priceless.
In many jurisdictions it is illegal to look at your phone, program your GPS, eat a meal, etc. It's called distracted driving. Making a call while driving needs a hands-free device.
@@Helperbot-2000 I only had a simple "dumb" phone that I couldn't text on because we didn't have a texting plan. I didn't get it until I was 14 and never had a smart phone until I was 22. 🤷♀️
In Brazil is illegal to drive with high heels or flip flops (that here are very common, especially in Rio, where I live, we use them everywhere) but the law doesn’t talk about barefoot, so it’s VERY common por women to take their heels off to drive or people taking their flip flops and driving barefoot
@UCmK4f_G6kz6Qw_3DBEnDQNg They say that your heel can get stuck. Also, here ours cars are mostly “stick shift” so there’s one more pedal and this one you have to press it all the way down every time you change gears. We don’t have the automatic car culture
Kevin McAllister was at home committing premeditated murder. He knew burglars were coming but instead of calling the cops he turned his house into a lethal torture device. Jigsaw from the movie Saw is Kevin as an adult.
@@k9commander Now you've got me wondering if there's a defence against charges for defending yourself against obviously crooked cops. I don't have my hopes up at all, though.
My mom told me the dome light thing, but never said it was illegal. She just said it was dangerous to show off that you were one mom and a bunch of kids.
7:08 Interesting. In Chile, when I took my driving classes, the tutor actually specified that it was recommended for drivers *not* to wear shoes if they happen to be in situations where they could be wearing something that would inhibit their ability to drive normally. For example, it was pretty clearly stipulated that you should drive barefoot if you're going to a wedding or something and happen to be wearing high heels. I've driven barefoot before and it's oddly very comfortable. It feels like you have a bit more control of the pedals because you "feel" them, if that makes any sense lol
@@ImJustAPlayerMan Yeah! It makes me think about professions that often have women wearing high heels, like lawyers. Are they driving with high heels? Isn't that a bit dangerous?
i'm in the us and i've also been told the same thing in regards to any sort of sandal in a defensive driving course in tx. I've never heard it was illegal and am low key wondering what legaleagle is on about here
I've never worn heels since I'm a non crossdressing male but I do wear flip flops in the summer and I find it more comfortable and safer to take them off when driving.
My parents never told me that it was illegal to drive with the interior light on... They just told me that having the interior light on made it harder for them to see...
Same. That's exactly what my mom told me. Then when I started driving, I turned on the dome light while stopped in the dark and looked around and thought, "I can see just fine! What in the heck was she talking about?!?"
Same! I concede that it can be distracting, especially if a lot is going on and/or visibility is poor outside. But I suppose that’s too much to explain to a child. I still always ask the drivers permission before turning on the interior lights as a courtesy.
Wow now I’m kinda shocked that my mom was so honest with me growing up. These were all things that my mom told me not to do growing up but she always said that it was for my safety rather than it being illegal, and that was normally enough of a deterrent for me as a kid.
Ok I live out in the country and we have a driveway that is atleast 3 miles long, and my grandma said that she could get arrested for having that interior light on when we didn't even leave the house yet! So this vid really helped me out.
Objection! Both my parents are lawyers. Makes dinner table talk REALLY fun. And they never lied to me, only "acted in such a way as might be misconstrued as making a false statement, but not in truth"
He says, "John, is this your toothbrush?" and I said "Yes," and he said, "So we agree that this is your toothbrush?" Then he said, "John this toothbrush is bone-dry.
As a former latchkey kid, it blows my mind that some parents told their kids it was illegal to be home alone and that they were telling the truth in some cases.
I wouldn't be surprised if this is a lie that started perpetuating as more and more cases of child neglect came up as helicopter parenting became more the norm. But yes, I was left at home by myself constantly as a kid and was also a latchkey child from about age 8 onwards.
@@anthonydelfino6171 me as well. Also had to watch my sister for a few hours after school from age 8 on. No hate to my parents though. They didn’t have much of a choice.
When I was a child in the 1970s, it was NOT illegal to travel in the back of a pick up truck. That law has now changed but in the 1970s it was perfectly OK. I still remember those days of the wind rushing through my hair as I bounced around in the back of a pick up truck or a ute (for utility truck) as they were called in my home country. Wonderful memories back then!!!
My daughter wanted something (cookies? \ lunchables?) while grocery shopping. "We can't buy that, honey, it's not on the list," I said. That worked a few times; clever Mr. Mom that I am. Until that fateful day: "We could _put it_ on the list," she said conspiratorialy. I realized, right then, I was doomed. She was too smart for me... but I had to admire her logic. Of course, that was 30 years ago, and she can buy groceries anyway she wants. But I'd like to think she's got a handle on impulse buying. Still think she's smarter than me, though...
@@kingsally2864 My Dad (who is a pilot) has been known to write down WW2 fighters on my mom's shopping list. "butter, ham, wine, P-51 Mustang, Yogurt" lol
My parents have literally never told me any of these things xD The thing about the skipping school one... where I grew up, if a cop saw a minor walking around outside on a school day, they would question them. I don't know about legality, but the police absolutely got involved if children were out and about while skipping school. Obviously, that's different than staying home, since there's no way of anyone knowing. I question the barefoot driving one because if you wear high heels, you probably take them off to drive as it would be detrimental to use the pedals in such footwear. To me, keeping them ON would be reckless.
The worst part about barefoot driving would be the pressure of the springs and rods pushing the plastic/rubber-covered pedals (if there's a plastic/rubber cover and it's not just bare metal) in to the flesh of your foot and leaving indentations that make it annoying at the least to walk around afterwards, depending for how long you drove. If you're driving for more than about 25mi/40km at a time I'd be wanting to wear at least *some* form of footwear (even just house slippers or pull-on sneakers) to operate the pedal so it doesn't imprint on your foot, more for comfort than for safety.
@@Gl-my8fw absolutely. When om wearing flip flops i take off the right one and put it under my left foot(automatic car). I have a WAY better feel for the car when i am driving barefoot.
My parents never claimed any of this was illegal, just that it was something you don't need to do or is impolite. For example, they never said the dome light thing was illegal, they just said it was a bit of a safety hazard because it make it harder to see out the windscreen.
When I was a child my mother had me convinced that after 3 offences you go to jail forever. About a month later she had received a speeding ticket with me in the vehicle and I immediately started bawling my eyes thinking she was super close to going to jail for life LOL
In some jurisdictions in the US, this is actually close to true, although it's usually only felonies or violent crime. It generally encourages prosecutors to do whatever they can think of to get the defendant's crimes to qualify. This state of insanity brought to you by the fact that politicians can no longer get elected in the US unless they are seen as being "tough on crime."
@@Vinemaple In parts of Germany you have 3 strikes for possesion of drugs. Not much happens for 2 times and then you go to jail. Bavaria at least they are super draconic. Gotta keep competitors to the beer industry illegal hehe. I'm surprised Austrian and Swiss Bratwurst isn't illegal.
My favorite part about lying to my pre-literate kids was when I’d pull a random book off the bookshelf, open it to a random page, and announce, “See? Right here? Four year olds have to be in bed by eight. There’s nothing either you or I can do about it.”
My then about 4 year old niece swore in my car one day and I told her it's illegal to swear until you have a drivers license. That was a few years ago and she still believes it. I don't think I've heard her swear since XD
I got really sick in high school after surgery complications. My father and my surgeon went to my school to meet with my teachers and explain the situation- all who attended nodded and just agreed that as long as I tried and did some work, no one cared what I did or how much I was absent (I was a good student). One teacher I hated skipped that meeting and then reported me truant. We had the police and child services at the door. Nothing came of it, but my parents, the principal, and the other teachers were furious.
Growing up i got walking pneumonia Every. Single. Winter. ( I have crappy lungs) and would miss weeks of school. I was otherwise a good student, a childhood anxiety disorder will do that to you, but getting sick would make it impossible for me to my grades up. No one ever suggested a solution like yours, so I never realized it was an option. It would have made my life SO much better if I'd been able to do that! Just one more way that the education system failed me 🙄
That sucks. I’m so sorry. To be fair though, my dad is terrifying without meaning to be and my doctor went into excruciating detail about the horror that is bone pain, needing to recondition just to walk again, the medications I had to inject every few hours, and the very real threat to my life. I’m not sure every doctor is willing to do that, unfortunately. I honestly think I was just lucky that most of my teachers were so willing to just shrug and go with it.
@@caitmedic8820 Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled that you got the help you needed! I'm glad most people were willing to help you! I'm mostly commiserating, my condition was nowhere near as severe! I just wish the education system was kinder and more accommodating to students, especially those that have chronic conditions and learning disabilities. Also, your dad sounds very cool!
Oh, no. I completely understand. Pneumonia sucks and getting it every winter? Ouch. I’ve only had it once and I hated life. And I completely agree- mine and my sister’s dyslexia was enough proof to depict how broken and unhelpful the education system can be. And my dad was pretty cool. Brilliant and a little arrogant, but definitely cool. I lost him 2009 but I couldn’t have asked for better. Always had my back.
@@caitmedic8820 I never figured out why i had trouble reading out loud or why math was impossible for me--until i was an adult and realized i was dyslexic and also had the number version of dyslexia (can't remember what it's called) and got super pissed on behalf of my past self. Also learning that adhd was more than just an inability to concentrate gave me the same feeling. Because i struggled constantly in school, and no one ever did anything except assume i was lazy, or stupid, and never considered i needed extra help or accommodations. Anyway, idk why I'm rage info dumping. I'm sorry you lost your dad. It's always nice to have someone in your corner. And the pneumonia thing was the absolute worst. Every year, like clockwork. Stopped happening when i left high school, probably because there were fewer places/ surfaces where i could get infected. Not being able to stay home when you're sick turns schools into a petri dish, which wouldn't be a problem if more students were able to do what your school did. Which brings things full circle. Yeah, idk why I'm just rambling at this point, for some reason it's easy to vent to strangers on the internet 😅
I'm happy to say my parents didn't go the 'it's illegal' route; they were straightforward about it, that it's 'not safe and we care about your safety'. If you are a parent reading this, please. If you were planning to tell a little white lie, please just tell them that you're concerned for them instead. Honestly I feel like I gained more respect for my parents by them telling me that.
I'm thinking that in some of these cases the parents themselves may have just believed it to be illegal as well. For example, I know several adults who still believe the penny on the tracks law is real.
i feel like the whole "its not safe" thing could be more effective. im sure a lot of kids are more likely to be scared of being in a car accident than going to jail (maybe bc - like me - they dont think kids can be arrested)
You know, parents aren't lawyers. They often probably heard these rumors themselves and believed them. How common do you think it was in the 80s to go to a law library to look up the specific statutes to see if it was illegal to drive with your interior light on?
My parents didn't say the lights on in the interior were illegal. It was always some variation of "Turn that damn thing off. I can't see (expletive) with it on!"
I live in MD and looked up the law for leaving kids home alone when my kids were young. I had the odd situation where my 8 and 12 year old could both stay home alone, but the 12 year could not be babysitting the 8 year old. They were just home alone... together.
I never left them alone in MD before my eldest was 14. I got off work at 4:30 and they got home from school at 3:30. One of the first times I did, I got a call at work that the fire department was at my house. She let her 8 and 11 yr old siblings make stove top popcorn on our gas stove. You can imagine what happened. After that, they couldn’t stay alone until she was 16. My job let me come in at 6 so I’d be done at 3 after that. Leaving an 8 yr old alone for any reason is the dumbest idea in the universe no matter how responsible you think the kid is. Accidents happen. My 2 younger kids just panicked and the eldest got them outside. Luckily we had close neighbors at the time who called 911 and came with a kitchen fire extinguisher. Had to replace the stove and repaint. But before that house we lived in the boonies with no close neighbors. The house would have burned down.
Just a friendly reminder that the only requirements to be a lawmaker in the U.S. are age and residency requirements. Sometimes, laws are dumb because they're just outdated or whatever. But sometimes they're dumb just because lawmakers aren't particularly good at law... or writing... or math... or economics... or urban planning...
@@debshaw680 YIKES! My kids were home alone together after school for a little while until I got back from work, but that was it. Fortunately, they never were as...industrious as yours.
Some of these things are new to me. My parents weren't usually ones to lie to my siblings and me. They usually explained situations logically instead. Also interesting to hear how things work in the US. In Denmark where I'm from the first one of these especially is different. Not only in terms of laws but also what the norm is.
In 6th grade I got constant sinus infections a-lot, and i ended up getting 3 truancy letters because the attendance lady was lazy and never marked my absence excused.
People's parents actually told them these lies instead of just explaining the actual reason. I am so appreciative that my mom didn't lie to just explain common sense.
@@robertjenkins6132 Mine told us that they could see better when the interior lights were off. Even as a five-year old I understood that this was important. I don't understand why people would lie about this.
@@Jinkypigs a human’s natural night vision can be disrupted by white light, which is why, while it isn’t illegal, it’s highly discouraged to have interior lights on while driving at night. For the same reason, search-and-rescue organizations such as Civil Air Patrol train their members to use red flashlights on night missions, and medical helicopter services tell first responders to use red lights instead of white when setting up a landing zone for them at night.
Actually- The driving without shoes being illegal thing is a shocker! My parents always say that if I can’t feel how much pressure I’m putting on a petal because of my shoes, take them off. I always do this when wearing higher shoes, or ones with thick soles. So… pretty sure this one isn’t illegal, at least in my state of Wyoming.
I also see no danger in driving barefoot, as long as your feet as tough enough to handle pressing directly on the pedal with no support, which is a very low bar to clear
I've wondered about the "leaving your child at home" thing. I could never find anything concrete when I was looking to see if I could leave mine (elementary school age at the time) home alone for a few minutes while I went down the street to the store. I either just ended up taking him with me, or waiting until my husband got home. Well, now I know! But he's now old enough to leave at home. And on another note... riding in the back of a truck... a high school classmate of mine died after bouncing out of her older brother's truck, as he was driving on a notoriously hilly and bumpy road. That always stuck with me. I would probably tell my kid it was illegal too.
I agree, the "latchkey kid" rules scared me as an adult because no one could give me exact info for dealing with my own kid. I was free range growing up but there was always some news blurb saying local parent was arrested for latch key issue but no one expanded on it.
just be honest and tell them its not safe. depending on the age, you could tell them your classmate's story too. ofc all kids are different, but i find that a lot of times if you express to them how dangerous something can be, they will tend to be more careful about it. it'll also lead to a greater respect for you if you're just honest from the start. but again, if you find that your kids tend to ignore safety instructions, by all means tell them its illegal. their safety is the priority.
Please be smart about it and just tell your kid why it’s dangerous when the time is right. Telling them it’s illegal is just going to make them more likely to do it tbh.
Me: "Haha I knew that when my parents said I had to be eight to stay home alone they were lying!" "For example, in Maryland," Me being from Maryland: "Bruh"
I can honestly say, I was never told a single one of these by my parents. Now my parents may have told me some of these were ill advisable, but they never told me any of these were illegal.
Me and my parents got taken to court when I was 17 cause I skipped too much school, just kept pushing it back untill the judge said he was gonna throw the case since I was about to turn 18
Um, I'm a latch key kid. I was ALWAYS home alone, while my mother worked and finished her first degree and I had no desire to take on burglars. I was told not to answer the door at all and if I answered the phone, they were in the bathroom or asleep. (Continues to watch)
When I started high school, my brothers friend ended up in a vegetative state and passed away after riding in the back of a truck that ended up ejecting him and rolling over on him in an accident. I won't ever allow my kids to ride in a open truck bed for this reason.
@@grayonthewater it’s a very unsafe way to ride in a vehicle. Any sudden stop or turn can throw the person out of the vehicle. The safest place by far is inside on the seats and buckled up.
When devin was listing off all the names for ding ding ditching, it sounded like he was rattling off all the names a high school principal thinks there are for drugs.
I was in the hospital for almost a month in high school and my mom had to fight a truancy case because she didn't submit proof for every single day. She gave the school a copy of my intake and discharge papers and they said that the days between were unaccounted for.
I had to petition my school district to graduate because I missed more than 30 days of senior year. I still had straight As and they conveniently ignored that the summer before, 3 students died in two separate car accidents: my best friend and two close friends. I had to have my therapist write a letter that I was under her care and had completed the school work myself even though I could not enter the school building.
The one about parents being reported to child protection because their kids were at a park is blowing my mind. I was out of the house all the time when I was a kid.
My father often said, "You don't legally own anything until you're 18" which was his convenient way of saying he could destroy or throw out my belongings whenever he felt like it and I was powerless to object because I was a child. Though I had a feeling even at the time that he was just being dictatorial rather than judicial, it seems some laws even decades later are somewhat divided on what constitutes "ownership" for minors and where the "custodial control" their parents have over their kids' possessions ENDS. Thoughts?
Yeah, that's a little bit unfair. Even children should have things that they own and can decide for what happens to them. How else do you learn about ownership?
My spouse and I looked up the "driving without shoes" one. In Michigan anyway, it's encouraged, by law, for a person to drive barefoot if the shoes you're wearing would be considered a hinderance to driving, such as super high heels or platform shoes. The thought being you wouldn't really be able to feel where the pedals are or find the pedals with such shoes or they could make driving uncomfortable, or other such things. So now I don't worry too much when I take my shoes off if my feet are killing me or if I leave the house without shoes to quickly run the neighbor kid home half-a mile/mile down the street.
I never even knew there was an issue with barefoot driving, my mother refuses to drive with shoes, she says it feels less certain than feeling the pedal correctly right under her foot 🦶 , but legal eagel gave the verdict to it being illegal so…time to call the cops on her 😂
I live within driving distance of the sun, so slides and "flip flops" are part of the uniform. It basically says you must drive in the safest manner possible- so if it's safer for you to drive without shoes then you should. If it's safer to drive with the shoes you have then you should do that.
4:12 It also makes it harder to see, so they may have lied so you would be more likely to shut up about it, saying "It makes it hard to see." is a lot less convincing to a 5 year old than saying "It's against the law." so they say that.
I was told by my grandparents we had to turn off the dome light while driving because the extra light made it harder to see the road. And... yeah sure enough, I got older and I found out it's harder to see through windows at night when there's a light behind you. It makes the window act like a mirror.
It also ruins your night vision. Cars try to make it as dark inside the car and as bright outside the car as they can to maximise your ability to recognise danger.
As a parent in California, I took my kids out of school for 3 days for a family vacation and they tried to tell me that wasn’t a valid excuse. I chuckled at them and ignored what sounded like a threat that I knew had no teeth.
i mean realistically you dont even have to say what your taking them out for within reason. Obviously you cant take them out for a month and expect them to still graduate without a really good reason. But a few days doesnt need an explanation.
It's funny because in Germany you have to write down that you will take your child out of school for whatever reason BUT if the principle declines it and you still do it, you actually have to pay a fine. Some parents take their child one day before vacation because obviously the first day the roads are hell and that can also get a pretty big fine.
It's a pretty terrible channel. The comments are frequently filled with people correcting information in the video. Very little fact-checking, especially on topics he is unfamiliar with, and a focus on snarky jokes. It runs like a tabloid. Wendover Productions, the sister channel that is supposed to be "serious", talks a lot about planes and acts authoritative, but is constantly called out by industry veterans for poor techinical knowledge and inaccuracies, because the guy clearly doesn't work in the industry and is at best an amateur hobbyist.
👮♂️ Maybe we should all sue our parents?
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My daddy let me sit in the back of his truck 😶😳
I guess I can't do that now 😥
I'm super confused on why he's not mentioning the elephant in the room
My brother lied to me and said it was illegal for me (a child at the time) to go in too forever 21, because I wasn’t 21.
He just wanted to go to the video game store.
Mostly places that have an age requirement will card people, they don’t arrest you just for going in.
Fancy seeing you here, Baka! Neat to find one UA-camr I enjoy watching watches another UA-camr I enjoy watching!
No no this was real restriction lifted in 2016
@@CJT3X true and if you get in underage it's the establishment that will get in trouble
Hahaha, that's clever. Probably for the best. But also not cool lol
Objection! My mother has never lied to me, according to my mother
Seems legit
Cult of personality
Hearsay
I think your mother lied when she said that
Depending on what your mom thinks is the truth or heard could be considered the truth
I'm so excited for my new replacement mother. Devin
You both should really do a crossover.
we are all siblings now!
Go to your room, Brian.
@@LegalEagle We now have an MCYT family dynamic in the UA-cam educational space.
@@LegalEagle We are all in our room, Legal Eagle
When I was roughly 10 my mom told me that adults didn't have to wear seatbelts. One day at school we had these driving safety people come in to class to talk to us. They asked us why adults don't wear seatbelts sometimes. I proudly told them that my mom said adults don't have to. They told me that was wrong... and I was very embarrassed. 😅
You could told them your parents taught you that, and boom that's called karma for lying.
@@TunaBear64 that’s what he said tho…
This actually depends on the state
@@utubeiskaren7796 WWAIT WHAT
seat belt laws didn’t exist when I was a kid where I lived.
My parents were more of the “don’t turn on that light in the back of the car because it makes it harder for me to see, you idiot” type
My mom told me that, but added on that it could technically be considered distracted driving, which IS illegal.
@@specialopsdave my mom said the same
Yep!
My mom said it would run the cars battery too much I-
My parents just said it would kill the cars battery
My mother didn't tell me it was illegal to drive with interior lights on, she just straight up told me it made it hard for her to see at night, and that's honesty I appreciate and seek to emulate.
My parents did the same thing.
Yeah, my dad did this. He just said "keep that light off. I can't see and nobody wants to get in an accident."
My parents said it's illegal because it can cause accidents lol
Mine too.
Same here. All these things were explained to me in a way that was more nuanced than just "it's illegal".
My parents gave it to me straight about dome lights inside the car. “Don’t do it cause it’s gonna distract me and we’re gonna crash into something”
Worked perfectly fine for me, I was never compelled to find out how distracting that was
My parents did the same thing.
Where I'm from driving around with dome light on is not good... we call it the dope light.. cops assume someone is trying to pack a bowl of weed or .etc I myself and know alot of others getting pulled over for this... never got busted tho
Mine too. They never told me it was illegal, just that it was a bad idea.
My parents did that too. With most topics. They would just say hey, here's what's up, please don't do this because that will happen.
In most places it's illegal to drive recklessly and that might include having the dome lights on.
I’m from Texas, and dealt with chronic health issues up until mid high school. I I had at least one Dr. appointment a week. My doctors always gave me official notes, kept in regular contact with the school district, and I was still threatened with truancy court. The district didn’t back off until my entire medical team sent a letter to the district, saying “Try it and see what happens.”
Go doctors. This makes me feel lucky I was homeschooled during my health problems in HS though!
@@carissashley For sure. What shocks people is, I grew up in one of the top districts in the country. In a district like that, theoretically, they’d do everything they could to take care of each student, and have massive resources available to do so.
What people don’t know is that in a district like mine, students who don’t toe the line usually get kicked into special programs (school for delinquents) to protect the district’s image and bottom line, whether or not the student's difficulties are their fault. Even weirder, my home district was a rich suburb, while the district my hospital was in was an under-funded city. My home district's attitude was "You want us to give you online classes? Lol, suck it." whereas the underfunded city district was like "Well our headquarters literally don't have power or running water, but we have online courses and we'll do what we can."
Sounds very unrealistic
I got strep throat, chickenpox, and an ear infection back to back to back in fourth grade. A truancy officer came to our house. Thankfully we had notes from all the doctors but I still ended up having to go to school with an ear imfection. Spent two days with my head on my desk cause my teachers knew I was miserable but the law didn't care.
When I was in jr high and high school back in the 80s and 90s, kids would skip school, then steal absentee notes from the office and forge the teacher's signatures on them or send a forged note from home. I overheard a girl bragging about it to her friends. I should have told on her, but I didn't. I guess the tight laws are all because kids skip school, and they can't trust all of them. When I missed school, it was because I was sick, which wasn't very often.
The beauty of being born into a family where both my parents were lawyers is that they never lied to me about the legality of the car light being on. My dad just straight up said once "turn it off, dammit, it's wasting the car battery and it's distracting."
Close to my dad. It was always "turn it off. I can't see."
@@andrewjohnson8302 actually it is. Are you stupid?
@@andrewjohnson8302 oh wait you meant when the car was on, i was thinking of when the car was off. Still tho, it doesn't help the battery
@@levieverhart8640 so your headlights, radio, tail lights, the engine (all using electricity from charging system) are "hurting" your battery? Better turn all of those off too, so your battery stays safe🤣 🤦♂️.
@@levieverhart8640 bit aggressive to call him an idiot mate
See, _my_ dad pointed out that, if we got in an accident and my feet were on the dash, the airbag would snap my legs like little toothpicks when the airbag deployed
Good parenting, actually explained why not to do somthing instead of just saying "its illegal."
@@peachesandcream333 yeah that’s a good reasoning
I have never put my feet on the dash
I saw an x-ray of that. It was grueso5
I can confirm, your legs will snap, your knees may bludgeon your chest in, and you may get slammed down under the dash as well, which is even more horrifying. Those are calls that I will never forget!
They may not be illegal,
*but they will get you grounded.*
Criminal law vs. Civil law vs. Bird law vs. Mom's law.
@@DahVoozel What about Cole's law?
Oh, hamburgers...
That would mean my parents had any ability to control my brothers and I. That's funny.
DUE PROCESS, MOMMY, I KNOW MY RIGHTS
I vividly remember being about 9 years old, on a walk with my mom and the dog. We happened upon a house with an open mailnox, I guess I was worried about the person losing their mail, so I closed it (didn't touch anything else). My mom yelled at me saying it was a federal offense to touch someone else's mailbox. I didn't sleep for weeks, thinking the FBI was going to break into my house in the middle of the night and take me away.
While closing it is not gonna get you in any trouble, breaking it (18 U.S. Code § 1705), taking stuff out (18 U.S. Code § 1708), or putting stuff in (18 U.S. Code § 1725) totally could.
And it'd be the Office of the Postmaster General that'd come after you.
One time I tied a long rope to the seat peg of my bicycle, and tied two Fischer Price rollerskates to the rope, at the halfway point and at the end, to make an extra-long bicycle (in my head the skates staking upright and rolling along). This was the bike that originally had training wheels. Some random kid saw me riding it and told me it was illegal. I was also paranoid for weeks.
@@CamdenBloke Some Random Kid is also an idiot.
It pisses me off when teachers and parents and other caregivers are so blasé about making sure they actually know the things they think they know before they traumatize their kids with it.
Both my parents were lawyers, so they never pulled the "it's illegal" card on me. However, their "because I said so" game was strong.
they said something was illegal to me once, and then i said "Guess im a criminal then" and kept doing it
My mom was a cop and my stepdad is a prosecutor, so my experience was very similar. My mom was also fond of "it's only illegal if you get caught", so go figure.
I mean... if your parents were like mine, they’d say “it’s against our house rules. If you’d like to sleep in the barn, you’re welcome to it. Otherwise, obey.”
Of course, that was a joke. If we did anything wrong we did not get to sleep in the barn, we would just be beaten, isolated from other people for months, and be yelled at. In fact, suggesting that we call them on their bluff itself would’ve been grounds for all of the above.
@@LiEnby Lying about that. Bet they're trying to handicap thrir children.
@@tompeled6193 I don't think parents are intentionally doing that. They just don't have the foresight to see how their actions can affect their children later down the road.
It only sucks when someone tries to tell them possible consequences of their actions only for them to get mad and feel insulted/slighted and ignore the advice given to them.
My parents told me it was illegal to make phone calls after 9pm cause it was a breach of the peace. 😂
Backfired when I grew up and stopped calling them when I was out at night.
Parents 0 - Laura 1
Big brain reversal
you played the uno reverse card on them
I'm not sure of the actual hours, but it is illegal for businesses, although probably only for sales calls.
@@evilbob840 it’s illegal for solicitors to call anyone on the federal“do not call” list, but they still do that too.
Lmaoooo
My parents never told me any of these lies, they just said “that’s unsafe”. I believed them, and didn’t do it. I guess trusting & respecting your kids can work.
Or, you just did not have that rebellious tendency that some kids have...
"Mom, you mean you DON'T want me to take the Tide-pod-challenge?"
Yes
@@helstromh Isn't that a product of the parenting style?
@@EvilSniper181 The problem is that any "parenting style" breaks down when there's peer pressure. For example, if their friends start showing them "unsafe" things and how "fun" it is to do the "unsafe" things, how will you compete with that?
So far my children have not smoked or drank because I explained that it was not only unlawful at their age, but also unsafe at any age, especially highlighted instances. To top that off, I have provided them a form of "role model" since I do not do the things I say are "unsafe". Also, luckily for me, my kids have friends that also tend to the side of "safe".
As parents, you need to try to instill the best morals you can in your children. Just like morals are based within a given religious book and can be referenced. Telling them it is "illegal" is not smart, unless you can show them where it is listed in the local code or laws. When they are young you need to be careful to not overstep what you can prove, because later they will "quote you" and you will have to answer with either documentation or acceptance that you were lying to them, otherwise they may not trust you as they get even older.
@@helstromh you don’t know they don’t. You just know that they don’t tell you about it. Safety should be your number 1 priority, and that means educating you children more than “don’t do drugs”. For the same reason abstinence only sex Ed doesn’t work, “don’t do drugs” doesn’t either.
My mom was taken to court and fined because my brother refused to go to school, like she would drop him off, he would walk into the building wait till she drove off and then he would leave the premises. And even though she had video proof of dropping him off on a daily basis she was still fined. 😤
Sounds like in your state it is the absolute responsibility for a parent to make sure your child actually goes to school, and doesn't just fake it and then leave.
@@Videogamer-555 some kids are just their own difficult person. i have a sibling like that and mum is also going thru court hell for it u-u
"Legal Eagle is here to replace your parents" ... Is this just a complicated way to get us calling you Law Daddy?
daddy eagle c:
im cringing after typing this
I would personally be happy to oblige
DaddyLaw
@@enzicoxe daddy eagle sounds good
@@mangonel uwu?!?!??!?!?!?
My Dad used to say it's only illegal if you get caught. Which is a lie. Turns out things are still illegal even if you don't get caught.
Then it is neither legal or illegal because to anyone else, it never happened.
@@omgvague what if someone steals your car and they never get caught
@@ianh1504 then it would have defintely happened because it will be noticed by the owner
If he doesn't, then wh could say that this illegal thing bappened
Mathieu Bach68 if a tree falls in a forest, do you know who cut it down?
@@ianh1504 No but it's the same, you don't know who, but you know it happened
I mean, nephyril's view was more "Not seen, not caught" (like a candy bar in a shop, you wouldn't see the difference with one more or less)
Once my aunt called and learned I was home alone. she called her local cops. I was 18 at the time. She had dementia. she lived in CO. I was in PA. the cops from CO called me and I explained everything.
oh noes she had dementia ;-;
@@wonderessfox4452 this is a serious matter stfu with your "oh noes!!!!!"
Wonderess Fox why 'oh noes?'
im sorry about your aunt :(
@@wonderessfox4452 “oh noes” “;-;” 😐
When I was in middle school I became obsessed with reading law books. After I started correcting them on their misunderstandings of the law they quit mentioning laws. Also, they frequently left me home alone, so that was a non-issue. Although this was pretty normal then; I’m from the “latch-key kid” generation.
Is it me for has people started to use “;”
It makes no sense..
@@TheEpicFlyer Mr. Daniels is grammatically correct.
@@Ancient_Pollyanna Huh?
It’s new to me.
Is it new? I never seen it in my lifetime-
@@TheEpicFlyer semicolons have been around forever
@@CoffeeAddictEvan I know that but I never seen people use it in a sentences like that lol
“A cute girl wants you to” was the reason for about 75 percent of the dumb things I did in high school.
The other 25 percent involved underage drinking.
Mine was 100% wanting to stay home and play Pokemon -_-
... underage drinking that you did because a cute girl wanted you to.
Same tho.
3:36
"It's illegal to drive with the interior lights on at night!"
I was NEVER told that was illegal. I was just told that it was unsafe.
Yeah, same here. I'm wondering if these people legit thought it was illegal themselves. I never told my kids things were illegal that weren't illegal either. Seems to me telling someone it's unsafe if it is, is the smart thing to do. Idk...
same here
I was taught it was reckless and you could get a ticket
I refuse to believe that your parents didn't tell you that you will die
@@maxm3114 same my mom said you can get a ticket if a cop sees
my parents told me we couldn’t have the light on while driving because it was distracting to them and it’s important to keep attention on the road. respect them for not lying to me
Same.
My parents always pulled out “you could kill us all with that“ in those situations. When I left their church with 14 I provoked that situation just to answer "well wouldn't be too bad, you guys go to heaven and I don't have to deal with you anymore". First time my father actually stopped the car and let me walk home.
It decreases your view from the road in front of you because of how light works.
They told me it was illegal because “it would blind the other drivers”
Like bruh
They didn’t even say it was because its distracting
same
My teachers also used the “illegal to skip school” lie when I’d leave school early. When I explained to them that I’m their responsibility when I’m at school, and so it’s actually them if anyone who are breaking laws by letting me leave, they quickly stopped using that excuse. They did give me a lot of detentions for talking back and lecturing them on truancy law though…
get nae need
My son dropped out of the 9th grade because he was bored to tears, and for the 3 weeks it took to get him registered for homeschooling, the school called me every single day to ask why he was not in school. Those 3 weeks took forever to end!!! Once he was registered with both the school and the school board as a home schooler, the calls stopped and I have not heard from the school since. Of course I did still have to register my son with the school board as a home schooler every year, but that was easy to do. The school board then sent the letter to the school as a yearly update. After my son turned 18, I was no longer required to send anything to anyone, as the school leaving age in my area is 18.
I was in the hospital for a month my senior year of high school and we got a call from the school that said that if I didn't show up I wouldn't be able to graduate. Which was ridiculous since I was second in my class and maintained A's in every class, including a college math course, since I did the work on my own.
My husband turned 18 halfway through his senior year, and unfortunately took too much advantage of it by signing himself out at will. He had to take summer school night and day to get his diploma on time.
Reminds me of another lie, told by teachers: the Permanent Record. 'Nuff said.
Thankfully, my parents never told me the light thing was illegal. Just that it was distracting and made it basically impossible to see anything in the rearview mirror.
Thats what my mom said too
I think the actual reason makes you want to not light it up more than it "being illegal", I'd rather not be the cause of an accident lol
Yeah, that's what my dad always said too. He didn't bother telling us it's illegal, he just said "turn that thing off so I can see" lmao
Yep, my parents did as well. It's amazing how well it works to just straight up explain the reasoning for why you shouldn't do something instead of just making vague references to law enforcement.
Calling it illegal is an example of the philosophical term "An appeal to authority."
It redirects blame from the true cause to a source of fictional or actual authority, and shows it's head in emotional arguments and hollow statements when someone's often at a loss to continue.
I'm in that camp where my parents didn't tell me any of this was illegal, they just explained to me why it was a really bad idea 😂
That's the same for me, with the one exception being the nickel on the railroad - where they *did* (correctly) say that it was illegal to even enter railroad tracks, let alone place things on the rails.
well my uncle went to law school so sometimes i was told illegeal and others times actallu why it was a bad ides
Mine mostly said that it was a bad idea because they'd kill me. Short of that a cop would beat me into next week and they might have to teach me to talk again. True stories from a white southern household.
My parents didn't even tell me not to do these things at all - is it an American thing?
Love, a Canadian.
Same lol. I had nightmares about ricochet pennies making holes in me and my friends xD
My parents were more of the: "let the kid down early so she doesn't grow up with false hope" kind of parents
"Lower your expectations."
Same
Those were my parents
@@randallcarissa But also, keep up to my expectations as a shitty parent.
My parents actually told me and my siblings the truth. For example. The interior light. Dad always said that the reason he asked for us not to turn on the interior light unless it was important to do so was because it actually reflected on the rear-view mirror and made it hard for him to see vehicles behind him. It was for safety reasons we were not to have the interior light on unless we needed to. We grew up with having an honesty is the best policy home life and my parents reflected that to us because they wanted us to be honest with them. Didn't always work that way...kids being kids but this also made it a lot easier to feel that we could come to my parents with an issue and expect an honest answer which elevated trust between us all.
since you replaced my parents, you should know that Derek's Mom said that you're in charge of getting pizza after the next soccer game. Be sure to save your receipts
Lol
My mom told me that when I grew up, it was illegal to not wear a bra. She thought it was obvious that she was joking, but I believed her for years 😓
Same but i not believe my Parents and i am Asian
@@unknowngod8221 really unnecessary to point that out
@@unknowngod8221 you remind me of a kid (maybe 13) I had to babysit years ago, he was so proud of being Asian that he would say “I’m Asian I’m Asian!”, expecting praise for it or something, lol
@@snazz1363 lol
@@snazz1363 I would assume they pointed it out because both laws and culture are different... If I had commented about some of the examples in the video I would have pointed out I'm Finnish and what the laws are here. I don't expect praise, it's relevant. Midway through this video I was thinking "why am I even watching this since I would have to check the local laws anyway".
And pointing out being from the other side of the world also underlines how such an absurd lie can still be told globally.
I brought the interior light one up to my mother awhile back, and she legitimately thought it was illegal because HER parents told her that when she was little.
Ah, finally a case where hearsay invalidates the argument 😁
One thing to remember is that, while not specifically illegal, it can still run afoul of rules regarding "obstructed vision" or "driving with due care an attention."
It's very difficult to see you and with it on. That's why they said it.
Potentially some form of negligent driving depending on interpretations and jurisdictions. I feel like these catch-all laws exist to basically enforce not being a dumb f..
I have been pulled over for having my dome light on. I wasn't written a ticket but it might be a city ordinance in Arlington tx.
This is actually my first time hearing that putting coins on a railroad track is illegal. Entirely contrary to this video, my mother grew up near train tracks, and still has a coin in her jewelry box from when she and her siblings would go over and do just that. She spoke of those times fondly.
I think it's one of those things that's more "technically" illegal, it's not like the engineer is going to notice running over a penny. I'd actually be interested to know if anyone ever has been prosecuted for putting a penny on a railroad track (honestly, I kinda doubt it, it would be a massive waste of time).
There is a Reddit story where Karen was hoping to have a train to stop so her kid could get a ride in the cab. To pass the time as she was waiting, next to a grade crossing, for a one to come along, she started putting coins on the rails. Apparently, she had placed so many coins the train's stopping distance was greatly extended. She stood on the track to get it to stop because she didn't believe the "lies" that trains can't stop on a dime (pun _not_ intended). A bystander pushed her out of the way.
@@JV-pu8kx yeah, ive seen that one.
@@TheDungeonofBadDecisions Fun fact: railroads hate Fall/Autumn. Wet leaves on the rails prevent the the locomotives from getting traction, so no going uphill, or stopping!
About 10 years ago the local news announced that a steam train would be coming through my town on its way to a railroad museum. People turned out in the hundreds! Unfortunately the engine kept breaking down so its arrival also kept getting delayed by several hours. In the meantime people (including myself) amused themselves by putting pennies on the track as this was also an active Amtrak line. I'm sure the Amtrak engineers did not appreciate the large number of people milling around the track as the train sped by at full speed and I'm also sure that Amtrak probably contacted the steam train's owners to complain. In retrospect that was a very reckless thing to do as a train passing by at high speed creates a suction that can be felt several feet away. A fence was later put up at that section of track. By the way, most of the pennies and other coins flew off the rails and did not get flattened.
Parents that are liars< parents who explained why its unsafe to be home alone, interior lights, etc to give you understanding of the world instead of saying “because i said so”
I still have to tell my kids because I told you so even if I explain why lol.
Yeah. As a parent of four, actual good explanations are sometimes not good enough for them. I often end up doing the "because I said so" after getting exhausted explaining over and over.
My parents always just told us that the interior light made it hard to see outside. Simple enough
Because I said so was the most irritating thing to me growing up. It was the epitome of someone saying your just a stupid kid you wouldn't understand.
You’re forgetting one thing: toddlers don’t always understand explanations and reasoning.
For basically all of these my dad tended to say some variation of "it's not illegal, but don't do it if it's stupid"
Basically my parents did the same thing.
I'm straight up going to tell my kids, " Don't turn on the dome lights, it distracts mommy and she doesn't want us to die in a fiery ball of death."
my mother DID tell me this
Same
@@flanigomik Your mother is a queen
Exactly why can't you just be honest with the children, if they are old enough to turn on that light, they are old enough to understand English (or another language)
My driver's ed teacher told me never turn the dome light on for more than a minute or two while driving when checking a map or mapquest. His reasoning? The police will notice and pull you over to ask why your light is on.
“Can you trust your parents with law”
Me who’s mom is a lawyer: I sure hope so 😂
I am a lawyer mom and I think you can: we make sure our kids understand that laws are not there to just prevent you from having fun, but to protect you and the others. And also that not everything needs to be written as law to make sense!!
Man, my parents were really honest with me growing up. Most of the time when I asked why I couldn't do any of these things, they'd say "because it's not safe" or else "because I told you too."
or in the case of car lights "because it distracts me and i need to drive"
When I asked “why” I got told “because y is a crooked letter.”
@@glorioskiola that makes no sense and your parents are r worded
That. I mean why can you, as a parent, not make the rules? Why do you need on a higher Authority? Just make the rules and explain why. That important too. The basic understanding why we have rules.
@@williamphillips2671 My nan used to say the same thing here in the UK... Just because you haven't heard it doesn't mean it's not used. Broaden your horizons sausage.
My parents didn’t call a lot these things “illegal”, but that didn’t mean I was allowed to do any of these things either. Their reasoning wasn’t “this is illegal”, but “because we said so”.
Yeah, as a kid, I'm pretty sure I cared less about what the government prohibited and more about what my parents prohibited. The government was less likely to give me a spanking for disobeying.
because i/we say so is one of the worst reasons
Yeah mine was, “don’t be stupid.”, “that’s dangerous.”, “because I said so.” Though sometimes it was that it was illegal. Though it was some of the ones he said was true.
@@destiny_5540 Depends why they say so.
@@jj48 But if there’s a reason for them saying so, the reason isn’t really “because they said so”
The skipping school thing... when I was in fifth grade, I was so overwhelmed with emotional distress one day that I actually left in the middle of a test to go to the bathroom and kept walking out the door. I lived about seven houses away from my elementary school, so it wasn't a child endangerment issue, but my parents were threatened with legal action if I did it again. Being amazing parents, they didn't tell me this until I was much older so as to not put that burden on their already cripplingly anxious child.
@Mosinlogan lmaoo what theres like 3 weeks of school in December too
My parents never told me leaving the interior light on was illegal, they just said it was really annoying.
The way he kinda wiggles in his seat and waves his hands is super lawyer-y. I can’t explain it. Watching him talk is juts “ah, yes, that’s a lawyer man right there.”
oh my god why is this so accurate? my uncles a lawyer and has the same mannerisms
Strong body language is important for a lawyer since they basically do mediative communication and convincing for a living.
IDK why but "wiggles" sounds weird when talking about a middle aged man
I don't think my parents ever said that we can't do something because it is illegal. And in fact, this has informed a lot of my morality. Laws IMO exist to enforce or collective morality...not replace it. So my parents would never say anything like "Wear a seat belt it is the law" but instead "wear a seatbelt it saves lives"
That's why people don't wear masks or obey the laws in general. I've never understood the whole "Because I said so." line because people will do stuff they want to anyway.
It's worth mentioning that in the case of little kids especially, they sometimes do bad things out of genuine lack of understanding. If someone explained WHY something is bad to me as a kid, I would often comply without them having to resort to "because i will punish you if you dont listen" or nonsense like "because i said so".
To quote a tool song: if consequences dictate our course of action, it doesn't matter what's right, it's only wrong if you get caught
@@oggiekrstic7171 I mean, nowadays if you just tell someone "it'll save lives" they'll say "I don't care". That's why the mask rules are in place. The seatbelt law is the same. Most laws often are formed because people refuse to listen even though the danger is there because it makes the person uncomfortable or takes the fun away. Although the seatbellt law for adults is silly. If people want to risk only their life, so be it. Although one could argue please wear a seatbelt so the paramedics don't have to scrap you off the roadway. Therapy is expensive.
@@ananthropomorphictalkinggo6641 Mmmm yep. Rules can't replace morality. You can't make an unhonest person honest by making a law trying to make them honest. They have to want to be honest.
Honestly, I was told that skipping school is illegal (am in the UK) but then I was getting bullied by teachers and students, and my body reached a breaking point after being bullied my whole life and getting diagnosed with autism and having been depressed since 9, and got physically sick with stress at around 13 and 'skipped' an entire year 'cause no one could get me into school, no matter how much they tried. Also when I realised that even if it is illegal, the law doesn't care as much as it was stressed to me.
(And if you're wondering how this ended, I was moved to a special school for those who can't go to mainstream school, e.g. disabilities, aggression, etc., and it was the best decision that was ever made. My mental health has only gotten better since going to college and university.)
OMG I had to legit look at the profile name and pic of rhis comment to make sure it was one of mine. I'm from the UK, I was bullied at school by teachers and pupils, and I also went to a special school for those that can't be in mainstream. That special school was called "The Pilgrim".
EDIT: and my experience is how I got diagnosed with autism at age 13 following 2 suicide attempts beforehand.
In America it’s illegal but it’s enforced against black people more. I always missed at least 20 days of school per year (10 was the maximum you were supposed to miss, which is ludicrous). They would threaten to take me to court, or call CPS, but never did. My boyfriend had CPS called and went to court over attendance multiple times for the same amount of time missed.
I remember someone i used to know skipped an entire year of school before randomly appearing again the next year. I was super jealous of him but looking back going from grade 6 to grade 8 sounds like hell
In Finland there's "oppivelvollisuus", a responsibility to learn freely translated. It's from 7 to 18 years old (since 2021, previously until 16 years) and the parents are legally bound to see that the responsibility is met. You don't have to go to regular school, but you have to meet the expected educational standards. In fact in 2012 the district court ruled one kid's parents guilty of neglecting the monitoring of the responsiblity to learn (using my best free translation), because the kid had skipped school so many times and the parents had been notified of it repeatedly without effect. So in Finland it in fact is illegal to skip school. When I was a kid, I don't know if this still applies, you are allowed absence with the permission of your guardian and they will negotiate with the teacher if you need to do let's say exams another time or return homework or do extra homework due to missing education. Usually it's just that someone brings you homework if you're sick or if you're travelling you study what you missed by yourself or do the exam on later time. But it will always require your guardian's permission and I believe it needs to be something that the teacher feels is valid as well to not have a discussion.
The shoe talk made me wonder if you'd be found guilty of dangering the traffic in Finland if you had shoes that caused an accident where someone was injured. There is no law for what kind of shoes you're supposed to wear, but you can get penalized in court for all kinds of behaviors that are not explicitly stated in the law, that cause danger in traffic.
America gets a lot of bad rep for silly laws or allowing people to do stupid things, but to me it seems like the interpretation of the laws and customs work very similarly to many european countries.
My parents explained that the interior light made it harder to see because of the reflection. I remember having a nice long evening with my dad playing with lights inside and outside the car to see what levels of light would reflect from both inside and outside the car. It was a fun learning experience. This is also probably why I'm a nerd now.
Your dad sounds like a fantastic parent.
I think my mom just said: "don't turn the light on. I can't see."
Don't know why anyone would need to invent a fake law to explain something perfectly simple and sensible.
I think a law enforcement officer could argue that the glare is an obstruction, or that it is at least reckless.
@@eroraf8637 He was pretty good.
Other parents: "Don't do that."
Kids: Why?
"It's illegal"
My mom: "Don't do that."
Me: Why?
My mom: "Because I said so."
Yes, ma'am
Same
Seriously! By age 6 I knew that “the law” wasn’t going to do much (if anything) to a kid. I wasn’t afraid of the cops, I was afraid of mom!
Literally the only thing one this list that my parents lied about is the car light thing
My mom: "Don't do that..."
Me: "why not?"
My mom: " I don't like it, and if you keep doing it I'm going to eat your dessert/all your candy."
Me: *traumatized forever*
@@rae3460 Mine never claimed it was illegal, but they did discourage it, because the dome light on at night makes it more difficult to see the road, and also messes up your night vision.
My parents were Baby Boomers so they never told me anything, they just had complete mental breakdowns every time I expressed my feelings.
Of course they did, people need to stop inflicting their feelings on each other.
most parents are like that in my experiance
The good side of that is they passed on less false information. #coldcomfort
I wish this was more of a joke, and less reflective of reality.
@@Jawmax
Wut 😕
I love your movie scene examples and your puns, always!
-Bringing up the driver's manual is a valid point, we never thought of that. But, it was true my mother told me and I told my son about not having the interior light on. But, we actually thought it was the law until, like, a couple of months ago - from another source. Now we know.
-When I was a child I was very sickly. I also had exhaustion issues (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, who knew?). Plus, I got teased BADLY. Even bullied at times. My mother was always at my schools (plural because I changed schools to get away from the bullying). When you go through that it makes it hard to sleep the night before and to have the enthusiasm to go to school the next day. But, my mother worked hard to try to get me to school. It mostly worked. The times it didn't work, the school didn't like. For example, a school district hosted "Outdoor Ed" where you spent 5 days and 4 nights on cabins and did sciencey things got me a massive ear infection that lasted 60 days. I did all of my homework and classwork at home. I got straight As, but no honor roll because of my attendence. I had weekly doctor's notes, whom was trying all kinds of antibiotics on me. Finally one NOT covered by Medi-Cal (Medicaid for California) worked. CPS saw us as innocent but was required to investigate. We learned that the teachers get paid by the students if the student is not there, they get less money. But, Truancy is illegal from what I've learned through experience - if it is repeated a lot and for no good reason. Because it's a Tuesday is an EXCELLENT reason to skip school ;D
-"vechilce fatalities" I hope the Nat'l HWY Safety Transportation Board does not have that typo in their laws. I wasn't looking for this typo it screamed out to me.
-When I was waiting for a commuter train in the Bay Area (Caltrains), a couple of young teenage girls put a penny on the track just before the train was due to arrive. Unfortunately, they had to get on that train, but you could tell that they really wanted to know the results. We had to get on the next train, so as soon as it left, I went in search of that penny (no trains were due at that time, it was safe enough and my mother was watching). When the train passed, I saw the penny flip as one wheel went over it then land on the rail again. Next it flipped again as a wheel when over it but this time it landed next to the rail. The images on each said was a little smeared and it's shape was a bit odd (and slightly thinner), but it survived. I still have that penny to this day. This was in the mid-90s and I was a teenager.
I remember, i was on a train ride with my parents, and we made a stop. While we were waiting, some railroad worker went up to me and was like "yo you want a coin that got smushed by the train?" And I was like "ok"
That’s awesome. Ooh, cool fact here, when rockets are going to be launched, it’s considered bad luck for the prime crew to see the train that pulls the rocket. Instead of watching the rollout they throw coins under the train.
I did the pennies on the track a couple of times, but I did it right by the station, so I'm betting that train was only doing 5 mph over them.
Now he's in prison for accessory...
"Legal Eagle is here to replace them"
It's official. He is our new Dad now
We can now safely call him “Daddy” without being creepy.
We need to talk about college tuition...
Great! So that means he gets to change the tires on my car, right? My last dad used to do it for me....
@@khoalb beat me to it
I remember my mum told me it was illegal to look through text messages, I never opened messages on my phone (when I got it) until my mum asked me why I didn't use texting, I explained what she said before and the look on her face was just priceless.
Maybe it was to look through someone else's text messages.
In many jurisdictions it is illegal to look at your phone, program your GPS, eat a meal, etc. It's called distracted driving. Making a call while driving needs a hands-free device.
@@jefftitterington7600 they didn't mention a vehicle. I think everyone know that texting and driving has laws against it.
@@masonzeo801 plus who the hell is given a phone only at 18
@@Helperbot-2000 I only had a simple "dumb" phone that I couldn't text on because we didn't have a texting plan. I didn't get it until I was 14 and never had a smart phone until I was 22. 🤷♀️
In Brazil is illegal to drive with high heels or flip flops (that here are very common, especially in Rio, where I live, we use them everywhere) but the law doesn’t talk about barefoot, so it’s VERY common por women to take their heels off to drive or people taking their flip flops and driving barefoot
@UCmK4f_G6kz6Qw_3DBEnDQNg They say that your heel can get stuck. Also, here ours cars are mostly “stick shift” so there’s one more pedal and this one you have to press it all the way down every time you change gears. We don’t have the automatic car culture
@@dafnegomes2821it’s called the clutch cuts power in the USA we have them but only people love for driving
Kevin McAllister was at home committing premeditated murder.
He knew burglars were coming but instead of calling the cops he turned his house into a lethal torture device.
Jigsaw from the movie Saw is Kevin as an adult.
The burglars activated the traps when trespassing, that’s kinda on them. (And oddly none of the obviously fatal traps killed anyone somehow 🤷♀️)
This channel has an entire video analyzing the different illegal acts committed in Home Alone
@@CJT3X
Wouldn't that still be equivalent to the shotgun booby trap though? Unless it was in the wrong state, I guess.
The burglars pretended to be police earlier in the movie. In Kevin's mind, the cops were in on it.
@@k9commander
Now you've got me wondering if there's a defence against charges for defending yourself against obviously crooked cops.
I don't have my hopes up at all, though.
I actually did skip school to watch all 3 LOTR at a theatre that day. It was the Return of the King special event
I respect that.
And your English teacher should have given you extra credit! Double extra credit if you had already read the books!
Helllll yeah
I'm a mother of two and I wholeheartedly agree with your choice made that day.
My mom told me the dome light thing, but never said it was illegal. She just said it was dangerous to show off that you were one mom and a bunch of kids.
that was actually smart
Thank you. She's a smart lady!
7:08 Interesting. In Chile, when I took my driving classes, the tutor actually specified that it was recommended for drivers *not* to wear shoes if they happen to be in situations where they could be wearing something that would inhibit their ability to drive normally. For example, it was pretty clearly stipulated that you should drive barefoot if you're going to a wedding or something and happen to be wearing high heels. I've driven barefoot before and it's oddly very comfortable. It feels like you have a bit more control of the pedals because you "feel" them, if that makes any sense lol
very interesting thing to share
i wouldve thought people wearing high heels would simply use another pair of shoes or slippers if they driving
@@ImJustAPlayerMan Yeah! It makes me think about professions that often have women wearing high heels, like lawyers. Are they driving with high heels? Isn't that a bit dangerous?
i'm in the us and i've also been told the same thing in regards to any sort of sandal in a defensive driving course in tx. I've never heard it was illegal and am low key wondering what legaleagle is on about here
I've never worn heels since I'm a non crossdressing male but I do wear flip flops in the summer and I find it more comfortable and safer to take them off when driving.
I think I've done that once or twice when I was wearing super high heels that would have made it difficult to drive. Better to just take them off.
My parents never told me that it was illegal to drive with the interior light on... They just told me that having the interior light on made it harder for them to see...
Same. That's exactly what my mom told me. Then when I started driving, I turned on the dome light while stopped in the dark and looked around and thought, "I can see just fine! What in the heck was she talking about?!?"
Same! I concede that it can be distracting, especially if a lot is going on and/or visibility is poor outside. But I suppose that’s too much to explain to a child. I still always ask the drivers permission before turning on the interior lights as a courtesy.
Wow now I’m kinda shocked that my mom was so honest with me growing up. These were all things that my mom told me not to do growing up but she always said that it was for my safety rather than it being illegal, and that was normally enough of a deterrent for me as a kid.
It also depends on how stupid the child is, if they are smart and responsible then be honest, if they are dumb then they need an extra deterrent.
@@angeltier987 an extra deterrent would be an example not a lie
He look like a super high realistic animation character
i knew i wasn't the only one
YES
I KNOW RIGHT
Yep. How is he so blessed by genes and life?
Don’t diss mah man legal eagle like that
Ok I live out in the country and we have a driveway that is atleast 3 miles long, and my grandma said that she could get arrested for having that interior light on when we didn't even leave the house yet! So this vid really helped me out.
My dad is a lawyer and grandpa's a Judge, which is probably why I was never told that petty childhood grievances were "illegal."
Objection! Both my parents are lawyers.
Makes dinner table talk REALLY fun.
And they never lied to me, only "acted in such a way as might be misconstrued as making a false statement, but not in truth"
Both parents lawyers?! I can imagine how interesting it must be to be around them. 🤔🙂
Objection, mom! Those peas were clearly blended and not mashed!
He says, "John, is this your toothbrush?" and I said "Yes," and he said, "So we agree that this is your toothbrush?" Then he said, "John this toothbrush is bone-dry.
Just imagine all the dirty legal jargon talk they do while litigating each other's loins
As a former latchkey kid, it blows my mind that some parents told their kids it was illegal to be home alone and that they were telling the truth in some cases.
I wouldn't be surprised if this is a lie that started perpetuating as more and more cases of child neglect came up as helicopter parenting became more the norm. But yes, I was left at home by myself constantly as a kid and was also a latchkey child from about age 8 onwards.
@@anthonydelfino6171 me as well. Also had to watch my sister for a few hours after school from age 8 on. No hate to my parents though. They didn’t have much of a choice.
Yeah, my parents both work and my brother and I spent lots of time alone at home from third grade on.
I think this is more for Millennials: us GenXers were pretty much on our own by 10. Ride in the back of the pickup? Of course
@@stephencody6088 I'm a millennial and I was left on my own by 8. Hell, I now live in a country where kids are let loose in the city on at that age.
When I was a child in the 1970s, it was NOT illegal to travel in the back of a pick up truck. That law has now changed but in the 1970s it was perfectly OK. I still remember those days of the wind rushing through my hair as I bounced around in the back of a pick up truck or a ute (for utility truck) as they were called in my home country. Wonderful memories back then!!!
I spent much of my childhood in the ‘70s and ‘80s riding in the back of pickup trucks.
The NT only changed the law recently, like very recently.
And this is why insurance companies hate Subaru Brats/Brumbys.
@@roadwarrior114 Why would they hate on them more than a Hi-Lux or a Dunny Door ute (for example)?
When I was a child, my dad told me that my hamster died in a "hold-you-breath" contest on the phone with another hamster. My hamster had won.
I laughed way too hard at that!
He died a warrior's death. You should be proud. Did your parents at least let you have a viking funeral for the victorious dead?
@@c0horst I hope so
🤣🤣🤣
@@c0horst he rests now in Valhalla, glory to the victorious rodent!
My daughter wanted something (cookies? \ lunchables?) while grocery shopping.
"We can't buy that, honey, it's not on the list," I said. That worked a few times; clever Mr. Mom that I am.
Until that fateful day:
"We could _put it_ on the list," she said conspiratorialy.
I realized, right then, I was doomed. She was too smart for me... but I had to admire her logic.
Of course, that was 30 years ago, and she can buy groceries anyway she wants. But I'd like to think she's got a handle on impulse buying.
Still think she's smarter than me, though...
When the student becomes the master... =)
my mom used to do this so before every grocery trip i would sneak the list from her and scribble "ice cream :)" on it
@@kingsally2864 My Dad (who is a pilot) has been known to write down WW2 fighters on my mom's shopping list. "butter, ham, wine, P-51 Mustang, Yogurt" lol
You must be a writer! This story was so enjoyable to read!!
My parents didnt even use lists
My parents have literally never told me any of these things xD
The thing about the skipping school one... where I grew up, if a cop saw a minor walking around outside on a school day, they would question them. I don't know about legality, but the police absolutely got involved if children were out and about while skipping school. Obviously, that's different than staying home, since there's no way of anyone knowing.
I question the barefoot driving one because if you wear high heels, you probably take them off to drive as it would be detrimental to use the pedals in such footwear. To me, keeping them ON would be reckless.
Barefoot driving is 100% safe and not a real issue.
The worst part about barefoot driving would be the pressure of the springs and rods pushing the plastic/rubber-covered pedals (if there's a plastic/rubber cover and it's not just bare metal) in to the flesh of your foot and leaving indentations that make it annoying at the least to walk around afterwards, depending for how long you drove.
If you're driving for more than about 25mi/40km at a time I'd be wanting to wear at least *some* form of footwear (even just house slippers or pull-on sneakers) to operate the pedal so it doesn't imprint on your foot, more for comfort than for safety.
@@RiderAEonRanger lol not a real issue.
@@Gl-my8fw absolutely. When om wearing flip flops i take off the right one and put it under my left foot(automatic car). I have a WAY better feel for the car when i am driving barefoot.
Mythbusters tested this and driving in heels is not technically an issue. It can be uncomfortable though.
My parents never claimed any of this was illegal, just that it was something you don't need to do or is impolite. For example, they never said the dome light thing was illegal, they just said it was a bit of a safety hazard because it make it harder to see out the windscreen.
When I was a child my mother had me convinced that after 3 offences you go to jail forever.
About a month later she had received a speeding ticket with me in the vehicle and I immediately started bawling my eyes thinking she was super close to going to jail for life LOL
In some jurisdictions in the US, this is actually close to true, although it's usually only felonies or violent crime. It generally encourages prosecutors to do whatever they can think of to get the defendant's crimes to qualify. This state of insanity brought to you by the fact that politicians can no longer get elected in the US unless they are seen as being "tough on crime."
@@Vinemaple In parts of Germany you have 3 strikes for possesion of drugs. Not much happens for 2 times and then you go to jail. Bavaria at least they are super draconic. Gotta keep competitors to the beer industry illegal hehe. I'm surprised Austrian and Swiss Bratwurst isn't illegal.
I live in California, and people here say that all the time. Does this have any merit to it?
Aweeee I feel so bad for little you 🥺
@@DustyHoney California had the “three strikes” law for a long time.
My favorite part about lying to my pre-literate kids was when I’d pull a random book off the bookshelf, open it to a random page, and announce, “See? Right here? Four year olds have to be in bed by eight. There’s nothing either you or I can do about it.”
That wouldn’t have worked on mine. They could all read really well by 4. 😆
Amazing xD
My then about 4 year old niece swore in my car one day and I told her it's illegal to swear until you have a drivers license. That was a few years ago and she still believes it. I don't think I've heard her swear since XD
@@maddiepaige715 why driver's license? Are you expecting a lot of road rage?
@@maddiepaige715 A *four* year old swearing? dang lol
I got really sick in high school after surgery complications. My father and my surgeon went to my school to meet with my teachers and explain the situation- all who attended nodded and just agreed that as long as I tried and did some work, no one cared what I did or how much I was absent (I was a good student). One teacher I hated skipped that meeting and then reported me truant. We had the police and child services at the door. Nothing came of it, but my parents, the principal, and the other teachers were furious.
Growing up i got walking pneumonia Every. Single. Winter. ( I have crappy lungs) and would miss weeks of school. I was otherwise a good student, a childhood anxiety disorder will do that to you, but getting sick would make it impossible for me to my grades up. No one ever suggested a solution like yours, so I never realized it was an option. It would have made my life SO much better if I'd been able to do that!
Just one more way that the education system failed me 🙄
That sucks. I’m so sorry. To be fair though, my dad is terrifying without meaning to be and my doctor went into excruciating detail about the horror that is bone pain, needing to recondition just to walk again, the medications I had to inject every few hours, and the very real threat to my life. I’m not sure every doctor is willing to do that, unfortunately. I honestly think I was just lucky that most of my teachers were so willing to just shrug and go with it.
@@caitmedic8820 Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled that you got the help you needed! I'm glad most people were willing to help you! I'm mostly commiserating, my condition was nowhere near as severe!
I just wish the education system was kinder and more accommodating to students, especially those that have chronic conditions and learning disabilities.
Also, your dad sounds very cool!
Oh, no. I completely understand. Pneumonia sucks and getting it every winter? Ouch. I’ve only had it once and I hated life. And I completely agree- mine and my sister’s dyslexia was enough proof to depict how broken and unhelpful the education system can be.
And my dad was pretty cool. Brilliant and a little arrogant, but definitely cool. I lost him 2009 but I couldn’t have asked for better. Always had my back.
@@caitmedic8820 I never figured out why i had trouble reading out loud or why math was impossible for me--until i was an adult and realized i was dyslexic and also had the number version of dyslexia (can't remember what it's called) and got super pissed on behalf of my past self. Also learning that adhd was more than just an inability to concentrate gave me the same feeling. Because i struggled constantly in school, and no one ever did anything except assume i was lazy, or stupid, and never considered i needed extra help or accommodations.
Anyway, idk why I'm rage info dumping. I'm sorry you lost your dad. It's always nice to have someone in your corner.
And the pneumonia thing was the absolute worst. Every year, like clockwork. Stopped happening when i left high school, probably because there were fewer places/ surfaces where i could get infected. Not being able to stay home when you're sick turns schools into a petri dish, which wouldn't be a problem if more students were able to do what your school did. Which brings things full circle.
Yeah, idk why I'm just rambling at this point, for some reason it's easy to vent to strangers on the internet 😅
4:41 - This was always the reason my mother gave for why you shouldn't turn on overhead lights in the vehicle!"
I'm happy to say my parents didn't go the 'it's illegal' route; they were straightforward about it, that it's 'not safe and we care about your safety'.
If you are a parent reading this, please. If you were planning to tell a little white lie, please just tell them that you're concerned for them instead. Honestly I feel like I gained more respect for my parents by them telling me that.
I'm thinking that in some of these cases the parents themselves may have just believed it to be illegal as well. For example, I know several adults who still believe the penny on the tracks law is real.
i feel like the whole "its not safe" thing could be more effective. im sure a lot of kids are more likely to be scared of being in a car accident than going to jail (maybe bc - like me - they dont think kids can be arrested)
You know, parents aren't lawyers. They often probably heard these rumors themselves and believed them. How common do you think it was in the 80s to go to a law library to look up the specific statutes to see if it was illegal to drive with your interior light on?
My parents didn't say the lights on in the interior were illegal. It was always some variation of "Turn that damn thing off. I can't see (expletive) with it on!"
Same
I live in MD and looked up the law for leaving kids home alone when my kids were young. I had the odd situation where my 8 and 12 year old could both stay home alone, but the 12 year could not be babysitting the 8 year old. They were just home alone... together.
"No officer, I locked them in separate rooms before I left" "Oh perfectly reasonable, have a good day sir -- WAIT"
I never left them alone in MD before my eldest was 14. I got off work at 4:30 and they got home from school at 3:30. One of the first times I did, I got a call at work that the fire department was at my house. She let her 8 and 11 yr old siblings make stove top popcorn on our gas stove. You can imagine what happened. After that, they couldn’t stay alone until she was 16. My job let me come in at 6 so I’d be done at 3 after that. Leaving an 8 yr old alone for any reason is the dumbest idea in the universe no matter how responsible you think the kid is. Accidents happen. My 2 younger kids just panicked and the eldest got them outside. Luckily we had close neighbors at the time who called 911 and came with a kitchen fire extinguisher. Had to replace the stove and repaint. But before that house we lived in the boonies with no close neighbors. The house would have burned down.
Just a friendly reminder that the only requirements to be a lawmaker in the U.S. are age and residency requirements. Sometimes, laws are dumb because they're just outdated or whatever. But sometimes they're dumb just because lawmakers aren't particularly good at law... or writing... or math... or economics... or urban planning...
@@debshaw680 YIKES! My kids were home alone together after school for a little while until I got back from work, but that was it. Fortunately, they never were as...industrious as yours.
Some of these things are new to me. My parents weren't usually ones to lie to my siblings and me. They usually explained situations logically instead. Also interesting to hear how things work in the US. In Denmark where I'm from the first one of these especially is different. Not only in terms of laws but also what the norm is.
In 6th grade I got constant sinus infections a-lot, and i ended up getting 3 truancy letters because the attendance lady was lazy and never marked my absence excused.
I had something similar happen with otolaryngology appointments, which were unavoidable. The same for surgeries. It was so frustrating.
Lol my attendance always excused my tardiness , i was late every single day
@@ThaNarc lmao that was the thing, she never documented my doctors notes but when I was late to school she would mark me excused smh
I had a teacher who had difficulty noticing me sitting there
People's parents actually told them these lies instead of just explaining the actual reason. I am so appreciative that my mom didn't lie to just explain common sense.
To be fair some parents did think it was true, possibly because their parents told them.
@@70sman Yea my mom said she got the dome light in the car from her parents
I remember my parents explaining the car lights thing and that got me to stop. Mainly because they mentioned that it could cause us to crash.
I was always told, "You'll understand when you have kids of your own!"
Momma is always right... even when she's wrong, she's right.
I didn't even grow up in the US, and I still got told that you couldn't have the interior lights on.
My parents never told me that it was illegal.
@@robertjenkins6132 Mine told us that they could see better when the interior lights were off. Even as a five-year old I understood that this was important. I don't understand why people would lie about this.
Well you shouldn't cause it cause glare and affect the sight of the driver
@@Jinkypigs a human’s natural night vision can be disrupted by white light, which is why, while it isn’t illegal, it’s highly discouraged to have interior lights on while driving at night. For the same reason, search-and-rescue organizations such as Civil Air Patrol train their members to use red flashlights on night missions, and medical helicopter services tell first responders to use red lights instead of white when setting up a landing zone for them at night.
Actually-
The driving without shoes being illegal thing is a shocker!
My parents always say that if I can’t feel how much pressure I’m putting on a petal because of my shoes, take them off. I always do this when wearing higher shoes, or ones with thick soles.
So… pretty sure this one isn’t illegal, at least in my state of Wyoming.
I also see no danger in driving barefoot, as long as your feet as tough enough to handle pressing directly on the pedal with no support, which is a very low bar to clear
I've wondered about the "leaving your child at home" thing. I could never find anything concrete when I was looking to see if I could leave mine (elementary school age at the time) home alone for a few minutes while I went down the street to the store. I either just ended up taking him with me, or waiting until my husband got home. Well, now I know! But he's now old enough to leave at home.
And on another note... riding in the back of a truck... a high school classmate of mine died after bouncing out of her older brother's truck, as he was driving on a notoriously hilly and bumpy road. That always stuck with me. I would probably tell my kid it was illegal too.
I agree, the "latchkey kid" rules scared me as an adult because no one could give me exact info for dealing with my own kid. I was free range growing up but there was always some news blurb saying local parent was arrested for latch key issue but no one expanded on it.
People could claim it's neglect if it was for a long period of time
just be honest and tell them its not safe. depending on the age, you could tell them your classmate's story too. ofc all kids are different, but i find that a lot of times if you express to them how dangerous something can be, they will tend to be more careful about it. it'll also lead to a greater respect for you if you're just honest from the start.
but again, if you find that your kids tend to ignore safety instructions, by all means tell them its illegal. their safety is the priority.
Dont say its illegal, telling them its dangrous and why its dangerous is always going to be more effective
Please be smart about it and just tell your kid why it’s dangerous when the time is right. Telling them it’s illegal is just going to make them more likely to do it tbh.
Me: "Haha I knew that when my parents said I had to be eight to stay home alone they were lying!"
"For example, in Maryland,"
Me being from Maryland: "Bruh"
Lol!!
Believe in your parents kiddo
so Santa is real?
@@shevankaseneviratne1724 in Maryland, yes.
@@cristalbarba24 damn. Gotta move to Maryland now.
*accidently drops penny on the railroad tracks*
sweating intensifies
*tosses rock and it accidentally rolls onto railroad tracks*
I can honestly say, I was never told a single one of these by my parents. Now my parents may have told me some of these were ill advisable, but they never told me any of these were illegal.
Yeah, my mom totally thought the dome light was illegal.
One day a friend asked me "well, what's it for then?"
Touche.
Having light while the car is parked
Me and my parents got taken to court when I was 17 cause I skipped too much school, just kept pushing it back untill the judge said he was gonna throw the case since I was about to turn 18
Cool!
Um, I'm a latch key kid. I was ALWAYS home alone, while my mother worked and finished her first degree and I had no desire to take on burglars. I was told not to answer the door at all and if I answered the phone, they were in the bathroom or asleep. (Continues to watch)
Same, same rules too. We had an answering machine that you could answer the phone during so I just waited to hear who called and then I would pick up.
Used to just be called being a kid......
Likewise. I was the same.
My parents said that the interior lights had a battery that was connected to the engine, and if it was left on too long the engine would stop working.
When I started high school, my brothers friend ended up in a vegetative state and passed away after riding in the back of a truck that ended up ejecting him and rolling over on him in an accident. I won't ever allow my kids to ride in a open truck bed for this reason.
Now I know how dangerous it is, but growing my dad put me and brother in the back of the truck daily.
Honestly in many parts of the world people ride this way their whole lives and they’re fine so it seems like this is very uncommon
@@grayonthewater or that it happens so much its not newsworthy.
@@grayonthewater it’s a very unsafe way to ride in a vehicle. Any sudden stop or turn can throw the person out of the vehicle. The safest place by far is inside on the seats and buckled up.
When devin was listing off all the names for ding ding ditching, it sounded like he was rattling off all the names a high school principal thinks there are for drugs.
Or like names of Stefon’s favorite clubs.
We always called it door bell ditching when i was a kid
Nicky Nicky nine doors is what we called it. No clue why but damn it was fun before the internet and ring bells.
@@lillianward2810 New York's hottest club is "Knock Knock Ginger"
@@Mimi-cq4bg That does have a certain... RING to it!
Ba Dum Tish!
Wasn't supposed to be a pun, but then i realized and couldn't help myself 😂
I was in the hospital for almost a month in high school and my mom had to fight a truancy case because she didn't submit proof for every single day. She gave the school a copy of my intake and discharge papers and they said that the days between were unaccounted for.
Wtf
Sounds right the school did that
What an idiotic school administration.
I had to petition my school district to graduate because I missed more than 30 days of senior year. I still had straight As and they conveniently ignored that the summer before, 3 students died in two separate car accidents: my best friend and two close friends. I had to have my therapist write a letter that I was under her care and had completed the school work myself even though I could not enter the school building.
@@Heart_rachel that's actually illegal... if you got good grades in your exams you should have passed lol they can't fail u for absence
The one about parents being reported to child protection because their kids were at a park is blowing my mind. I was out of the house all the time when I was a kid.
My father often said, "You don't legally own anything until you're 18" which was his convenient way of saying he could destroy or throw out my belongings whenever he felt like it and I was powerless to object because I was a child. Though I had a feeling even at the time that he was just being dictatorial rather than judicial, it seems some laws even decades later are somewhat divided on what constitutes "ownership" for minors and where the "custodial control" their parents have over their kids' possessions ENDS. Thoughts?
You live in my house and I bought it? It’s mine
Yeah, that's a little bit unfair. Even children should have things that they own and can decide for what happens to them. How else do you learn about ownership?
That car thing was the bane of my existence back then and both of my parents are lawyers
They didnt want to die, lol
My spouse and I looked up the "driving without shoes" one. In Michigan anyway, it's encouraged, by law, for a person to drive barefoot if the shoes you're wearing would be considered a hinderance to driving, such as super high heels or platform shoes. The thought being you wouldn't really be able to feel where the pedals are or find the pedals with such shoes or they could make driving uncomfortable, or other such things.
So now I don't worry too much when I take my shoes off if my feet are killing me or if I leave the house without shoes to quickly run the neighbor kid home half-a mile/mile down the street.
This!!! I’ve driven barefoot before when my shoes were too dangerous.
@@rachelhansen2417 Or, if you are driving to the beach and don't feel like putting on a pair of sandals...
I never even knew there was an issue with barefoot driving, my mother refuses to drive with shoes, she says it feels less certain than feeling the pedal correctly right under her foot 🦶 , but legal eagel gave the verdict to it being illegal so…time to call the cops on her 😂
I love driving barefoot and my mom encouraged it because she took her test barefoot
I live within driving distance of the sun, so slides and "flip flops" are part of the uniform. It basically says you must drive in the safest manner possible- so if it's safer for you to drive without shoes then you should. If it's safer to drive with the shoes you have then you should do that.
4:12 It also makes it harder to see, so they may have lied so you would be more likely to shut up about it, saying "It makes it hard to see." is a lot less convincing to a 5 year old than saying "It's against the law." so they say that.
I was told by my grandparents we had to turn off the dome light while driving because the extra light made it harder to see the road. And... yeah sure enough, I got older and I found out it's harder to see through windows at night when there's a light behind you. It makes the window act like a mirror.
Yup same here
It also ruins your night vision.
Cars try to make it as dark inside the car and as bright outside the car as they can to maximise your ability to recognise danger.
As a parent in California, I took my kids out of school for 3 days for a family vacation and they tried to tell me that wasn’t a valid excuse. I chuckled at them and ignored what sounded like a threat that I knew had no teeth.
i mean realistically you dont even have to say what your taking them out for within reason. Obviously you cant take them out for a month and expect them to still graduate without a really good reason. But a few days doesnt need an explanation.
You're lucky the Vice President didn't throw you in jail
It's funny because in Germany you have to write down that you will take your child out of school for whatever reason BUT if the principle declines it and you still do it, you actually have to pay a fine.
Some parents take their child one day before vacation because obviously the first day the roads are hell and that can also get a pretty big fine.
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Shots fired.
it almost feels like if I just wait long enough I might one day get a year of nebula for just 9 bucks! ( I actually don't care about curiosity stream)
It's a pretty terrible channel. The comments are frequently filled with people correcting information in the video. Very little fact-checking, especially on topics he is unfamiliar with, and a focus on snarky jokes. It runs like a tabloid. Wendover Productions, the sister channel that is supposed to be "serious", talks a lot about planes and acts authoritative, but is constantly called out by industry veterans for poor techinical knowledge and inaccuracies, because the guy clearly doesn't work in the industry and is at best an amateur hobbyist.