About 15 years ago in my old office....we got into a discussion about crazy laws in Germany, and we each knew of at least one. Occasionally, I'll see a reminder about this topic. So today.....3 of these crazy laws:
1. You can get into a car and drive around with no clothing on (nude). There's never been a law created which limits your clothing while in a car (at least in Germany, I can't speak for the rest of the EU). Now, if you going around and flashing at people....that would involve a law. But as long as you are driving 'normal'.....you can be nude.
2. If you hire some German....you have to offer a office with a window (able to open) unless you have a central-air ventilation system. Yeah, it's one of those safety and health regulations.
3. Riding a bicycle while intoxicated.....will result in a ticket. They can even apply the stupidity test, if you have a regular car license in your possession, while drunk on a bike. The same ticket would apply to be drunk on a horse, or drunk on a E-scooter. About the only way you can travel while intoxicated....is by walking.
There is a 4th example....which I've never been able to find the law text to prove it's a federal law. Someone suggested to me that if you give a name to your new baby in Germany....it has to be something that is pronounceable (at least to a German). It supposedly is not possible to have a 44-letter first name (German logic at work, I would imagine).
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