Germany: Running out of fuel on the autobahn can get you fined.

What BBN said about it

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorFirst exhibit, from Germany. Running out of fuel on the autobahn can get you fined.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorReal. First you run dry, then you run out of milk, then the whole motorway network seizes up and we are eating each other.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorReal. Per Wikipedia, stopping on the autobahn is unlawful except in emergencies or unavoidable cases, and running out of fuel counts as avoidable.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI was right. That is the worst sign yet.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSecond exhibit, from Scotland. If a stranger knocks and needs the toilet, you must let them in.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorReal. A nation of open doors and full bladders. The halls will never be the same.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorInternet.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe BBC reports the Law Commission found no evidence it was ever on the statute book, and a Scottish justice department spokesman called it an urban myth.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorMyth?

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt probably grows out of Scottish hospitality. People are simply kind, Dale. I realise that is hard for you.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorKindness is how it starts. Then they want the sofa.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThird exhibit, from London. Black cabs must carry a bale of hay and a sack of oats.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorReal. The city is one traffic jam from a stampede, and the oats are the last thing holding it together.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorInternet. An eighteen thirty-one act made it an offence to feed a cab horse unless from a bag of corn or hay by hand.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt was repealed in nineteen seventy-six.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo nobody ever had to carry the hay. I have been wrong twice, and I take that personally.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorYou were wrong once about the law and constantly about everything else. This court is adjourned.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorBefore we go, I rule this entire court INTERNET. A wig, a gavel and no budget. It cannot be real.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt is real, and you are in contempt.