Keep Walkin' | Ladies in Waynesboro Can't Drive Up Main Street Unless Husband Walks in Front
It is illegal for any woman in Waynesboro, Virginia to drive a car up Main Street - unless her husband is walking in front of the car waving a red flag.
This legislation seems like a pretty risky proposition for the husbands; if their wives can't be trusted to safely maneuver a vehicle up the main street unescorted, do you really want to be walking in front of it?
The fact that this requirement exists at all made me wonder if Waynesboro, VA is plagued by an undue number of car catastrophes, whether those cars are piloted by ladies or not. Public records for 2008 (the '09 stats aren't out yet) indicate that:
There was one human fatality resulting from an automobile accident.
Two vehicles were involved in that accident, and the car was operated by a drunk driver.
We don't know what gender that driver was. Two people were involved in the crash. Did it take place on Main Street? Again, we don't know.
Any pedestrians involved in Waynesboro's fatal car accident in '08? Nope. Guess that shoots the heck outta my theory about the risk involved with walking in front of those automobiles.
