Florida Parrachute Law

To this day, all around the world, there are some bizarre and random laws that are still in practice. I intend on sharing some of these laws with you and going into the history of some of them.




To start, we will begin in Florida, USA. There is a law that says that "If you're a single, divorced, or widowed woman, you can't parachute on Sunday afternoons". When asked about this law, a worker named Tommy from Skydive Jacksonville said that he had never heard of it, nor had he heard of this law being enforced and that it certainly doesn't stop anyone from coming out on one of their busiest days of the week.



The origins of this bizarre old law seem to be unknown. There are stories that it was created by a state senator in an attempt to break up his daughters relationship with a skydiver, as he did not approve of the guy. Unfortunately this story cannot be confirmed.

I cannot find any cases of this being enforced. The only reason why it would be, could be in court if the prosecutor or defendant had no case and was clasping at straws. As for most of these strange laws, the reason that they are still around today is that the process of dismissing them takes a lot of effort, and this effort is not really worth the end result.