Law and order. It’s what keeps our society from slipping into total anarchy. Each state and every city in that state is allowed to develop their own laws. There is usually a good intention behind every law, but sometimes the lawmakers either go too far or put a law on the books which needs to be removed. Tennessee is no exception. Here are some wacky laws still on the books in Tennessee:
- You have to be over eighteen to play a pinball machine.
- You can’t carry a skunk.
- You can’t catch a fish with a lasso.
Even with all those silly laws, there is one new law that actually saves lives and it has to do with refrigerator disposal. It is illegal to abandon a refrigerator anywhere in the state. It is also illegal to have an unused refrigerator on your property that isn’t properly locked or has the door removed.
This might seem like a lot of a hassle, but think about when you were a kid. Was there a box, a cubby hole or tunnel you didn’t crawl into if you had the chance? Kids can turn anything object into a vehicle of their imagination. Just think what an old fridge could become. A spaceship to the moon? A tank? A time machine? The possibilities are endless and all it takes is for one kid to accidently lock themselves inside before tragedy strikes. Even if they aren’t playing a make believe game, an empty refrigerator would be too tempting to resist for the perfect hide and seek spot. Even one accident in an abandoned fridge is one too many.
Getting rid of an old refrigerator might seem like a huge job. You’ve got to have a big enough truck to load the fridge up into. If that truck doesn’t happen to have a loading gate, then you need the muscle to heave the icebox up into the truck. Good luck with that! Then you’ve got to find the right place to get rid of it. As the law states, you can’t just dump it by the side of the road. Even if you decide to drive out to the nearest dump, you’ll probably be paying an extra dumping fee just to leave it that. You can skip over all of this hassle by simply calling up a Nashville refrigerator disposal company like Junk King. They’ve got the truck, the manpower and the knowhow on how to get rid of your old fridge. Call us today and put the task out of your mind.
