Outside of the Asylum

I was reading the 'California Driver's Handbook' (have to take a written test to get my license transferred tomorrow-I hate dealing with stupid administrative errands) when I had a moment straight out of the Hitchhikers Guide. KH = Wonko the Sane. For those who don't know, or worse, don't remember:

Wonko the Sane lives in coastal California in a house called The Outside of the Asylum (interior/exterior are reversed). When Wonko saw instructions on how to use a toothpick on a packet of toothpicks he became convinced that the world had gone crazy and so built the house as an asylum for it, hence the reversal of the interior and exterior. Wonko received a fishbowl from the dolphins ('So Long and Thanks for All the Fish'). He also claims to have seen angels with golden beards, green wings and Dr Scholl sandals, who drive little scooters, do a little coke and are very cool about a lot of things.

While I didn't see coke-head angels (at least not yet), I did come across the following in the Driver's Handbook:

ADDITIONAL DRIVING RULES

THINGS YOU MUST NOT DO:

• Do not tow anyone who is riding a bicycle, in a wagon, on roller skates, on a sled, on skis, or on a toy vehicle
• Do not litter the roadside
• Do not wear a headset over, or earplugs in, both your ears
• Do not wear eyeglasses with temples wide enough to keep you from seeing clearly to the sides
• Do not drive a vehicle equipped with a video monitor visible to the driver and displays anything other than vehicle information or GPS information
• Do not honk your horn unless it is a safety warning.
• Do not throw any cigarette, cigar, or other flaming or glowing substance* from your vehicle
• Do not shoot firearms on a highway or at traffic signs
• Do not allow anyone to ride in the trunk of your vehicle

Do not shoot firearms on a highway or at traffic signs??? Is this something we need to clarify? I know some people suffer from road-rage in LA, but do we really need to spell it out explicitly? FIRING GUNS ON THE HIGHWAY = NOT GOOD. I am astounded. Perhaps I shouldn't be so surprised, but I have to say American the Bountiful never fails to amaze me. I need to live outside the asylum (or change my name to Wonko).

*Glowing substances? Like what? Plutonium? Kryptonite? Seriously if you realize some mystery material is f5cking radioactive nuclear waste, wouldn't you throw it as far as possible?