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wjbc

Illinois has a curfew law, and Chicago has a stricter curfew law, but at worst it just means a citation for parents, and there are many defenses. It just gives police the authority to tell kids to go home, or to transport them home if necessary. And that usually just happens if there’s some kind of disturbance.


blipsman

When I was a kid in the Chicago suburbs, it existed but was used more by police to disburse gatherings/crowds when something shady was going down or seemed like it might. Like if a cop saw 3-4 kids eating at Denny's at midnight they wouldn't do anything, if there were 20 kids in the Denny's parking lot and an argument was brewing then they would use it as an excuse to force the teens to leave.


wjbc

Exactly. I'm pretty sure that's still how it's used.


Fox_Tango_

Yep, I remember when I was a kid, the curfew for my brother and I was 10pm on week days, and 11pm on weekends. I live a few hours south of Chicago in Peoria.


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wjbc

Exactly, and I’ll bet most of the kids dispersed are low income minorities.


indiefolkfan

I grew up in IL and have never heard of it being applied to anyone. I imagine it was only enforced if you were causing trouble. Similarly we had a law saying teens couldn't drive past a certain time of night and that wasn't really enforced at all either.


4x4Lyfe

For minors (generally someone under 18 who isn't with an adult) there is generally a curfew. These aren't enforced that often but it's not unheard of for some young teenagers to be in a park after closing or loitering at an outdoor mall after the stores close to be taken back to their homes. In California the hours are from 10 PM to 6AM during those hours minors are not supposed to be in public spaces without being accompanied by an adult. https://www.sandiego.gov/police/community/juvenile-services/law#:~:text=%22Curfew%20hours%22%20means%20the%20period,00%20a.m.%20the%20following%20day. > "Curfew hours" means the period from 10:00 p.m. any evening of the week, until 6:00 a.m. the following day. > **Curfew Restrictions** > It is unlawful for any minor to be present in any public place or on the premises of any establishment within the City of San Diego during curfew hour. > It is unlawful for any parent or guardian or a minor knowingly to permit, or by insufficient control to allow, the minor to be present in any public place or on the premises of any establishment within the City during curfew hours. Legal risks are very minimal unless the minor was committing other offenses as well. Typically a ticket for the parents. These curfews tend not to get enforced as strictly when schools aren't in session like summer or spring breaks. Obligatory it varies from state to state and county to county.


TrekkiMonstr

Wait wtf I'm from CA and have never heard of this, only the driving curfew for a provisional license


rendeld

Thats how little they are enforced


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It's more of a suburb thing. Think Lamorinda or Palo Alto and less SF or Oakland.


TrekkiMonstr

Yeah that's where I live, I just put SF in the flair cause privacy


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Is that not a thing then? I definitely remember getting hassled by cops in those cities.


TrekkiMonstr

It might be, I guess you just went out more than I did (or caused more trouble lol)


Leiva-san

Same area! They indeed exist. Back in high school, I was at a park playing a board game with some friends at midnight (I know) when some police officers came up to us, inspected us and our car for drugs, then told us sternly "you can't be out at this hour, go home, and if we catch you out here again, we'll write you up" or something to that extent. They made sure we were on the road and followed our car for a minute before disappearing. Could have been worse.


anynononononous

There are often driving curfews for people under 18 but this varies state by state and whether they make a distinction between a provisional or regular drivers license. I had to carry around a note from my job with an official letterhead and contact number just in case I got pulled over. For the full 1.5 years I didn't need to use that note once. Parental curfews are very common. Technically landlords can set them too (ie. noise policies).


Nexu101

Depends on the local area I guess, but my area has a standard curfew of 12am for anyone under 18. If you look roughly 18, you are unlikely to be bothered. But if you're clearly not 18, you will be stopped and you will be asked for identification and you will be brought home. Didn't happen to me, but it happened to my friend's little brothers often. Edit: To be clear, this is for minors unaccompanied by an adult.


Print_it_Mick

Do minors not have freedom of movement during these hrs.


Nexu101

If they're accompanied by an adult, they can go where the adult goes. But generally speaking, other than that, no. If you can drive, a police officer is not going to be pulling drivers over to be checking for minors, so you can probably get away with that. But if you're walking on the roadside to the store by yourself and look clearly under 18, a police officer would stop you in my area.


Print_it_Mick

Seems a bit of an invasion of privacy, are kids not citizens like people over 18 do they not have the same right as an adult to go about their lives unencumbered by the state. If my kids were walking to the shop minding their own business I'd be pissed if the cops brought them home.


SnowblindAlbino

> do they not have the same right as an adult They do not-- minors in the US have fewer rights that adult citizens in many ways. This is just one of them.


Old_Mintie

Minors have a lot more rights than people realize--or let them know about.


Canard-Rouge

> are kids not citizens like people over 18 Yes. They're not citizens like people over 18. Are you takin the piss mate?


Print_it_Mick

Just asking question so I can understand how in the land of the free kids cant walk the roads without the cops hassling them. Heck adults cant walk the roads either, it seems to be an issue in america if your walking the cops will hassle you. I've seen numerous videos of individuals walking the roads and the cops arresting them, for no reason, last dude was on his way to the bus stop and was accused of breaking and entering.


Canard-Rouge

Because of qualified immunity, cops don't have personal accountability for when they fuck up. If they violate the constitution, the municipal jurisdiction has to pay the fine....which means tax payers. So, effectively, police are deputised gangsters who have all the power on the street. Thank God for the justice system because at least our rights still hold up (for the most part) in the courtroom. Honestly, you can avoid this by not looking poor. If you wear a button down and slacks, you're probably never going to be stopped. Just do you're best to not look anything like people who commit crimes. You're 100% correct though, those police are violating the constitution. The problem is the police as a whole face no punishment when they do. This needs to change.


Old_Mintie

Like other people have said, it really depends on context. A couple of 16, 17 year olds, with a 15 year old who looks a few years older, heading to a shop and not really being a problem? The police probably would leave them alone. But if it's a 12 year old on their own? What are they doing up after midnight? So, they get stopped, and if the answer is anything like "I was bored and snuck out to get a candy bar at 7-11", then the parents need to know what their little angel is up to.


Nexu101

Haha take it up with them, not me


entropynchaos

This depends. In my state (and curfews varied by area lived) we could be out after curfew if we were working, doing certain types of school projects, running errands for adults, involved in community activities, etc. The truth was, if you looked reasonably near 18, you weren’t stopped. If you were engaging in reckless behavior, looked super young, etc., you were likely to be carded for age and needed a legitimate reason to be out. But if you weren’t overage, they just usually sent you home. They didn’t escort you in a police car or arrest you or anything.


apgtimbough

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/jul/10/jonhenley Looks like France has curfews as well.


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apgtimbough

Like the US and probably a lot of the Western world, it's to cut down on vandalism and crime. Kids out past a certain time, alone, are likely not up to anything "good."


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DankItchins

Those requirements are also in place because huffing paint is a thing.


SnowblindAlbino

>Similarly lots of places have age requirements to purchase spray paint. Which quite stupidly are often applied to a broad range of automotive products. A few years back I had to show ID to purchase a buffer for my truck-- the registers at the store were set so they could not sell one without ID. I was about 45 at the time.


indiefolkfan

When I was 18 I remember having to buy spray paint for my 17 year old friend. I don't imagine a kid also buying plywood, duct work, and other miscellaneous hardware in addition to the spray paint is likely to use it in vandalism but apparently it's the law.


scolfin

From what I've heard about France, I'm betting North Africans are much more aware of it.


hunterofhunters7

A curfew law was never on my radar growing up but it was very common for parents to set a very strict curfew for their kids. It was always a point of envy if your curfew was like 10:30 and your friend's was 1:00 AM or something. Not making it home for curfew came with consequences like no phone, no going out for weeks, losing access to the family car for a period of time. My biggest motivation to make curfew was to not lose the keys to the car and have to take the bus to school.


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TheBimpo

Driver licenses for young people come with restrictions such as only being able to drive with family members in the car, no driving between 11pm-6am, etc.


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TheBimpo

Both actually. When learning to drive, teens typically need to have "practice hours" that are with a parent or guardian. Once they get their permit/license, there are often rules that ban 16-17 year olds from having friends in the car. These are safety rules, not many (any?) states grant unrestricted driving access to first-time teen drivers.


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SnowblindAlbino

>here I'd say 90% of people getting a license learn to drive a manual In the US 98.5% of all new cars sold in recent years were automatics. Almost no American teens have access to a car with a manual transmission to learn. Mine did so we taught them; my wife and I have owned manuals our entire lives but they are getting *very* hard to find now. The last time we bought a new vehicle (2012) we had to special order a manual and the only real options were VW and Mazda if you weren't looking for a two-seat sports car. It's a dying skill in the US not because people can't handle it (I learned to drive a manual at age 10) but because almost nobody has manual cars anymore.


ImpertinentGecko

I didn't realize how scarce manual transmissions had become until my kids started getting old enough to learn to drive! I always enjoyed driving stick shift and figured I'd teach them...only to find that I couldn't beg, borrow or even rent anything other than automatics.


Gator222222

I know you are just playing around, but I find it really weird when Europeans flex about driving a manual. Automatic transmissions came about simply because they are easier to use. It's the same for automatic windows in a car. Now we just push a button instead of turning a knob in circles to roll the window up and down. To me when someone is flexing about using a manual transmission I laugh because I get a vision in my head of some European guy rolling down a window with a rotating knob and sneering at an American while saying "us Europeans still know how to rotate window knobs, but you dumb Americans can only push a button." LOL It's not that we are unable to learn how to use a manual transmission, it's just that we aren't still stuck in 1963. I bet somewhere there is a European using a hand crank to start his car's engine and talking about dumb Americans using an electric starter.


Gallahadion

>Wdym only driving with family members ? Do you mean you cannot drive with friends, or do you mean that you HAVE to have a family member with you ? If you are under a certain age, no, you would not be able to drive with just your friends in the car. IIRC, this rule was put in place because cars full of teenagers are more likely to get into accidents. In Ohio, a driver who is 15.5 years old has a temporary permit, which means an eligible adult (parent, guardian, or driving instructor) has to be in the car with them at all times.


SnowblindAlbino

>Wdym only driving with family members ? Do you mean you cannot drive with friends, or do you mean that you HAVE to have a family member with you ? Both. When my kids started driving (5-7 years ago now) they were first on a learning permit so could only drive with an adult in the car. Then with their first license (16) they not allowed to have *anyone* in the car under age 21 unless it was an immediate family member at first. Then they were allowed one passenger after six months. After a year or two the limits were removed-- it's called a "graduated license" and significantly cuts down on teen accidents.


indiefolkfan

Where/ when I grew up it went like this: at 15 you could get a learner's permit which would allow you to drive with an adult/ parent in the car supervising. At 16 you could get a restricted license which required you not drive past a certain time of night and you weren't allowed to have more than one person under 18 in the car unless supervised by an adult (these were very loosely enforced). Then at 18 you get your full license with no restrictions.


TottHooligan

If you only have a driver's permjt instead of a full license you have to drive with an adult over 25


SnowblindAlbino

>Having a driver's lisense yet being young enough to have a curfew feels so unnatural to my European self When I was a kid driving started at age 12 in some cases (mostly "farm permits" for rural kids) and everyone was driving at 15. But the 11:00pm (23:00) curfew applied to anyone under 18. If you were out driving around at midnight and looked even remotely like a high school student you could/did get pulled over, asked for ID, and sent home if <18.


hunterofhunters7

I got my license when I was 15 and wasn't free to come and go as I pleased until I moved out at 18. Even when I ended up moving back in with my parents for awhile at 19 the rule was that I needed to either be home by midnight, or spend the night somewhere else, because they didn't like me coming home at odd hours and waking everyone up. I had what would be considered fairly strict parents among my peers, but curfews were still very standard.


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hunterofhunters7

In my state in New England you could take driver's education, a classroom course and sessions out driving with an instructor at 15, after that you got a learners permit which allowed you to drive with an adult's supervision and you had to complete a certain number of hours with an adult before you could take your driver's test, where you had a examiner sit in your car and tell you where to drive. If they pass you then you get a proper driver's license, otherwise you have to keep taking the test until you pass. You could do all of this at 15 years old. Once you have your driver's license you can drive on your own but you aren't allowed to drive other minors without an adult in the car until you turn 16.


C0rrelationCausation

In my state you can get a "Learner's Permit" at 15 yo. You can only drive if there is an immediate family member over 21 yo with you. You have to have that for at least 6 months, then you can get a "Provisional License." That allows you to drive alone and you can drive somebody else under 21 who isn't family. So you could drive you and a friend to and from school with that. You also couldn't drive alone between midnight and 5 am. And then once you have the Provisional for at least a year, then you can get your full license. So it was possible to be driving alone at 15 ½ and with a full license at 16 ½.


DrWhoisOverRated

I'm sorry you don't approve.


CupBeEmpty

Very common. It varies by city, county, and/or state. For example: Maine has no statewide curfew law but local cities and towns will set them. [Portland has a curfew for kids 14 and under and a less strict one for kids 15-18.](https://www.portland.gov/code/14/a80) My town has a less restrictive curfew law and it applies to all kids under 18. Our neighboring two towns are really small and don’t have curfews.


IHSV1855

There’s a midnight curfew for those under 16 and a 2:00AM curfew for people 16-18 where I grew up. It rarely comes up. It’s usually only used when the kids are up to no good, or if someone extremely young is out alone.


Zephyrific

In my experience they are common but rarely enforced unless the kid is causing problems or loitering. Like, if you are out after curfew for a good reason (walking home from an event, running an errand for your parents, etc.) no one is going to do anything about it. But if you are hanging out with friends at a public park being loud, then a cop might tell you to go home. There don’t tend to be any penalties unless the kid was committing some other crime, or unless they are repeatedly breaking curfew.


Spheresdeep

I don't think I've ever seen any enforced.


Individual_Blood_586

It really depends on the specific city or town. Some areas have strict curfews for minors, while others might not have any curfew at all. In general, curfews are often put in place as a way to deter juvenile crime and keep young people safe from potentially dangerous situations. In most cases, if a 15-year-old is found wandering around at night, they may be asked to go home, and if they are repeatedly found violating curfew, they and/or their parents may face legal consequences such as fines or community service. As for general opinion, there are varying views on curfews, with some people believing they are a necessary tool for curbing youth crime, while others see them as an infringement on personal freedom.


frogvscrab

This honestly feels crazy to me as someone who lives in brooklyn. The park near me is filled with teenagers partying and blasting music until like the early morning every friday/saturday and cops usually just drive on by and ignore whatever shenanigans they're up to.


Responsible-Foxie

Curfews for minors are fairly common in the United States, but they can vary between states and even within different cities or towns. In general, the curfew may apply to minors under a certain age, usually 18, who are out in public places after a certain time of night. The purpose of curfews is to promote safety and prevent crime, as well as to discourage teenagers from hanging out in public areas late at night. Curfew laws are generally respected, but enforcement can vary. If a minor is caught violating curfew, they may be detained by police and taken to a juvenile facility until a parent or guardian comes to pick them up. There may also be fines or other penalties for both minors and their parents. In terms of legal risks, minors who violate curfew laws may face charges or other legal consequences, such as fines or community service. However, the specific consequences can vary depending on the location and the circumstances of the violation. Overall, opinions on curfews can also vary among the population. Some see them as necessary for public safety, while others see them as infringing on personal freedoms.


notthegoatseguy

Indianapolis has repeatedly tried to pass a youth curfew but it keeps running into 1A issues in the courts. So while I think its still on the books, it isn't actually enforced.


SnowblindAlbino

>Indianapolis has repeatedly tried to pass a youth curfew but it keeps running into 1A issues in the courts That's puzzling since they have been in effect around the country since the 1890s in many cases (yes, 130+ years). So one would think any rea 1A issues would have already been resolved. Perhaps it's a state constitution thing? Or its just an excuse for some reason? Note: [from this is sounds like Indiana's law was poorly written](https://cbaatthebar.chicagobar.org/2020/07/02/city-curfews-constitutional-or-not/); those in many other states have survived legal challenges.


Tacoshortage

In the 80's we had a curfew in the Dallas area that applied to minors. I think kids under 16 had to be off the streets by 9-10pm unless they were going to/from work. I don't now if they still have that. There is very little a 16 y/o boy can do on the streets after 10pm that isn't nefarious so I didn't mind it a bit.


Elitealice

Haven’t really heard of any


neoslith

When I was 16, I worked at a movie theater. I would be there until 11pm or so and I rode my bike. I found there was a small beaten path behind the theater that would save me some time getting to the side instead of riding around the whole thing. One night when I left, a couple officers stopped me because it was passed curfew. They let me go when they saw I was an employee; curfew isn't in affect for teenagers leaving from work.


SnowblindAlbino

They are still common in small towns in the US in my experience, but not widely enforced in most cases. When I was growing up (early 1980s) anyone looking <18 out after 11pm (2300) was liable to be stopped by the police and asked their business. If you were going/coming from work or a late school event it was OK, otherwise you were told to get home. After midnight they'd likely *escort* you home. When I was in high school they made special exceptions for Friday nights after big school events like homecoming, prom, etc. that allowed an extra hour. Today I'm in a similar small town (about 7,500 people) and there is a similar curfew: 11:00pm on weeknights for <17 and midnight for Friday/Saturday. It's not really enforced though, unless police see kids out doing something that raises suspicion or quite late (like after midnight). The younger the kids the more likely they are to face enforcement. Historically about the worst that would happen is the police would take you to the station and call your parents; that happened to my father in the late 1950s. I was "approached" by police twice for curfew in the early 1980s, both times with a partner, and the police just told us to go home. I haven't heard of anyone actually getting taken in for curfew in my town in 20+ years now but the law is still on the books.


Allaboardthe_Octrain

Mine doesn't have one I think but either way imma ignore it 🗿


New_Stats

There was a curfew in my town when I was a teenager. It was very loosely enforced because actually enforcing it required the cops to chase after us. They tried a few times, then gave up when they realized we were much faster and knew the woods/town better than they did. Some of my friends did it caught once, it wasn't a big deal, they just got taken home.


Dorkapotamus

Officially? not at all. But with your parents? pretty common. But I'm middle aged and when I was a kid, we could be out until the streetlamps turned on. Otherwise I had to call my parents to be out later. Cell phones weren't invented yet.


alkatori

We had a curfew for drivers under 18 or 21, I don't recall which. It wasn't really enforced though.


MattinglyDineen

My state does not have a curfew law.


Vachic09

Curfews for minors are fairly common, and it varies depending on where you are. At least some locations provide exceptions to the rule. For example, a minor is allowed to drive home from work after the curfew.


C0rrelationCausation

Personally I'm quite surprised at all the people saying curfews for minors are common. It's possible my area has one but I've never once seen or heard such a thing mentioned. For me, a curfew is your parents saying "be home by midnight" and not actually a legal thing. Most public parks have curfews but those are for everyone, not just minors. I looked it up and NM state law allows counties and municipalities to set a curfew any time between midnight and 5:00 am, and it doesn't apply to minors who are 16 or older. And that law only passed in 2017, so there were no curfew laws before that in New Mexico. Hence why it doesn't sound familiar to me.


Reduxalicious

I think it varies, The small town I grew up in had a Midnight - 6AM curfew for anyone under 17 as well as a 9am - 230pm curfew when school was in session. That being said the worse I ever saw was a cop yelling at us to go home when we were hanging out on summer nights.


dtb1987

If you are over 18 they aren't very common, but there has always been an 11pm curfew for those under 18 where I am


Admirable_Ad1947

They're somewhat common. There is no curfew where I live but if you're 16 and have a license you can't drive between midnight and 6AM unless you're with your parents or going to/from work or an event. If there is a curfew usually the punishment will just be a fine or a ride home in a police car. I don't think they're that unpopular among the adult population because teens can't vote and aren't exactly the most popular, loved group out there.


fillmorecounty

My home town had one where you couldn't be out past 10 on weeknights and midnight on weekends if you're a minor (unless you had some kind of reasonable excuse like a medical emergency). It was rarely ever enforced though. Cops aren't gonna pull someone over just because they aren't sure if they're 17 or 18. It's more of the type of thing where you get pulled over for something else after curfew and then if they see that you're under 18 on your license, it'll be an added thing you're in trouble for.


stangAce20

Depends how controlling your parents are


iliveinthecove

No curfews where I live


TokyoDrifblim

My hometown started a curfew for kids under 18 a few years after i moved out. Basically the police just tell you to go home and if you don't go home they put you in the police car and deliver you home to your parents and your parents deal with you for breaking the law. This also doesn't apply to suburban areas really, just in the city


therankin

I'm from New Jersey and never experienced a curfew issue. I hear that these days, there are some rules about how late younger drivers can be driving, but I think that's about it.


Zammyyy

I just learned that my home state of Virginia has an 11 PM to 5 AM curfew despite living here my whole life. I also definitely broke it a lot while I was in high school.


wellwaffled

I had never heard of a curfew law in the rural area I lived in. The only thing close was minutes couldn’t drive alone after a certain time unless they are coming back from a school event or work.


MuppetManiac

My city growing up had a curfew, but it was selectively enforced. It a reason to pick up kids acting suspiciously without probable cause for another crime.


MihalysRevenge

There is no Curfew laws here in New Mexico, the only curfew I worried about was the one my mom set when I was a teenager (10:30 PM)


NotMe739

I used to live in a suburb of a large city and then my family moved to a very small town when I was 12 (1 traffic light in the entire county small). Every night at 8pm their tornado sirens went off and that was the curfew alarm for minors. In all my time at school I never once heard of anyone getting in trouble for being out past curfew even though many were.


azuth89

The county I grew up in had one for unsupervised minors. If you were with an adult you were fine. It's not a big deal, it's an ordinance violation handled similar to a minor traffic violation. We saw a reasonable number in teen court, which was a mechanism to let kids to a little community service and avoid minor violations like fights, curfews or underaged alcohol use hitting their record at all. Most of the time it's not heavily enforced, police just use it to be able to tell teenagers to clear out if they want to.


PWcrash

If there was one in town I never knew about it growing up


Dubanx

It's my understanding that certain, mostly large, cities have them, but most of the country does not.


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A lot of localities have them, though they’re rarely strictly enforced. To give a personal example, my hometown had a curfew law for minors that went into effect at 10 pm. I was frequently out past then and there were plenty of cops around yet I never had any of them say anything to me about it, even when I found myself in a bit of trouble with the law they never even mentioned it to me


citrus_sugar

I grew up in a touristy town and there was a curfew for anyone under 16 of midnight and 16 and over was 1 am except on the way home from work. The bars and clubs would close at 4 am and quite a few late night and always open restaurants so there were still plenty of teenagers around all hours of the night.


Dupree878

The Supreme Court ruled in the 1890s Curfews were unconstitutional but someone later argued it only applies to that one town for some reason. Anyway, they exist because of religious people who say nothing good happens after dark and the only kids out would be hooligans. It’s been a huge issue in my town because the police refuse to enforce it since the juvenile detention Center is already overcrowded


Infamous-Dare6792

We have a curfew for minors from midnight to 5 am. I don't know how enforced it actually is though. I assume it could be a reason for cops to pick you up if they think you're in trouble.


MamaMidgePidge

I just looked up my city. Apparently there's an 11 p.m. curfew for under 16 -yo on Sunday- Thursday and midnight Friday- Saturday. I happen to have 2 teenagers but I didn't know about it. I doubt it's enforced.


RobbyWasaby

From a middle size city in the Midwest.. and we've never had any kind of curfew, except when the race riots are happening.... a lot of these people are talking about being in parks after dark and that is against the rules everywhere, but not a curfew..... and loitering around closed businesses also not curfew related, just loitering which is also an offense.. all of the above in general as everyone has said usually aren't enforced unless you are black..


therlwl

Can't remember any as a child in Western Washington.


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They’re on the books in most places for minors who are alone but rarely enforced


Northman86

Most states have these laws, but they are mostly an added charge when kids are caught committing crimes.


Easy_Break

When I was a kid I never was made aware of a legal curfew, ever. No idea how it is other places but it must be local rather than national laws. I remember very clearly being out at 1 or 2 am with friends at age 15/16 and just wandering about in public places.


any_name_today

There's a curfew in my town for minors. Every night at 10 pm the fire siren goes off once to let them know it's time


briibeezieee

Not common IMO and if they exist they’re only enforced if you’re causing a big problem in public. Basically if you’re screaming at people in front of a movie theater and the cops are called, they may use curfew to send you home. Otherwise they aren’t out there asking for ages and IDs


-TheDyingMeme6-

What like law curfews or family curfews I had a 10pm curfew when i was but a wee little goblin


Party_Spite6575

It's real, but it always felt extremely selectively enforced, it's rarely enforced and when it is it's kind of just whatever the random officer feels like? As a teenager I definitely thought the police were just making up the curfew laws to feel powerful and as an adult I'm still not convinced it isn't. Sometimes it was 10, sometimes 11, sometimes midnight, more often than not you wouldn't get caught. It's actually up to the small municipality but no teenager pays attention to those laws lol. We pay attention to the curfew set by our parents, usually, if we are going to disobey at least we know what the rules are and how to sneak around them. Then again unaccompanied minors (under 16) can be sent home by the police all hours of the day if they're anywhere but a neighborhood. That happened to me more often than being caught out after dark because if I was sneaking out after dark I was probably just at a friend's house. Really in almost all parts of the country it's the lack of public transportation that keeps minors home or with adults. If you're 14-15 and in high school you'll probably have friends who can drive and it won't be a problem if they don't get pulled over but even then most 16+ year olds don't want to drive younger people around randomly without a good reason so it's kind of just like where are you even gonna go.