Britain Horse Racing, Royal Ascot, Ascot Racecourse on June 16, 2016. Ladies Day Racegoers wear hats. (Photo by Toby Melville/Reuters)

Icelandic horses play on a stud farm in Wehrheim Frankfurt, Germany, as the sun rises on Thursday, May 21, 2020. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)

A Palestinian man rides his horse on the beach at sunset in the northern Gaza City, 18 Novemebr 2021. (Photo by Mohammed Saber/EPA/EFE)

Icelandic horses play on a meadow in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, as the sun rises on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)

Many laws still in existence throughout the united states are wildly outdated, rendering them completely ridiculous, useless and bizarre. The absurdity is illustrated by new York-based photographer Olivia Locher, who catalogs the crazy rules and regulations of each state in a playful photographic series ‘I fought the law’. Readers might be surprised to learn that in Rhode island, it is illegal to wear transparent clothing, nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool in California and Arizona residents may not have more than two dildos in a house. Take a look at the ongoing series below to find out more about the peculiar oddities present in the American legal system.

A “caixer” (horse rider) rears up on his horse surrounded by a cheering crowd during the traditional “Jaleo” at the Sant Antoni Festival in Es Castell, Balearic Islands, Spain on July 27, 2019. (Photo by Matthias Oesterle/Zuma Press/Picturedesk.com)

A rider rears up on his horse while surrounded by a cheering crowd during the traditional Fiesta of Sant Joan (Saint John) in downtown Ciutadella, on the island of Menorca, Spain June 23, 2016. Horse riders are representatives of ancient Ciutadella society – nobility, clergy, craftsmen and farmers. (Photo by Enrique Calvo/Reuters)

A child enjoys a bath in a horse feeding tub near Settle, North Yorkshire, on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, as he and his family, from Accrington, Lancashire, head to Appleby, Cumbria, for the world-famous Appleby Horse Fair, which starts a week on Thursday, 9 June 2022. (Photo by Lorne Campbell/Guzelian)