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Is it legal to accidentally pee your pants outside in a city ?

Asked by RedDeerGuy1 (24463points) June 9th, 2017

Or to throw up on the street? Just wondering. In general. I really want to know.

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stanleybmanly's avatar

Illegal to be sick or incontinent? You really do need a hobby. The opposite is true of course. If you can whip “it” out in time to avoid wetting your pants, you face arrest for indecent exposure or public urination. On the other hand, you can wet your pants all day long and suffer little more than considerable embarrassment and chapped legs.

Coloma's avatar

Haha…I nominate this as question of the day.

No, if one is sick or incontinent it is not a crime. Now if you’re pissing your pants slumped in the gutter with a tall boy in your hand, that’s a whole different scenario. lol

stanleybmanly's avatar

I’ve been told that drenching your pant leg with a bottle of water is an excellent way to enjoy an entire seat and square feet of open space on an otherwise crowded bus or subway car.

LuckyGuy's avatar

This is a great question!!!
If you recall I had prostate surgery ~8 years ago. After surgery almost all men are incontinent for a while. ⅓ are still incontinent at 3 months, 10% are still incontinent at one year! When you have to go, you have to go RIGHT NOW! Eventually the problem sorts itself out but that part of the recovery is pretty debilitating and embarrassing for most guys. They often bring up the subject at support group meetings.
One guy had a true horror story. He lives in Indiana and, 2 months after surgery, was on one of the highways driving home from work when the traffic slowed to a crawl and then stopped. He was sitting in the car for about an hour when “nature’s call” began screaming at him. He tried to resist but could not. He got out of the car and ran into the woods on the side of the road to relieve himself. Traffic hadn’t moved so he got back in the car and eventually went on his way.
However, a little while later he approached a police car on the side of the road and an officer pointed to him indicating he should pull over. He complied.
The conversation went something like this:
Officer: Sir, Did you relieve yourself in the woods earlier?”
Guy: Yes I did.
Officer: Someone in another car called in a complaint. Did you open your pants and take out your equipment to relieve yourself?
Guy: Of course! Otherwise I would be soaked.
Officer: I am giving you a ticket for indecent exposure.
Guy: (Silently WTF?!?!?!)
In Indiana that “Crime” is a classified as a sex offense!!! He is a sex offender – granted, he is the lowest (least dangerous) type but a sex offender nonetheless.
Incredible.
What was the lesson for us? Keep your mouth shut and deny it. Real criminals know this.

Earthbound_Misfit's avatar

^^ proof that the law is an ass. How damn ridiculous. Could he not appeal based on medical grounds? Poor man.

Yellowdog's avatar

Its not a crime its a true accident.

But it might be if you do it on purpose in front of minors—for a reaction or for sexual gratification. If you get sexual gratification for peeing on yourself and letting others see it in public – and seek out places to do this such as parks, shopping malls, or church—you have a sure case of Urolagnia. You may find that you only like talking about it even if it didn’t really happen. Its nt exactly exhibitionalism but you still might be detained if done in front of minors

If you like pooping on yourself for reaction you may have a really bad case of coprophillia Peeing on yourself may get a humorous reaction but crapping on yourself will be really unpleasant for others.

Why not just carry around an open bag of diapers or incontinent undergarments and “accidentally” let people see—put an open diaper bag next to you in church so that the family behind you can see it when everyone stands up.

anniereborn's avatar

@Yellowdog That felt awfully mean spirited. Even with the first sentence as a caveat. Certainly the OP didn’t hint of anything involving either of those two fetishes.

Yellowdog's avatar

It isn’t a crime to do it by accident but it is if you do it on purpose in front of minors or children. It would be considered exhibitionalism. Doubtful it is actually a chargeable offense

If ts by accident, how can it be against the law?

LuckyGuy's avatar

After hearing of this horror story some of the guys spent some time to check their state’s rules. they vary from “nothing found”, “nuisance”, “littering” all the way to “sex offense.”

@Earthbound_Misfit. That law really is over the top. He was recovering from surgery and thought he was speaking to a sympathetic ear. Once he readily admitted he did it, that he opened his fly, took it out and let fly in a public area, he was done. He had exposed himself. The cop had the full confession. A no-brainer for the cop. Ugh!

PullMyFinger's avatar

I can’t speak for other places, but local code around here states that if you do that…..

Urine trouble.

PullMyFinger's avatar

What ?.....WHAT ??................

It says it right there in the code.

Blame the county, not me….

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