While, we have been told that all the rules and laws of the road are put into place to keep us safe and sound, we can’t help but question the reasoning behind some of them.
While, we have been told that all the rules and laws of the road are put into place to keep us safe and sound, we can’t help but question the reasoning behind some of them.
Get ready to read and laugh, as we reveal the twenty of the strangest and weirdest driving laws from around the world.
1. In Britain, a law still states that all Hackney carriages must carry a bale of hay and a bag of oats with them at all times!
2. In Denmark, drivers have to check under the car before they even start the car. To see if there’s a person ‘underneath.’
3. Eating or drinking anything, while driving in Cyprus is illegal. Even water!
4. In Russia, you’ll be fined if you drive a dirty car.
5. In Germany, it is illegal to run out of fuel on the Autobahn highway.
6. In Luxembourg, all cars must have windshield wipers, even if they don’t have a windshield.
7. In Spain, you must have an extra pair of glasses in the car at all times, even if you’re already wearing a pair.
8. In Scandinavia, it is illegal to drive without headlights, even in daylight.
9. In Manila, Philippines you are not allowed to drive on Mondays if your number plate ends in 1 or 2.
10. In Singapore, it’s against the law for a driver to come within 50 metres of a pedestrian.
11. In Alabama, it is illegal to drive the wrong way down a one-way street as long as a lantern is attached to the front of your car.
12. Also, it is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded, while operating a vehicle in Alabama.
13. In Alaska, it is illegal to tie a dog to the roof of your car.
14. In Arkansas, it is illegal for a person to blare the horn on a vehicle at any place where cold drinks or sandwiches are served after 9PM.
15. In California and Tennessee, shooting animals from your car is illegal, unless that animal is a whale.
16. In Florida, if an elephant is tied to a parking meter, the owner or an attendant must deposit money in the meter.
17. In Illinois, it is unlawful to change clothes, while inside a car with the curtains drawn, except during a fire.
18. In Massachusetts, you will be fined if you drive with a gorilla in the back-seat of your car.
19. If your car breaks down in Michigan, be aware that sitting in the middle of the street to read a newspaper is illegal.
20. In New Orleans and Memphis, it is a law that a woman must have a man in front of the car, with a warning flag if is she is to drive.
The world is full of ridiculous laws and the law makers have never tried to ponder over it!!!! Rediculous!!!
