Wed 1 Oct 2008
You cannot live without some special traffic rules while on road, of course, but some of them are too crazy and absurd.
1. You cannot drive an ugly horse in Washington.
2. In Memphis, Tennessee, it is illegal for a woman to drive a car unless there is a man either running or walking in front of it waving a red flag to warn approaching motorists and pedestrians.
3. In Utah all kinds of birds have the rights of way on any highways.
4. In China drivers who stop at pedestrian crossings may receive a fine or a warning under Article 40 of the Beijing Traffic Laws.
5. In Youngstown, Ohio, you may not run out of gas.
6. In Pennsylvania any motorist driving along a country road at night must stop every mile and send up a rocket signal, wait 10 minutes for the road to be cleared of livestock, and continue.
7. You may not ride a camel in Nevada.
8. In California laws made it illegal to jump from a car at 65 mph.
9. It is also prohibited woman to drive a vehicle in house coat there.
10. When you want to catch a taxi in Johannesburg, South Africa, you must show “V†sign.
11. In Indianola, Iowa, “Ice cream Man†and his truck are prohibited.
12. In Hartford, Connecticut, you mustn’t cross the street walking on hands.
13. In Denver, Colorado, you must not drive a black car on Sundays.
14. In Alabama State you may not drive barefooted.
15. In the UK it is prohibited to drive a car without sitting in the front seat.
16. In Marietta, Georgia it is illegal to spit from a car or a bus, but it is quite legal to spit from a truck.
17. In the same town it is prohibited chicken to cross the street.
18. If you had no time to disrobe, do it wherever you like, but the car. It is strongly prohibited by the law.
19. Greece prohibits to drive a vehicle if you are poorly dressed or unwashed.
20. “You may not start a car if anyone is under itâ€, Denmark traffic law says.
21. Massachusetts driving laws forbid taxi drivers to make love in the front seat of their taxi during their shifts.
22. All drivers in Turkey must take a medical bag up to 18st 12lbs.
23. In Florida you may not ride a skateboard without license.
24. Alaska laws made it illegal to tether a dog to the roof of a car.
25. In Kentucky you will be fined if your pet molests a vehicle.
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October 2nd, 2008 at 3:24 am
oh that’s really cool!
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:52 am
5. In Youngstown, Ohio, you may not run out of gas.
Geez. If the YPD enforced that one, Youngstown would be one of the weathiest cities in the USA. I see no less than a dozen cars on the side of the road each day.
October 2nd, 2008 at 8:25 am
Shenanigans.
October 2nd, 2008 at 8:54 am
As I was reading this article, i thought it was fictitious but after reading about Johannesburg, I am somehow convinced that the rest of the points could also be true.
In Johannesburg, you flash different kinds of signs in order for the taxi driver to know your route and eventually stop in order to pick you.The signs are well known amongst the locals. I agree with the author.One of the signs is the“V†sign.
October 2nd, 2008 at 10:02 am
also
in Oklahoma, it is illegal to harpoon whales from the car window.
October 2nd, 2008 at 10:38 am
Interesting, but it would be great if these were coherent sentences.
October 2nd, 2008 at 10:57 am
I’m from Denver. This is nonsense.
October 2nd, 2008 at 11:00 am
I live in Alabama. It is legal to drive barefooted here.
October 2nd, 2008 at 11:32 am
those are really funny… however the one in denver that states its illegal to drive a black car on sundays is so stupid. i used to live there and have friends that drive black cars 7 days a week lol they never enforce it why its in the lawbooks i have no idea… people are idiots
October 2nd, 2008 at 12:02 pm
this is a bunch of crap… cant ride a skateboard in florida without a license?? totally not true.. i live and florida and skated for 4 years…3 of which without a license..
October 2nd, 2008 at 12:09 pm
#10 The ‘V’ sign is one of many so customers can to tell passing taxi drivers what part of the city they want to go to. This way they can choose whether to stop or not.
October 2nd, 2008 at 1:24 pm
i think its illegal to drive barefooted just about everywhere in the US
October 2nd, 2008 at 1:47 pm
25 makes absolute sense if you know what “molests” means. I certainly would want a dog owner fined if his dog jumped on my hood, or clawed at my door, or did any other act on my car.
October 2nd, 2008 at 1:49 pm
“19. Greece prohibits to drive a vehicle if you are poorly dressed or unwashed.”
Not true.
October 2nd, 2008 at 10:26 pm
did yoda write this article:
11. In Indianola, Iowa, “Ice cream Man†and his truck are prohibited.
18. If you had no time to disrobe, do it wherever you like, but the car. It is strongly prohibited by the law.
Writing not good you are.[sic]
October 3rd, 2008 at 12:44 am
Thats bull shit!
I live in Pennsylvania, and we definitely DO NOT have to stop every mile and fire a rocket signal and wait 10 minutes.
Why even put this shit out?
It makes me wonder how many more of these aren’t true.
What, did you get all hopped up on an crack and decide that it was a good idea to make up a bunch of phony traffic laws and posted them so people would think your cool.
What the fuck, for once I want to see someone actually put out some truths on the internet, that would be the day.
October 3rd, 2008 at 1:22 am
How about being illegal to talk on your cell phone in the car in California? Putting a hands-free device on your head is not going to make you a better driver. Make it all or make it nothing. Just to be clear here also, I am on the side who thinks that talking on the phone and driving is just fine if you aren’t retarded
October 3rd, 2008 at 10:58 am
Ummm wow to all the people who have something bad to day about this guy lying. There are these ridiculous laws that are not enforced everywhere. They were written a loooong time ago. Chill out!
October 3rd, 2008 at 11:27 am
Um, I hope you all know that these laws may actually exist but not be enforced. Often old laws are never repealed, but they simply are no longer enforced. so actually, this isn’t bullshit. just because you never got in trouble for doing any of those things doesn’t mean the laws don’t exist.
October 3rd, 2008 at 2:08 pm
This isn’t the only site to have mentioned some of these laws. So I guess most of it is true, they are just so laughable that they just don’t bother to prosecute and it is just too much time to have them abolished or whatever.
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:25 pm
The Johannesburg one is bullshit.. I’m from South Africa and you can give basically any signal for a taxi and it will pull over… unless ofcourse you give him the middle finger… then he might just run your over :P
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:35 pm
you don’t drive a horse
October 4th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
they are not phony laws.. they are called blue laws.. at one point in time they were inforced but no longer! look it up .. Blue laws… theres a SHIT ton more… i do believe in ohio somewhere its illegal to wear patent leather on sundays!… at one point in time they did give out sitations for it!!
October 6th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
“you don’t drive a horse”
if it’s hitched to a carriage or wagon, you do.
November 17th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
No. 10 is sorta true. People do do it but it’s not a law.
November 18th, 2008 at 1:19 am
so why couldn’t the chicken cross the road?
.. anyone?
November 1st, 2009 at 8:06 am
these laws are on the books but many times the police dept. refuse to enforce the laws because they are so stupid and also because they have better things to do such as robberies and rapes and shotings ect.The police realize that they cannot protect the citizens if they spend all there time trying to enforce these stupid laws.
April 13th, 2010 at 1:35 am
I’ve seen “blue laws” before. There is actually a book of them. It’s funny to see how absurd these seem now but when they were created it was a whole different world.