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Strange Traffic Rules

Traffic rules are the laws which govern traffic and regulate cars and vehicles to offer a better combination of travel safety and efficiency. Traffic rules and regulations are developed over time to facilitate the orderly and timely flow of traffic.

All the countries of the world have different sets of traffic rules. Some of these rules and regulation can be sometime strange. The following is the list of such strange and weird traffic rules:

Unusual traffic regulations from around the world

In downtown Ottawa if you ride a horse into town and tie it up in front of the Chateau Laurier (a 5 Star Hotel). A 100 year old bylaw is still on the books that Hotel Staff must feed and water the horse for you while you are in the hotel.
Many of Bangkok's one-way roads change their direction at certain hours of the day.
In traffic-heavy Manila, vehicles with license plates ending with the numbers 1 or 2 are forbidden from operating on city roads on Mondays between 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Taxi drivers in Finland must pay royalty fees to the Finnish Copyright Society if they play music in cars while transporting paying customers.
It is illegal to park on the side of the road almost everywhere in Japan.
Taxis in Australia must carry a bale of hay in the trunk.
In Switzerland, washing cars on Sunday is frowned upon.
South Korean drivers cannot turn left except at certain intersections where indicated.
In the UK, it is legal for a male to urinate in public, provided it is on the rear wheel of his motor vehicle and his right hand is on the vehicle.
Rental cars have been banned in order to control road traffic in Bermuda.
In certain areas of Shanghai, it is illegal for drivers to honk their horns.
In Switzerland pedestrians must use zebra crossings to cross the road unless there isn’t one within 50 metres.
Again, in Switzerland, you can be fined for speeding when actually not exceeding the indicated speed limit if conditions are not suitable.
Under Article 11 of South Korea’s Traffic Law, a blind person can only walk with a white wand while on the streets.
In South Korea, traffic police are required to report all bribes that they receive from motorists.
In the UK, it is illegal for taxi drivers to carry rabid dogs or corpses and by law they must ask all passengers if they have small pox or the plague.
In San Salvador, drunk drivers can be punished by death before a firing squad.
In Alabama, it is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while driving a vehicle.
In Ontario, Canada the speed limit is 80 km/h for cars, but bicyclists have the right of way.

According to New Brunswick Provincial Laws, Canada, driving on roads is not allowed.
In Montreal, you may not wash your car in the street; you may not park a car in such a way that it is blocking your own driveway and "For Sale" signs are not permitted in the windows of moving vehicles.
Cars parked in public places in Canada must be locked and their windows must be down to less than the width of a hand and one's rear license plate may not be protected by glass or plastic.
In Australia, you may never leave your car keys in the door of an unattended vehicle.
A driver who needs to turn through oncoming traffic has the right of way unless he slows down or stops in Belgium.
According to Article 40 of the Beijing Traffic Laws, drivers of power-driven vehicles who stop at pedestrian crossings are liable to a fine of up to five yen or a warning.
In Denmark, before starting your car you are required to check lights, brakes, steering and honk your horn and make a visual check to make sure there are no children underneath the car.
If your vehicle stalls and you leave it on the side of the road, you must mark the vehicle with a red, reflecting triangle. This equipment is only mandatory when the car stalls not at any other times according to Danish traffic rules.
Green traffic lights do not always mean you have right of way - if there is a yellow light flashing, then you can only proceed with caution, if the yellow flashing light shows a little man, pedestrians have priority and you must give way to them.
In Denmark again, if a horse drawn carriage is trying to pass a car and the horse becomes uneasy, the owner of the car is required to pull over and if necessary, cover the car and no one may start a car while someone is underneath the vehicle.
According to Danish laws, headlights must be on whenever a vehicle is being operated in order to distinguish it from parked cars and when driving, you must have someone in front of your car with a flag to warn horse drawn carriages that a motorcar is coming.
In France, it is illegal to take photos of police officers or police vehicles, even if they are just in the background.
In Isreal, bicycles may not be ridden without a license.
In Saudi Arabia, a woman may not drive a car.
In Switzerland, It is required that every car with snow tires has to have a sticker on its dashboard which tells that the driver should not drive faster than 160 km/h with these tires and the highest speed allowed on national freeways is 120 km/h.
If you forget you car-keys inside the car and you leave the car open, you will be punished in Switzerland.
In Thailand, you must wear a shirt while driving a car.