Wackiest road rules

Howmany of these littleknown Aussie laws were you aware of?

Think twice before running into the petrol station to pay for your fuel – leaving your door unlocked and moving more than three metres away could land you with a fine in NSW.

Be sure to get your ruler out when parking near a postbox. You’re not allowed to stop within three metres of a postbox unless you’re quickly jumping out of the car to mail a letter.

If nature calls mid-journey don’t concern yourself with finding a loo – it’s legal to urinate on the rear left tyre of your vehicle. However, it’s illegal to urinate in public, which trumps that law!

Despite what’s commonly thought to be true, there’s no law against driving in thongs or barefoot.

We Aussies apparently take vehicle security very seriously. It’s an offence to leave your car window down more than five centimetres in Qld and Vic. If you’re in NSW it’s just two

centimetres!

In some states a simple wave to a friend out the car window could land you in hot water. The law prevents you from allowing any part of your body to protrude from the car while it’s moving, except to make a hand signal if your indicators aren’t working.

If you’re in the habit of giving a little ‘toot’ on your horn to say hello, you are in violation of the law that prevents drivers from using their car’s warning mechanism unless absolutely necessary.

If you’re in Victoria, you’d better make sure you’re actually carrying bikes on that bike carrier attached to the back of your vehicle. An empty carrier can earn you a fine.

When driving past a bus stop, be careful not to go through a puddle and splash mud on waiting passengers. In NSW, doing so could land you a $165 fine. The rules say nothing about splashing mud on anyone else, however.

At traffic lights, rolling just a little over the stop line is still considered running a red light and could see you fined as much as $433!

Up until 1980, all taxis were required to carry a hay bale – a law left over from when taxis were carriages drawn by hungry horses!

You might be surprised to find out that even throwing organic rubbish, like a banana peel or apple core, from the car is still prohibited.