The world's weirdest road rules will baffle you beyond belief

The world is full of weird road rules, from confusing laws about texting and driving in Sweden to the ‘Michigan left’.

The Michigan left is notorious.

Instead of turning left, you have to drive ahead or turn right and then use a median crossover to make a U-Turn, which seems overly complicated in comparison to simply turning left.

But wait until you hear what’s illegal in Alabama.

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Who came up with this?

Some of these road rules are so strange you kind of have to wonder, who came up with this?

Some are comprehensible if you think about it hard enough.

It’s illegal to run out of gas on the German Autobahn, because if you run out of gas you have to pull over next to the hard shoulder, and that’s dangerous.

In Spain, using your car horn without good reason is a fineable offense, which is also understandable.

What’s not understandable is why you risk being fined if you drive a dirty car in Moscow.

Some unusual road rules are no longer in place.

For example, it used to be completely legal to text and drive in Sweden.

Sweden, the country that’s pioneering electrified roads for its electric cars, has changed this law about a thousand times.

Over a decade ago, it used to be completely legal.

Then they changed the law to legal unless it has a ‘considerable impact’ on driving, which sounds a bit vague.

The situation is quite similar today, and it’s up to the police to determine if a driver’s phone use is ‘negatively impacting their driving’. 

Alabama has some weird road rules

Everyone knows you can still turn right even if there’s a red light in North America.

But some US states have some really strange rules.

For example, if you go to Alabama, make sure you don’t wear a fake mustache in church and, on your way to church, make sure you’re not wearing a blindfold if you’re driving – because both things are illegal.