15 Weirdest Driving Laws From Around The World*

1. Hackney carriages should carry a bale of hay and a bag of oats at all times in London.

Hay... Do you like oats? Well this is your lucky day! - src: giphy.com

Apparently, this law was repealed in the 1970's but it's one of those modern myths which have just stuck. Clearly it took a while for the penny to drop that Hackney Cabs have been horseless since the advent of the motor engine. Top marks for observation, Britain...

2. Caught Short on the Motorway? Men can pee on the right-hand rear tyre of their vehicle in the UK

Really gotta go? - src: tumblr.com

Now technically this may not have been repealed, but we don't recommend it. Public indecency laws aside, do you really want to relieve yourself on your freshly polished alloys? Maybe try and hold it until the next services...

More after the jump...

8 classic cartoon cars we all wanted to drive as kids

I grew up on a healthy diet of Saturday morning cartoons. I spent hours curled up on the sofa in my Spiderman pjs munching on sugary cereal staring at the screen as I kicked butt with anthropomorphic sea life; solved crime with men in lycra wearing their underpants on the outside; and foiled the nefarious schemes of Old Man Jenkins the janitor right from the comfort of my improvised pillow fort.

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But for me the most memorable kids shows always had really cool set of wheels because really, the cars saved the day. They could do anything, be anything they needed to be with gadgets galore to get our heroes out of the worst scrapes the animators could throw at them. Forget Ferrari, I want a Hana-Barbera model! That's why I'm paying homage this week to 8 of the best classic cartoon cars...