Comments on: Weird Canadian Driving Laws and Other Strange Rules of the Road

By: john

john — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:51:21 +0000

Also in Toronto on any day, you can get fined for farting on a streetcar.

Although pretty harsh, if you’ve been sardine’d in a streetcar during rush hour you would agree that someone dropping a stinker would definitely not make things pleasant.

Now enforcing it, I’d like to see that, because I don’t think it has ever happened, at least not that I am aware of.

By: steelfrog

steelfrog — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:49:57 +0000

“Of course, the strangest law that Quebec has is that you aren’t allowed to turn right on a red light. Since it’s expected and legal to turn right in Ontario, those travelers going into Quebec would do well to remember this law unless they want a ticket.”

It’s perfectly legal for us (Quebec) to turn right on red lights. The only exception is in Montreal where’s it not allowed.

By: web

web — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:00:45 +0000

I’ve also heard California has a few … eg. no texting while driving. Duh!

By: John

John — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:34:20 +0000

” Cars parked in public places must be locked, and their windows must be down to less than the width of a hand. ”

I believe they mean you are not allowed to have your window down more than the width of a hand — not that you “must” have it down… probably to deter people frmo stealing (and thus police having to deal with it). Stupid law anyway but just wanted to clarify what they most likely meant.

By: brad

brad — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:17:57 +0000

“Cars parked in public places must be locked, and their windows must be down to less than the width of a hand. (This one boggles the mind a little. What if it rains or snows, do people in Montreal just deal with wet interiors?”

let’s say the width of a hand is 1 inch. 0 inches is less than one inch, so they can have their windows not down at all. Nothing mind boggling about it except why you think a closed window would make the interior wet.

By: David

David — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:03:30 +0000

I think you got it wrong, you cannot leave your windows open *more* than the width of a hand, so that a thief cannot open you door from the outside, which would completely nullify the law. This law has been passed to diminish the number of car thefts in the Montreal region. I do agree though that this law is awfully patronizing.