16 Weird Driving Laws from around the United States

California has a dress code when it comes to women behind the wheel. It's actually illegal for a woman to drive wearing a bathrobe.

Don't get lost in the town of Westminster, Colorado, or even cruise aimlessly within a small area.

"It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle, or as owner of a motor vehicle to permit its operation, past a traffic control point three times in the same direction within any three-hour period between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m"

Wow. Now that's specific.

It would seem difficult to drive a car without a steering wheel, but the town of Decatur, Illinois, is prepared for just such an event. The town made it illegal to drive without a steering wheel, in case you needed reminding that that control interface is important.

In their attempt to crack down on street racing, Kansas lawmakers have banned wheel spinning and tire squealing. We should point out that, were you to rip a burnout, it doesn't matter where you are or the specificity of their laws—you'll likely attract attention from the police.

South Berwick, Maine, made it illegal to park within 25 feet of its local Dunkin' Donuts. Studying the parking laws, it's clear that the town simply uses the coffee-and-doughnut chain as a reference point for acceptable parking zones on a specific street, but still, as written, the law sounds very amusing.

Keep your road rage at bay in Rockville, Maryland. Of course, it's a good idea to keep your emotions in check everywhere, but in Rockville you can be given a misdemeanor for getting caught using profanity on a street, highway, or sidewalk where a passerby might hear you.

The state of Massachusetts would like to remind everyone that, contrary to urban myth, it does not have an official law barring the transportation of a gorilla in your back seat.

That said, the state takes animal transportation quite seriously. The law that spurred the popular anti-gorilla-carrying myth states: "No person shall transport an animal in the back of a motor vehicle in a space intended for a load on the vehicle on a public way unless such space is enclosed or has side and tail racks to a height of at least 46 inches extending vertically from the floor, the animal is cross tethered to the vehicle, the animal is protected by a secured container or cage or the animal is otherwise protected in a manner which will prevent the animal from being thrown or from falling or jumping from the vehicle." That is oddly specific guidance, Massachusetts.

There were some obvious liberties taken in the translation of this law, but the intent was clearly to discourage having wild or endangered animals as pets and transporting these animals without proper security precautions (such as cages).

You might want to rinse off your car before heading into Minnetonka, Minnesota. There, driving around with dirt-clogged tires or wheel wells stuffed with clods and shedding that filth onto the road is considered a public nuisance.

In the 1800s, camels were imported to Nevada as the U.S. Army Camel Corps to transport supplies, an initiative that understandably lost steam with the advent of the car. Nevertheless, there were enough of them in the late 19th century that they spurred the Battle Born State to place a ban on camels walking on public highways.

The Garden State won't let you order a personalized vanity license plate for your car if you've ever been busted for DUI. There's a stipulation on the vanity plate application that you must have a clean record for at least 10 years before you can apply for one.

Make sure you're fully dressed—and plan to stay that way—before getting into your car in Sag Harbor, New York. It is illegal to disrobe in your vehicle there. We should point out that this technically doesn't rule out in-car intimacy, but it does inject the need for some creativity into the process.

Whether you're loading or unloading people or cargo from your vehicle in Oregon, be quick about it. You can be fined for leaving your car door open for an excessive amount of time.

When passing another vehicle, drivers in Rhode Island are required to honk their horns. Failure to do so could result in a ticket.

Do you consider yourself a neat freak? You're good to go in Hilton Head, South Carolina, where it is against the law to store trash in your car.