Minding your pees and queues

TORONTO — Tired of being stuck on Hwy 401 for the last two hours? The possibility of mandatory speed limiters got you down? Or maybe your shoulder harness is a bit too snug.

Don’t fret. There are far worse places to be driving.

Consider this list of wonky road do’s and don’ts from around the world, just in from the Canadian Automobile Association magazine.

Many of Bangkok’s one-way roads change their direction at certain hours of the day.

In traffic-heavy Manila, vehicles with licence plates ending with the numbers 1 or 2 are forbidden from operating on city roads on Mondays between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Taxi drivers in Finland must pay royalty fees to the Finnish Copyright Society if they play music in their cars while transporting paying customers.

It is illegal to park on the side of the road almost everywhere in Japan.

Taxis in Australia must carry a bale of hay in the trunk.

Left turns are pretty much banned in South Korea.

In the UK, it is A-okay for a male to urinate in public, provided it is on the rear wheel of his motor vehicle and his right hand is on the vehicle.

In certain areas of Shanghai, it is illegal for drivers to honk their horns.

It all makes Canadian routes suddenly seem, well, civilized.