If your thinking about taking the family on a cross country excursion this summer, it may be a good idea to familiarize yourself with some of these bizarre traffic laws that are actually on the books.

When you're a new driver, you learn the rules of the road in the drivers education classes, but there are some laws about traffic, car ownership, road rules, and even pumping gas that few people know are really laws that are on the books and could get you a stiff fine.

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We've picked out ten states with these weird laws that you may actually be driving to or through this summer, just be careful you obey all the rules of the road, no matter how crazy they may seem.

10 WEIRD TRAFFIC LAWS TO WATCH OUT FOR THIS SUMMER

LOOK: See how much gasoline cost the year you started driving

To find out more about how has the price of gas changed throughout the years, Stacker ran the numbers on the cost of a gallon of gasoline for each of the last 84 years. Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (released in April 2020), we analyzed the average price for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline from 1976 to 2020 along with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for unleaded regular gasoline from 1937 to 1976, including the absolute and inflation-adjusted prices for each year.

Read on to explore the cost of gas over time and rediscover just how much a gallon was when you first started driving.

LOOK: Route 66’s quirkiest and most wonderful attractions state by state

Stacker compiled a list of 50 attractions--state by state--to see along the drive, drawing on information from historic sites, news stories, Roadside America, and the National Park Service. Keep reading to discover where travelers can get their kicks on Route 66.

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