A taxi driver must ask passengers if they are suffering from plague or smallpox.
This is part of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, sections 33 and 34: Public Conveyances. The taxi driver has a right to refuse anyone who may have a notifiable disease, or they may elect to transport you and then immediately disinfect their vehicle (unlike a bus driver, who must refuse you altogether)….
It is illegal for taxi drivers to carry rabid dogs or corpses.
This is part of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, sections 33 and 34: Public Conveyances. An interesting discussion regarding this law (and a few others) can be found here.
It is illegal to ride bicycles on interstate highways.
Sec. 39-13. Pedestrians, bicycles, etc., prohibited on certain interstate highways. It shall be unlawful and an offense against the city for pedestrians to be upon, or for any person to operate a bicycle, a nonmotorized vehicle or a motor driven cycle of less than ten (10) horsepower, on any part of Interstate Highway 10 and…
It is legal to drive the wrong way down a one-way street if you have a lantern attached to the front of your car.
This may have been perfectly acceptable in times gone by, when there were few cars on the road and the majority of “traffic” was either horse-drawn, bicycle, or pedestrian. Just go slow and remain well-lit!