These are the laws you probably have no idea you’re breaking…from swearing at other drivers to singing Happy Birthday in a restaurant

HAVE you sung happy birthday in a restaurant last night, or hoovered your home at 8pm?

You were breaking the law and in fact, you're likely to commit a crime 32 times this year - but how?

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So which laws am I breaking?

Here's our list of "crimes" you may have committed in your lifetime.

And there's bound to be some you weren't aware of...

Singing Happy Birthday in a restaurant

Happy Birthday To You is hardly ever sung in movies or on TV shows, and that's because you have to pay a hefty fee to the copyright holder for every performance.

The rights to the song were purchased by Warner/Chappell for £16million ($25million) in the 1980s.

The same goes for singing the song in a public restaurant, so you're better off singing it at home for now.

According to a survey of 2,000 Brits, 48 per cent of us have broken this rule.

Swearing or gesturing at other road users

Swearing and gesturing at other drivers is counted as "disorderly behaviour", meaning it could land you with a fine equal to 75 per cent of your weekly income.

But 40 per cent of Brits have still broken this law.

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Eating or drinking while driving

As it stands, eating or drinking at the wheel is not illegal - unless it causes a distraction to the driver, in which case it could be categorised as "careless driving".

But you could still get a fine equal to 75 per cent of your weekly income, and three points on your licence.

Some 39 per cent of Brits have broken this rule.

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Vacuuming on Sundays

If you ever hoover after 8pm on a weekday, you could be counted as a nuisance neighbour - and be breaking the law.

And don't even think about turning the device on before 8am.

Annoyingly, you're also not meant to vacuum after 1pm on a Saturday - or at all on a Sunday.

All of which makes it pretty difficult for those of us with 9-5 jobs.

Unsurprisingly, 36 per cent of people have broken this rule.

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Beeping a horn for the wrong reason

It's illegal to beep your horn for any reason other than to alert other road users that you are there.

But 31 per cent of Brits have broken this law, normally by honking out of annoyance.

Being drunk in a pub

It's illegal for a landlord to allow drunkeness in his or her pub - according to a bizarre law from 1872.

But 30 per cent of boozy Brits have broken this golden rule, according to research commissioned by BT TV.

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Parking on a pavement

This one is currently only illegal in London, although the Local Government Association hope to give councils powers to roll it out across the country - meaning you could be slapped with a £60 fine.

Some 34 per cent of us have parked on pavements.

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