Road trips are one of the most incredible ways to travel.

You get to see everything, you feel ultimate freedom, and you can hop out of the car whenever something takes your fancy.

But they are sometimes long, which is why you need a long list of road trip jokes so that when you look back on your road trip, funny car rides will be one of your long-lasting and sweetest memories.

Before you get too exhausted, let’s crack on with these car jokes.

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Road Trip Jokes 

These jokes about road trips might get tire-ing but we think you’ll love them anyway.

1. Have you heard that Tesla’s don’t have that new car smell?

They have more of an Elon Musk.

2. Which road did Satan take whilst on his road trip?

Route 666.

3. What kind of car does Yoda drive around in?

A Toyoda.

4. What do you call a Mexican who has lost his car?

Carlos.

5. What makes amputees so good at road trips?

They’re always on the last leg.

6. I refuse to take my dog on road trips anymore.

He can be such a bark seat driver.

7. There is nothing I like more than sleeping through a road trip. But they’re always saying keep your eyes on the road.

8. I didn’t realize how bad of a driver I was until my navigation system told me: “In 400 feet, do a slight right, stop, and let me out.”

9. We are planning a road trip through Canada. My wife is concerned that our old camper van may break down.

I told her not to worry. After all, we have Triple Eh.

10. Schrodinger gets pulled over by a policeman. The cop is very serious and starts to search the trunk for anything suspicious.

Policeman: “Do you know there’s a dead cat in here?”

Schrodinger: “Well, I do now!”

11. Knock Knock.

Who’s there?

RV.

RV who?

RV there yet.

12. Where do bees stop to use the bathroom on road trips?

The BP station.

13. Why don’t cars work after you change their wheels?

Because they’re retired.

14. There was this car that was driving very slowly down the highway. A State Trooper pulls it over. “What have I done wrong, officer?” the driver asks.

“You are going 26mph on a major highway. There is a law against that,” the officer says to the driver. “You must go at least 50mph.”

“But when I turned on the highway, the sign said 26!” the driver replies.

“HA HA HA!” The officer laughs out loud. “That is because this is Interstate 26! The 26 isn’t the speed limit!”

The driver leans back in her car seat and the cop sees another woman sitting beside her. She looked as pale as a ghost.

“What happened to her?” the officer asks.

“I don’t know, but she has been that way ever since we got off of Interstate 160.”

15. A man was in court charged with parking his car in a restricted area. The judge asked if he had anything to say in his defense.

“They shouldn’t put up such misleading notices,” said the man. “It said FINE FOR PARKING HERE.”

16. As a senior citizen was driving down the freeway, his car phone rang. Answering, he heard his wife’s voice urgently warning him, “Herman, I just heard on the news that there’s a car going the wrong way on 280 Interstate. Please be careful!”

“Hell,” said Herman, “It’s not just one car. Its hundreds of them!”

17. WIFE: “There’s trouble with the car. It has water in the carburetor.”

HUSBAND: “Water in the carburetor? That’s ridiculous.”

WIFE: “I tell you the car has water in the carburetor.”

HUSBAND: “You don’t even know what a carburetor is. I’ll check it out. Where’s the car?”

WIFE: “In the pool.”

18. Why did the cyborg have to rest after his long road trip?

Because he had a hard drive.

19. I am driving through England on a road trip, and I’m supposed to be in Greenwich tomorrow.

Not too sure what to do in the Mean Time.

 20. I took a road trip with my girlfriend who finally confessed she needs to stop and hug every now and again to reduce anxiety.

 It was touch and go from there on.

21. I was talking with a friend. He said he wanted to surprise his wife with a trip up north, to the land of the midnight sun. I said “Alaska?” he said “NO! DONT! I said I want it to be a surprise!”

22. My husband, toddler, and I are on a road trip. We turned on to the highway…

And directly facing the sun. I pulled down my visor down.

“Man,” I said. “Just think, it’s so bright in here I need to squint, even though the sun is 93 million miles away.”

“What are you talking about?” my husband said. “He’s right behind us.”

23. Unexpected thing happened during road trip. Now bear with me.

24. A bug splattered on our windscreen while driving. I bet he doesn’t have the guts to do that again.

15. Driving through Georgia, my wife saw a sign for Jekyll Island. She turns to me and says, “Oh I’ve heard Jekyll island is really nice.”

So I said “Yeah, I’ve heard it’s a lot nicer than Hyde Island”

16. When is a car not a car?

When it turns into a driveway.

17. What kind of cars do cooks drive?

Chef-rolets.

 18. A man drove his expensive car into a tree…

And found out how the Mercedes bends.

19. What snakes are found on cars?

Windshield vipers.

20. What kind of petrol does Vin use?

Diesel.

21. What happened when they shut down the robot motorway?

Everyone had to take the R2-DeTour.

22. What did Darth Vader say when his car broke down 3 miles outside of town?

The empire hikes back.

23. What happens when a frog’s car breaks down?

It has to be toad away.

Road Trip Puns

More into puns than knock-knock jokes? No problem here. These road trip puns should tickle your ribs and have you chuckling.

Don’t keep them to yourself though, make sure you tell these to all your road trip buddies.

1. You drive me car-azy.

2.  I’ll go the extra mile for you.

 3. Kilometers are shorter than miles so take your next road trip in kilometers.

 4. Here today, gone tomorrow.

5. If Apple made a car…would it still have windows?

6.  Having a wheel-y nice time.

7.  When lost, hitch hiking is always a good rule of thumb.

8.  Loving this road trip but all the driving is tire-ing.

 9. Road trip to Peru? Alpaca my car.

10. Car puns are tire-ing.

11. I was gonna make a pun about road trips, but I ran out of gas.

12. My sister bet me that I couldn’t make a car out of spaghetti. You should have seen her face as I drove Pasta.

13. As I put the car in reverse, I thought to myself “this really takes me back”.

14. The fastest car in Mario is a ‘mini Koopa’.

15.  Ute be surprised at how long this road trip is.

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Final Thoughts On Jokes About Road Tripping

Let’s put the brakes on these funny jokes about driving for now.

If you enjoyed these road trip jokes and puns, you should definitely check out these jokes about beaches or jokes about traveling to keep the mood upbeat even more so on your long (but amazing) trip.

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About Melissa Giroux

Melissa Giroux founded abrokenbackpack.com in 2015 and has been living abroad since 2014. Originally from Canada, she has embraced a digital nomad lifestyle, working online from various destinations worldwide. Melissa is passionate about travel, technology, entrepreneurship, and CrossFit. Her extensive travels have taken her across Asia, Oceania, Europe, and North America. Currently, she resides in Thailand.


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