Compare Driving Rules by Country

Compare speed limits, alcohol limits, driving age, winter tyre laws, and driving side for every country. Sortable and filterable master comparison table.

Country ▲▼	Urban km/h	Rural km/h	Motorway km/h	BAC %	Age	Side	Winter Tyres	Emergency
Afghanistan	50	80	100	—	18	R	No	112
Åland Islands	—	—	—	—	—	R	—	112
Albania	40	80	110	0.01	18	R	Seasonal	112
Algeria	50	80	120	0.01	18	R	No	112
American Samoa	—	—	—	—	16	R	—	112
Andorra	50	90	—	0.05	18	R	No	112
Angola	50	80	100	0.06	—	R	No	112
Anguilla	—	—	—	—	18	L	—	911
Antarctica	—	—	—	—	—	R	—	—
Antigua and Barbuda	—	—	—	0.08	—	L	—	911
Argentina	40	110	130	0.05	17	R	Seasonal	911
Armenia	—	—	—	—	18	R	Seasonal	112
Aruba	—	—	—	0.05	—	R	—	911
Australia	50	100	110	0.05	18	L	No	000
Austria	50	100	130	0.05	17	R	Seasonal	112
Azerbaijan	—	—	—	—	18	R	—	112
Bahamas	—	—	—	0.08	17	L	—	911
Bahrain	50	80	120	—	18	R	No	112
Bangladesh	25	35	—	—	18	L	No	999
Barbados	—	—	—	0.08	—	L	—	911
Belarus	60	90	110	0.03	18	R	Required	112
Belgium	50	70	120	0.05	18	R	No	112
Belize	—	—	—	0.08	—	R	—	911
Benin	50	80	100	0.08	—	R	No	112
Bermuda	—	—	—	—	—	L	—	911
Bhutan	50	80	100	—	—	L	No	112
Bolivia	40	80	—	0.05	18	R	No	911
Bosnia and Herzegovina	50	80	130	0.03	18	R	Required	112
Botswana	50	80	100	0.08	—	L	No	112
Bouvet Island	—	—	—	—	—	R	—	—
Brazil	60	80	110	—	18	R	No	190
British Indian Ocean Territory	—	—	—	—	—	R	—	112
British Virgin Islands	—	—	—	—	—	L	—	911
Brunei	50	80	100	—	18	L	No	112
Bulgaria	50	90	140	0.05	18	R	Required	112
Burkina Faso	50	80	100	0.08	—	R	No	112
Burundi	50	80	100	0.08	—	R	No	112
Cambodia	40	60	100	0.05	18	R	No	112
Cameroon	50	80	100	0.08	16	R	No	112
Canada	50	80	100	0.08	—	R	Seasonal	911
Cape Verde	—	—	—	0.05	—	R	—	112
Caribbean Netherlands	—	—	—	—	—	R	—	911
Cayman Islands	—	—	—	—	17	L	—	911
Central African Republic	50	80	100	0.08	—	R	No	112
Chad	50	80	100	—	—	R	No	112
Chile	60	100	120	0.03	17	R	Seasonal	131
China	50	70	120	0.02	18	R	No	110
Christmas Island	—	—	—	—	—	L	—	112
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	—	—	—	—	—	L	—	112
Colombia	60	80	120	0.02	16	R	No	123
Comoros	50	80	100	—	—	R	No	112
Cook Islands	—	—	—	—	—	L	—	112
Costa Rica	40	60	100	0.05	18	R	No	911
Croatia	50	90	130	0.05	18	R	Seasonal	112
Cuba	50	60	100	—	18	R	No	911
Curaçao	—	—	—	0.05	18	R	—	911
Cyprus	50	80	100	0.05	18	L	No	112
Czechia	50	90	130	—	—	R	Required	112
Denmark	50	80	130	0.05	17	R	No	112
Djibouti	50	80	100	—	—	R	No	112
Dominica	—	—	—	0.08	—	L	—	911
Dominican Republic	40	60	80	0.05	18	R	No	911
DR Congo	50	80	100	0.08	—	R	No	112
Ecuador	50	90	120	0.03	18	R	No	911
Egypt	60	90	100	—	18	R	No	122
El Salvador	40	60	90	0.05	15	R	No	911
Equatorial Guinea	50	80	100	0.08	—	R	No	112
Eritrea	50	80	100	0.04	—	R	No	112
Estonia	50	90	110	0.02	18	R	Required	112
Eswatini	50	80	100	0.08	18	L	No	112
Ethiopia	30	70	—	0.03	18	R	No	112
Falkland Islands	—	—	—	—	17	L	—	911
Faroe Islands	—	—	—	0.05	—	R	—	112
Fiji	50	70	80	0.08	17	L	No	112
Finland	50	80	120	0.05	18	R	Seasonal	112
France	50	80	130	0.05	18	R	Seasonal	112
French Guiana	—	—	—	—	17	R	—	911
French Polynesia	—	—	—	—	—	R	—	112
French Southern and Antarctic Lands	—	—	—	—	—	R	—	—
Gabon	—	—	—	0.08	—	R	—	112
Gambia	50	80	100	0.08	—	R	No	112
Georgia	50	80	120	0.03	17	R	Seasonal	112
Germany	50	100	130	0.05	18	R	Seasonal	112
Ghana	50	80	100	0.08	18	R	No	112
Gibraltar	—	—	—	0.08	17	R	—	112
Greece	50	90	130	0.05	17	R	No	112
Greenland	—	—	—	—	—	R	—	911
Grenada	—	—	—	0.08	—	L	—	911
Guadeloupe	—	—	—	—	17	R	—	911
Guam	—	—	—	—	16	R	—	112
Guatemala	40	60	100	0.08	16	R	No	911
Guernsey	—	—	—	0.08	17	L	—	112
Guinea	50	80	100	0.08	—	R	No	112
Guinea-Bissau	50	80	100	—	—	R	No	112
Guyana	40	80	100	0.08	17	L	No	911
Haiti	40	60	80	0.08	—	R	No	911
Heard Island and McDonald Islands	—	—	—	—	—	R	—	—
Honduras	40	60	90	0.07	18	R	No	911
Hong Kong	—	—	—	0.05	18	L	—	999
Hungary	50	90	130	—	17	R	No	112
Iceland	50	80	—	0.05	16	R	Required	112
India	50	80	120	0.03	18	L	No	112
Indonesia	50	80	100	—	17	L	No	112
Iran	50	85	120	—	18	R	Seasonal	110
Iraq	50	80	120	—	16	R	No	112
Ireland	50	80	120	0.05	17	L	No	112
Isle of Man	—	—	—	0.08	16	L	—	112
Israel	50	80	110	0.05	16	R	No	100
Italy	50	90	130	0.05	17	R	Seasonal	112
Ivory Coast	50	80	100	0.08	—	R	No	112
Jamaica	40	60	80	0.08	16	L	No	911
Japan	40	60	100	0.03	18	L	Seasonal	110
Jersey	—	—	—	0.08	17	L	—	112
Jordan	40	80	110	0.08	18	R	No	112
Kazakhstan	60	90	140	0.03	18	R	Required	112
Kenya	50	100	110	0.08	18	L	No	112
Kiribati	—	—	—	—	—	L	—	112
Kosovo	50	80	130	0.05	18	R	—	112
Kuwait	45	80	120	—	18	R	No	112
Kyrgyzstan	60	90	110	0.03	—	R	Required	112
Laos	40	60	—	0.08	18	R	No	112
Latvia	50	90	110	0.05	18	R	Required	112
Lebanon	50	80	100	0.05	18	R	No	112
Lesotho	50	80	100	0.08	18	L	No	112
Liberia	50	80	100	0.08	—	R	No	112
Libya	50	85	100	—	18	R	No	112
Liechtenstein	—	—	—	0.08	18	R	—	112
Lithuania	50	90	130	0.04	14	R	Required	112
Luxembourg	50	90	130	0.05	16	R	Seasonal	112
Macau	—	—	—	0.05	18	L	—	999
Madagascar	50	80	100	0.08	—	R	No	112
Malawi	50	80	100	0.08	—	L	No	112
Malaysia	50	90	110	0.08	17	L	No	999
Maldives	50	80	100	—	18	L	No	112
Mali	50	80	100	—	21	R	No	112
Malta	50	80	—	0.08	18	L	No	112
Marshall Islands	—	—	—	—	18	R	—	112
Martinique	—	—	—	—	17	R	—	911
Mauritania	50	80	100	—	18	R	No	112
Mauritius	—	—	—	0.05	18	L	—	112
Mayotte	—	—	—	—	—	R	—	112
Mexico	40	80	110	0.08	15	R	No	911
Micronesia	—	—	—	—	—	R	—	112
Moldova	50	90	110	0.03	18	R	Required	112
Monaco	50	—	—	0.05	18	R	—	112
Mongolia	40	80	—	0.02	—	R	Required	112
Montenegro	50	80	130	0.03	18	R	Required	112
Montserrat	—	—	—	—	—	L	—	911
Morocco	60	100	120	0.02	18	R	No	19
Mozambique	50	80	100	0.06	17	L	No	112
Myanmar	48	80	100	0.05	18	R	No	112
Namibia	50	80	100	0.05	18	L	No	112
Nauru	—	—	—	—	—	L	—	112
Nepal	40	60	—	—	16	L	No	112
Netherlands	50	80	100	0.05	17	R	No	112
New Caledonia	—	—	—	—	—	R	—	112
New Zealand	50	100	100	0.05	16	L	No	111
Nicaragua	40	60	90	0.05	18	R	No	911
Niger	50	80	100	—	16	R	No	112
Nigeria	50	80	100	0.05	18	R	No	112
Niue	—	—	—	—	—	L	—	112
Norfolk Island	—	—	—	—	—	L	—	112
North Korea	40	60	80	—	—	R	No	112
North Macedonia	50	80	130	0.05	18	R	Required	112
Northern Mariana Islands	—	—	—	—	15	R	—	112
Norway	50	80	110	0.02	18	R	Seasonal	112
Oman	60	100	120	—	18	R	No	112
Pakistan	50	80	120	—	18	L	No	15
Palau	—	—	—	—	—	R	—	112
Palestine	50	80	120	—	—	R	No	112
Panama	40	60	100	0.05	16	R	No	911
Papua New Guinea	50	70	80	0.08	18	L	No	112
Paraguay	40	80	110	—	18	R	No	911
Peru	35	80	100	0.05	18	R	No	105
Philippines	30	80	100	0.05	16	R	No	911
Pitcairn Islands	—	—	—	—	—	L	—	112
Poland	50	90	140	0.02	18	R	No	112
Portugal	50	90	120	0.05	18	R	No	112
Puerto Rico	—	—	—	0.08	16	R	—	911
Qatar	60	80	120	—	18	R	No	112
Republic of the Congo	50	80	100	0.08	—	R	No	112
Réunion	—	—	—	—	—	R	—	112
Romania	50	90	130	—	18	R	Seasonal	112
Russia	60	90	110	0.03	18	R	Required	112
Rwanda	50	80	100	0.08	18	R	No	112
Saint Barthélemy	—	—	—	—	17	R	—	911
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	—	—	—	—	—	L	—	112
Saint Kitts and Nevis	—	—	—	0.08	—	L	—	911
Saint Lucia	—	—	—	0.08	—	L	—	911
Saint Martin	—	—	—	—	18	R	—	911
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	—	—	—	—	—	R	—	911
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	—	—	—	0.08	—	L	—	911
Samoa	50	70	80	0.08	—	L	No	112
San Marino	50	70	—	0.05	18	R	No	112
São Tomé and Príncipe	—	—	—	—	—	R	—	112
Saudi Arabia	50	80	120	—	17	R	No	911
Senegal	50	80	100	0.02	16	R	No	112
Serbia	50	80	130	0.03	18	R	Seasonal	112
Seychelles	—	—	—	0.08	—	L	—	112
Sierra Leone	50	80	100	0.08	—	R	No	112
Singapore	50	70	90	0.08	18	L	No	999
Sint Maarten	—	—	—	—	—	R	—	911
Slovakia	50	90	130	—	17	R	Seasonal	112
Slovenia	50	90	130	0.05	16	R	Required	112
Solomon Islands	50	70	80	0.08	—	L	No	112
Somalia	50	80	100	—	—	R	No	112
South Africa	60	100	120	0.05	18	L	No	112
South Georgia	—	—	—	—	—	R	—	—
South Korea	50	80	110	0.03	18	R	No	112
South Sudan	50	80	100	0.08	—	R	No	112
Spain	50	90	120	0.05	15	R	No	112
Sri Lanka	50	70	100	0.06	17	L	No	112
Sudan	50	80	100	—	—	R	No	112
Suriname	40	80	100	0.05	18	L	No	911
Svalbard and Jan Mayen	—	—	—	—	—	R	—	112
Sweden	50	70	110	0.02	18	R	Required	112
Switzerland	50	80	120	0.05	17	R	No	112
Syria	50	80	110	—	18	R	No	112
Taiwan	50	70	110	0.03	18	R	No	112
Tajikistan	60	90	110	—	—	R	Seasonal	112
Tanzania	50	80	—	0.08	18	L	No	112
Thailand	50	90	120	0.05	18	L	No	191
Timor-Leste	50	70	80	0.05	—	L	No	112
Togo	50	80	100	0.08	—	R	No	112
Tokelau	—	—	—	—	—	L	—	112
Tonga	50	70	80	0.08	18	L	No	112
Trinidad and Tobago	40	60	80	0.08	17	L	No	911
Tunisia	50	90	110	0.03	18	R	No	112
Turkey	50	90	120	0.05	18	R	Seasonal	112
Turkmenistan	60	90	110	—	—	R	No	112
Turks and Caicos Islands	—	—	—	—	—	L	—	911
Tuvalu	—	—	—	—	—	L	—	112
Uganda	50	80	100	0.08	18	L	No	112
Ukraine	50	90	130	0.02	18	R	No	112
United Arab Emirates	60	100	120	—	17	R	No	999
United Kingdom	48	96	112	0.08	17	L	No	112
United States	40	88	104	0.08	16	R	Seasonal	911
United States Minor Outlying Islands	—	—	—	—	—	R	—	112
United States Virgin Islands	—	—	—	—	—	L	—	911
Uruguay	45	90	110	—	18	R	No	911
Uzbekistan	60	90	110	0.03	—	R	No	112
Vanuatu	50	70	80	0.08	—	R	No	112
Vatican City	—	—	—	—	—	R	—	112
Venezuela	40	80	120	0.08	18	R	No	911
Vietnam	50	80	120	—	16	R	No	113
Wallis and Futuna	—	—	—	—	—	R	—	112
Western Sahara	—	—	—	—	—	R	—	112
Yemen	50	80	120	—	18	R	No	112
Zambia	50	80	100	0.08	16	L	No	112
Zimbabwe	60	80	120	0.08	16	L	No	112

Compare Driving Rules Worldwide

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Key data points include speed limits (urban, rural, motorway), blood alcohol limits, minimum driving age, winter tyre requirements, driving side, and emergency numbers.

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Several countries have urban speed limits as low as 30-40 km/h. Japan has a 40-60 km/h urban limit, and many European cities are introducing 30 km/h zones. On motorways, the lowest limits include Cyprus and Norway at 100 km/h.

Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Brazil and Japan all enforce a 0.00% BAC limit. Several other countries like Sweden, Norway and Poland have very low limits of 0.02%.

We review and update our driving rules database regularly. Speed limits, alcohol laws and tyre requirements are cross-referenced against official government sources. The last update date is shown at the top of the page.

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