End of the year is usually the sign of vacations and family trips to foreign mountains. Experienced drivers with safety vest already know how to prepare your car for a good portion of kilometers and frosty days to do but it is also good to understand the differences of traffic rules in the countries visited. At some rules do not go from the Czech accustomed.
On the Slovak applies similarly in the Czech Republic obligation to use winter tires when the conditions demand it (the road is covered with snow, ice or frost). Reflective vest must have strung everyone outside of the village rises on the road due to a vehicle breakdown, flat tire or an accident. The obligation also applies to motorcyclists. Daytime running lights are mandatory year round.
Slovenia is better to go on winter tires (local drivers will probably also use the opportunity to go to summer, in which case it must be in the trunk snow chains and use them in case of prevailing winter conditions). Reflective vest must have strung everyone who leaves the vehicle on the road in the event of a breakdown or accident. Vests in the required number should thus be transported in the cabin and not in the trunk. Daytime running lights are mandatory year round.
Snow chains need
In Switzerland it is to be expected that some roads may be allowed to enter only with snow chains. Using reflective clothing is not required, while daytime running lights mandatory year-round. Outside the resort pays from the sharp corners in places with poor outlook obligation to use acoustic warning sign, dark briefly blink beam headlights. Beware of pedestrians, are accustomed to a high level of respect and tolerance on the part of drivers can enter without proper look around the roadway in places where it normally expect. Drivers who to manage have prescribed glasses must carry a spare pair.
In Italy, the use of winter tires mandatory on some roads, however, may be allowed only with snow chains. Not only for the driver but for every passenger must carry a reflective vest for its eventual use, must be marked with reflective, red-white diagonally striped square, measuring 50×50 centimeters. Daytime running lights mandatory year-round driving outside populated areas, as well as rain, snow or otherwise reduced visibility. Rear fog lights can only be used when visibility is reduced to a maximum of 50 meters in heavy rain or intense snow.
In France, the use of winter tires mandatory in some road sections, however, may be allowed only with them, respectively. Reflective vest for the driver and each passenger must be transported in the cabin of the vehicle. Daytime running lights are not mandated, but are recommended. Generally outside town travel speeds up to 90 km / h and on highways to 130 km / h. During rain, however, are obliged to slow down to a maximum of 80, respectively. 110 km / h. This restriction also applies to persons who hold a driving license up to three years. Definitely not worth transporting or even use a radar detector. Otherwise, a fine of 1,500 euro (over 40,000 dollars) and confiscation of the device, in extreme cases the vehicle. Beware of overtaking cyclists. There is a need from them observe lateral distance of at least one meter outside the village at least 1.5 meters. French police from the very beginning of October has been tightened, the omnipresent and uncompromising.