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Free World Driving Rules quiz: 74 trivia questions and answers — driving abroad, signs & oddities. Easy to hard, with explained answers. No sign-up.
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Driving on the left or the right, the unrestricted Autobahn, the Indian horn-honking culture or the Swiss motorway vignette: this quiz explores traffic rules and road-related curiosities from every corner of the globe. A fun way to travel through the customs, history and records of the international driving world.
This quiz currently has 74 questions, ranging from easy to hard, available in French, English and Spanish when the Spanish translation is available.
Warm up before the quiz with these 14 trivia questions and their explained answers: click a question to reveal the answer.
Answer: There is no general speed limit. On many sections of the German Autobahn, there is no general speed limit, a unique feature among the world's major motorway networks.
Answer: The United Kingdom. The United Kingdom, along with Ireland, Malta, and Cyprus, drives on the left, an exception on a continent that mostly drives on the right.
Answer: London. London introduced an urban toll, the 'congestion charge', in 2003, which drivers must pay to travel through the city centre during set hours.
Answer: An ultra low emission zone. ULEZ (Ultra Low Emission Zone) is a low-emission zone introduced in London, charging a fee to the most polluting vehicles driving within it.
Answer: On the right. In countries where traffic drives on the left, such as the UK or Japan, the steering wheel is placed on the right side of the vehicle, so the driver has a better view of the lane they need to overtake into.
Answer: The 'beware of moose' sign. The moose, which can weigh over 500 kg, is formidable in a collision. The triangle with a moose silhouette has become a national emblem, even sold as a fridge magnet.
Answer: Road trains. These convoys can exceed 50 metres and 150 tonnes. They supply remote areas where there is no railway.
Answer: The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic. The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic, signed in 1968, helped standardise road signs and traffic rules among many signatory countries.
Answer: The legacy of the British Empire. Many countries that drive on the left, such as India, Australia, or South Africa, inherited this traffic rule from their history within the British Empire.
Answer: The vehicle's country of registration. The oval symbol, often accompanied by one or more letters (such as 'F' for France), identifies a vehicle's country of registration internationally.
Answer: They are exempt from wearing a helmet if wearing a turban. In the UK and Canada, among other countries, Sikh motorcyclists wearing a turban benefit from a legal helmet exemption, in recognition of their religious practices.
Answer: France. France is particularly known for having retained the priority-to-the-right rule as the default in the absence of signage, whereas many other countries rely more heavily on systematic signage.
Answer: The Netherlands. The Netherlands is credited with issuing, in 1898, the first official state-issued vehicle registration plate, a system that later spread worldwide.
Answer: Finland. The 'day-fine' system is proportional to salary. In 2002, a Nokia executive was fined 116,000 euros for riding his motorbike at 75 km/h in a 50 zone.
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