{"id":857945,"date":"2024-09-16T17:26:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T14:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tourism.com.de\/?p=857945"},"modified":"2025-01-22T12:33:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T10:33:25","slug":"top-10-countries-with-the-strictest-traffic-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourism.com.de\/en\/top-10-countries-with-the-strictest-traffic-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\ude97 Top 10 countries with the strictest traffic rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have compiled a ranking of countries based on the severity of traffic rules. And South Africa turned out to be the most lenient towards drivers.<\/p>\n

The study looked at six different indicators, including blood alcohol limits, speed limits, cell phone use while driving and seat belt requirements.<\/p>\n

Norway<\/a> was the strictest country on the list, with an index of 7.09 out of 10. The country has a low blood alcohol limit of 0.02 BAC (blood alcohol concentration). Also lower speed limits on city streets and rural roads: 30 km\/h in the city, and 80 km\/h outside the city. And mandatory use of seat belts.<\/p>\n

France was second on the list (5.94\/10). Largely thanks to the strictest regulations due to mobile phones. Drivers are prohibited from using them even in hands-free mode.<\/p>\n

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Third place was shared by Colombia<\/a> and Denmark (5.84\/10). The lower highway speed limit in Colombia is 100 km\/h, and the minimum blood alcohol level is 0.02 BAC. Seat belts are mandatory, but not strictly enforced.<\/p>\n

But in Denmark, the driver can use the speakerphone, but on the condition that it is built into the car system. Phone holders that allow hands-free calling are not permitted.<\/p>\n

South Africa finished last on the list with a score of 3.13\/10. This is largely due to higher speed limits on motorways and on city and country roads, despite the low BAC limits.<\/p>\n

Country rating:<\/h2>\n
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  1. Norway<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. France<\/li>\n
  3. Colombia<\/li>\n
  4. Denmark<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Mexico<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. New Zealand<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Australia<\/li>\n
  8. Germany<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. Canada<\/li>\n
  10. Italy<\/a><\/li>\n
  11. Great Britain<\/li>\n
  12. Brazil<\/a><\/li>\n
  13. Hungary<\/li>\n
  14. Spain<\/a><\/li>\n
  15. Chile<\/li>\n
  16. USA<\/a><\/li>\n
  17. South Africa<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Are you planning to rent a car abroad? Find out about the 10 countries with the strictest traffic laws. From high fines to unique prohibitions – everything a driver needs to know to drive safely abroad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":837463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[2519,2509,2749],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-857945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reisetipps-en","category-reisen-en","category-interessante-fakten-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tourism.com.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tourism.com.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tourism.com.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourism.com.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourism.com.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=857945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tourism.com.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourism.com.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tourism.com.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourism.com.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourism.com.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}