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- ADAC is taking a close look at "eco tires" for the first time
- No parking signs for even and odd days
The bizarre traffic rules in other countries
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The hit list of the most bizarre traffic regulations begins in Romania: you always have to have a clean car.
Source: Infographic Die Welt
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In the USA and Canada, right-to-left does not necessarily mean that the first person to reach an intersection has the right of way.
Source: Infographic Die Welt
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In Denmark it can take a while before you are allowed to drive. In the neighboring country, you have to check the entire car to ensure that it is roadworthy. This also includes an inspection round the Au…to to see if someone is lying under the car taking a nap.
Source: Infographic Die Welt
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In Spain you have to be particularly careful if you want to park your vehicle on the side of the road …
Source: Infographic Die Welt
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… and these confusing signs can be found on Greek streets that regulate parking. Even days are Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Source: Infographic Die Welt
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In Singapore, the car and humans are apparently viewed as natural enemies. Cars are only allowed to approach pedestrians within a maximum of 50 meters.
Source: Infographic Die Welt
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As a sign of environmental protection, the legislature in the Philippines has come up with something special. Because of the increasing air pollution, other metropolises are also prescribing ei…Some of the cars are banned from driving once or twice a week, for example depending on a number on the license plate.
Source: Infographic Die Welt
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The Turks complicate entry by car.
Source: Infographic Die Welt
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It gets very bizarre in Kentucky: There women in swimwear are supposed to be protected from attacks.
Source: Infographic Die Welt
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With your bikes in your luggage to Portugal? That could cause problems with a bike stand at the rear.
Source: Infographic Die Welt
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Because of the sometimes gloomy lighting conditions in the winter months, the Scandinavians have been playing it safe for years.
Source: Infographic Die Welt
Many Germans go on vacation by car, but 67 percent do not know the traffic regulations in their travel destination. Some of them are very confusing. For example, the no-stopping ban in Greece.
L.According to ADAC, more than 50 percent of Germans go on vacation by car every year. And of those who go on vacation, many borrow a car at their destination.
Being mobile on vacation is tempting, but you shouldn’t forget the traffic regulations of the respective country in the sun, beach and sea. At home in Germany there is a forest of signs, but the traffic rules are usually all clear and understandable.
ADAC is taking a close look at "eco tires" for the first time
Just in time for spring, the ADAC tested 35 summer tires. Ecological versions have also been put to the test. With disappointing results in the wet. Some tires failed the test. Source: Reuters
It looks different abroad. In a Europe-wide survey of more than 10,000 drivers, including 2000 from Germany, by the navigation provider TomTom, it came out that 67 percent of them do not know the traffic rules in popular holiday destinations – although 93 percent of the respondents claimed to find out about the traffic regulations before driving abroad.
The most common problems Germans have when driving a car abroad are driving on the wrong side of the road (46 percent), not knowing where and when to park (25 percent), not knowing the correct maximum travel speed (23 percent), and traffic signs incomprehensible (13 percent) and not knowing which lane to drive in (eleven percent).
No parking signs for even and odd days
The disillusionment disappears when you know how strange and confusing foreign traffic regulations can be. An example is a Greek parking rule: no parking signs with a vertical line apply on uneven days. On even days you are not allowed to park at no parking signs with two vertical lines. To do this, you first have to know which days those are. Odd days are Monday, Wednesday and Friday, even days are Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Few of them are aware that you have to pay a fee of five to 15 euros before entering Turkey by car. The reason for this is a disinfection cleaning of the vehicle.
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