As depicted in the Google satellite image below, I (red) was merging onto the southbound lane of Route 89. At the yield sign (at location of the red dot) I obse
I will be hiring a car in Hungary, then cross the border to Serbia. Officially you don't need an international driving licence because Serbia is supposed to acc
When I learned driving in The Netherlands (in a car with a manual gearbox), I learned that on a down slope¹, I should switch to low gear and use the engine
Google, Wikipedia, and my paper maps, all classify the road from (near) Gullfoss to the ring road between Blönduós and Varmahlíð as an F-
While road tripping through Colorado, I noticed that a lot of modern (most recent design revision) Colorado license plates... ...had Q on t
I'm going to be driving from Edmonton to Vancouver in August and splitting it into 3-4 days. I also don't want to spend money on accommodation and want to exper
A friend of mine has been to Switzerland recently and has purchased the one-year motorway vignette for 40CHF. Now I'm planning a car trip of my own, so I was th
I am going to visit California next month and want to drive down Highway 1 from Santa Cruz to San Diego. There was a mudslide 2 months back a
I only have experience with first world countries, so I do not know what it is like to drive in a country that is lacking in traffic lights. In poor countries
Each time I cross the border from Czech Republic into Germany I note how the two highways are extremely similar - the asphalt looks the same,
When I'm behind a car going, 5/10/30 miles under the limit is it illegal for me NOT to pass them and just stay a safe distance behind them? I've been told by ma
I am a citizen of the United States but am a permanent resident of another nation (which has issued me a driving license). However, I have a valid driving licen
I am visiting my aunt in France. She has a car that she would like me to drive. She says I will be covered by her insurance. I am covered in the UK for driving
Does anyone know if a supervising driver / accompanying driver (i.e. someone who holds a full license who accompanies a driving learner on a provisional license
On Thai roads people drive on the left. Strangely enough: Right-side flashing indicator lights tell the vehicle behind that they may pass / overtake. Left-blin
In some countries (for example the United Kingdom) speed limit signs are valid until they are either superseded by another speed limit sign or
I was recently at a car rental desk and next to me was a group of Chinese tourists renting a car. This was a bit perplexing since China is not a signatory to th
For foreigners/tourists, if we rent a car in Singapore, do we need a valid Singaporean driving license ? As per my experience, I know some countries allow us t
This question is circulating in my country's social media: who has the right of way in this picture I would like to get a more internation
Google Maps provides a feature to estimate your arrival time based on typical traffic along your route. It provides this time as a range, e.g., "typically 1h -