The content of the article:
- Reforms and more reforms
- Signal is not a greeting
- Low beam
- Watch the car
The answer to this question is quite simple - foreign drivers can practically do the same on Russian roads as Russian citizens. Even use national driving licenses - provided that the foreigner does not work as a driver on the territory of the Russian Federation. What should foreign tourists remember when driving on the roads of a great and vast country, so as not to get into a mess and not to experience difficulties with colleagues on the highway?
Reforms and more reforms
Since the beginning of 2010, the country has undergone changes in legislation concerning the simplification of the rights of movement and verification of documents of foreign citizens.
Driving licenses will become more reliable, they will have a separate column with special marks. Marks are individual rules for driving a particular vehicle. If it is indicated in a special box that the driver is advised to wear glasses while driving, they should be worn.
On the territory of the state, the following documents are entitled to drive a car:
- Russian driver's license;
- national foreign rights;
- international law.
In this case, foreigners should take into account that all documents must be translated into Russian and notarized.
The most convenient are the national Russian driving license. You can get them through the procedure for passing a driving test and a medical examination.
Another important point. If a foreign citizen has an international driver's license in his hands, this document will be valid if he has a Russian-style driving license.
Signal is not a greeting
Many foreign drivers transfer the traditions of their country to Russian roads, forgetting that in another country not only their own traditions, but also the rules developed over the years.
For example, in Cuba, Spain and Cyprus, it is customary to greet a familiar driver with two horns. In Russia, this is always an expression of dissatisfaction. Or the driver of a nearby car asks to give way or to free the passage - they say, hurry up or just hurry up the slow moving vehicle in front.
Foreign drivers should be attentive and assess adequately the signals sent by their neighbors on the lane.
Quite a lot of incidents happened on the roads of Moscow with foreign tourist drivers who, after several alarming signals from the drivers of cars standing next to them, stopped altogether and went out to say hello in person.
Low beam
Russian motorists have known since the times of the Soviet Union and pass on to young drivers the chauffeur tradition - to blink the low or high beam once or twice, warning oncoming drivers about the traffic police inspector.
In many European countries, this signal means an invitation to the driver to take part in race races, while the signal is not addressed to oncoming traffic, but to the vehicle in front.
Watch the car
For foreign tourists, who are for the first time in the country, it is quite difficult to get used to bad roads and to the fact that any accessory on the car that can be removed will be removed. Therefore, carefree foreigners quickly become attentive and responsible owners in Russia and not only do not abandon an open car at the entrance to a store, but have already learned how to remove wipers themselves.
The main difficulty for foreign drivers on the roads of the Russian Federation lies only in the driving features that Russian drivers demonstrate. This, for example, is a frequent neglect of markings - a foreigner must be prepared for the fact that a neighbor on the road suddenly "unauthorized" crosses a double continuous line or turns into an alley, at the entrance to which there is a "No entry" sign. And also disrespect for neighbors on the road.
