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Driving in Poland
The rules of the road as our desk recorded them, native unit first.
Driving side
Right
Speed limits
50 / 90 / 140 km/h · 31 / 56 / 87 mph
urban / rural / motorway
International permit (IDP)
Not required
EU, UK and US licences are valid for visits.
Blood alcohol limit
0.02% - effectively zero tolerance, strictly enforced
Tolls
Tolled motorway sections with the e-TOLL system for some roads; several concession motorways still have booths.
Headlights
Mandatory at all times, day and night, year-round.
Child seats
Mandatory under 150 cm.
The 140 km/h motorway limit is the highest in the EU, and enforcement is heavy on the lower-limit roads that make up most of the network. Winter tyres are not legally mandatory but are strongly advised from November to March. Rural roads carry a lot of slow agricultural traffic.