About Road Rules Abroad
Why Road Rules Abroad exists, who makes it, and how every rule is checked.
Road Rules Abroad started with a road trip. In October 2026 I hired a car in Paris to drive south to the Riviera, and went looking for the French road rules explained for an Australian driver. What I found was forum advice: some of it right, some of it years old, most of it argued over. Nothing told me plainly what would be different from home.
So I made the guide I wanted. The rules that catch visitors out, the signs, who goes first at a junction, and what the speed cameras look like, each one compared with what I already knew from home. Then I made it work for every country we cover, explained for wherever you're from.
How the rules are checked
Every rule starts with the country's own sources: its transport ministry, its road code, its road safety agency and its police. National motoring clubs come next. Hire companies, travel sites and news are only used to support an official source, or for things no official source covers, such as what a speed camera looks like.
Each country shows the date it was last checked and the sources it was checked against. We recheck every country on a schedule, and sooner when a rule changes. If you find something that's out of date, tell us and we'll fix it.
The camera photos are real photographs, credited to the people who took them on the photo credits page.
Who makes it
I'm Ryan Burke. I live in Sydney and design products for a living. Road Rules Abroad is independent: no hire company, insurer or government pays for what it says. It earns money from the app, and from a commission when you book a hire car through one of our links, which doesn't change your price.
Get in touch
Email hello@roadrulesabroad.com about a rule that has changed, a sign we've missed, or your purchase. A person reads every email.