Driving in YN

[Ru-]

In Ru, we drive on the left, you need to be at least 16 to obtain a driver's license.

drinking and texting while driving are illegal in Ru, and most citizens use bluetooth or a handsfree device to talk on the phone in the car since certain cities and counties have also made talking on a non hands free phone while driving a violation as well. It is not against the law for someone over the age of 18 to drive without wearing their seatbelt, but most Ruvians wear it anyway out of habit.

Speed limits are usually 75mph on the highways, and vary from 25 to 45mph on smaller and built up roads.

[La Cosa Fedora]

Speed limits for residential areas are left up to the provinces. However our highways are national, so the national speed limits apply, which is none in daylight, 120 kph (75 mph) at night, and 65 kph (40 mph) when there are weather conditions such as extreme rain or fog.

We drive on the right hand side of the road. Age for driving licenses varries by province.

[Finlarvat]

The Bullet-Pointed Guide to Finlarvatian Roads

• Finlarvat drives on the right (mainly as a "relic" from pre-independence)
• No mobile phone usage, drink-driving, drug-driving, or speeding whilst driving; no hands-free calls or smoking at all. Seatbelts (mandatory) for all!
• Headlights mandatory between 8pm and 8am between 1 March and 15 October (excluding the month of June, where headlights are not mandatory), and mandatory between 6pm and 9pm between 16 October and 28 February (excluding 29 February, where they are not mandatory owing to the specification of the end date of 28 February in the law).
• Snow chains on tyres mandatory between 15 November and 15 February.
• You can get a driving license at 16. Here are the major restrictions for new drivers:
  
  • No unassisted driving or motorways until age 18, or for learner drivers
  • Cars and motorcycles only up to 200hp until age 18 (or for learner drivers), all cars and motorcycles after age 18 (or after successful driving test), and no HGVs until age 21
  • Over-70s must retake their tests once every three years
• There are different classifications of roads, applied to all "roads of significance" (how they managed to do all this in a year may remain a mystery for a long time):
  
  • C-roads (C for conurbation) for towns and cities
    
    • All unsigned roads within town and city limits are either toll roads, access roads or roads in residential areas.
  • A-roads (we nicked this from the Brits) for roads between towns and cities
  • T-roads (T for trunk) for major roads between towns and cities that do not meet motorway standards
  • M-roads (M for motorway) for major transit routes that are built to approximately the motorway standard that the rest of Europe expects
• A guide to Finlarvatian Road Signs. Note that signs are written in the Lingua Franca (well, sort of) of English:
  
  
• Speed Limits:
  
  • Car parks: 10kmph (5mph)
  • Residential areas: 30kmph (20mph)
  • Other urbanised areas: 50kmph (30mph)
  • Urban single carriageway A-roads unless stated otherwise: 70kmph (45mph)
  • Sharp turns and other dangerous road segments: 80kmph (50mph) by day, 70kmph (45mph) by night, 60kmph (40mph) for large vehicles, 60kmph (40mph) advisory in poor weather
  • Rural single carriageway A-roads, and all A-roads with three lanes, unless stated otherwise: 90kmph (55mph)
  • Dual carriageway A-roads: 100kmph (60mph)
  • T-roads and motorways: 110kmph (70mph)

[Petrolheadia]

Since 1948, Petrolheadia is an RHD country. Previously, it was LHD.

You need to be 16 to drive.

The road network is vast and well-maintained.

The speed limits are:
- 20 mph in high-density areas,
- 35 mph in normal populated areas,
- 60 mph on B-roads,
- 75 mph on freeways,
- 95 mph on highways,
- none on racetracks and dirt roads (unless local councils had set any up).

Seatbelts have to be worn. Also, drivers have to use their lights on unlightened (ones where there are significant areas without lighting) areas. If your car has DRLs, they have to be on all the time. DUIs are highly punished and driving while using electronic devices (including in-car internet and TV) is fined, unless the person is using a self-driving government-classifed vehicle (as per now, only the Tesla Model S, X, Mercedes E-Class, GLE, GLS and S-Class (including Maybach versions) have that classification).

There are 15 highways, from H1 to H15. All are well-maintined and pretty large.

Racetracks are common, and practically every town above about a 1000 people has one (althought usually mismaintained). This heavily stimulates the growth of grassroots racing. Every large city (above 1 million) has a world-class racetrack.

Due to Petrolheadian climate not being too good for cars, they degrade and depreciate quicker than in other areas. This makes cars cheap, with (example) the cheapest BMW E46s costing PT$500 (N$ 800). Also, most drivers are pretty hard on their cars. This makes Petrolheadia a common target for used car importers from neighbouring countries and gives the country a huge variety of cheap cars to thrash around on tracks.

[Tottle]

Tottle drives on the law based on custom and an old Japanese law.

The roads are mostly old concrete roads and dirt roads, but in good shape though.

There is no general speed limit although local speed limits can be seen. In built-up areas it usually isn't possible to drive more than 40 km/h safely.

[Votak Matim]

In Votak Matim,
The legal driving age is 18.
We drive on the right.
We use the same road signs as in Europe.
Most people don't drive because a vast, extensive, and reliable train network runs throughout the country, and because virtually everyone rides a bicycle.
A driving license costs 4000 Credits (about 2000 USD), and you need to renew it yearly,which costs 20 Credits (10 USD).
No automotive vehicle can be imported into Votak Matim without passing a strict eco-friendliness test administered by the government.
Driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or any substance known to impair one's ability to drive will result in automatic revocation of one's license for five years.
Gasoline costs around 2 Credits per liter (4 USD per liter, 15 USD per US gallon), which doesn't really bother people because of the availability of public transportation and bikes, and because our cars are required to meet strict emission criteria, mileage on cars tends to be excellent.
The government is investing heavily in greener automotive technology (hydrogen fuel, solar power to car batteries, etc), but this is in the early stages.
This is strict, but we see it as a necessary evil in order to protect our renowned environmental beauty.

[GI-Land]

In GI-Land you generally drive on the right side of the road.
To drive a vehicle, you need its driver's license, that you can get at every Driving School, after standing a theoretical and practical exam.
Some licenses you can get at the age of 16 (for example for motorcycles), some at the age of 18 (for example for trucks).
The traffic rules of GI-Land are quiet similar to those of RL Germany.

[Leonorian Free State]

LFS drives on the right.
Minimum age for a drivers license is 18 years.

Speed limits as follows:
Urban areas - 50 km/h
Outside urban areas (including single-carriageway highways) - 100 km/h
Freeways and dual-carriageway highways: no limit

[Engelseaxe]

Cars are outlawed.

[Geis]

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[United Fair Colombia]

Colombia's "Automotives" "Drive" on the left.

Most.

[Belantica]

In Belantica, we drive on the right-hand side. Belantic drivers vary from state to state, or even from city to city, since each area had developed their own driving habits and attitudes. Albany City (and to a point, New Albany as a whole) drivers are known to be super aggressive. Watkins drivers have a tendency to cut off one another and not stop at stop signs (Waktins Stop). Center City driver like to use their hazard lights to "park anywhere". Montessett drivers have a reputation of causing accidents, and Suffolk drivers are known to driver under the speed limit most of the time. Most other place, the driver are quite nice and aren't much of a problem.

The minimum age to obtain a Class A (standard car) or Class M (motorcycle) license in 16, with 15 in some states. A minimum age of 18 for other classes, mostly relating to heavy vehicles (trucks, buses, etc.)

Speed limits on Highways, divided federal and state routes are non-existent, unless posted.
Speed limits in most cities and towns is anywhere from 25 MPH (40 km/h) or 45 MPH (70 km/h)
Speed limits on non-divided federal and state routes can be from 50 MPH (80 km/h) to 60 MPH (100 km/h)

DUI laws are heavily enforced and can carry large penalties.

Laws regarding phone usage varies from state to state.

Seatbelts and motorcycle helmets are required in each state (except in Suffolk, Norfolk, and Swanson).

Markings and signage:
The roads use both yellow and white markings. Yellow is used exclusively for the center line and for no parking zones, white is used for all other markings. Red is sometimes used to indicate a no-stopping zone, or areas near a fire hydrant. Blue indicates handicap parking zones.
Navigational signs are color coded. Green for directional signs, Blue for services/rest areas/information, Brown for attractions, and red for restrictions. All have white printing
Warning signs are yellow and are either in the shape of a diamond or sqaure/rectangle with black printing.
Regulatory sings are white and may have multiple printing colors. Speed signs always have black lettering.

Tolls:
Most bridges crossing the Quayahanna River (the largest river) are tolled and have toll plazas on both ends to collect tolls before vehicles cross. The toll depends on how many wheels the vehicle has. Tolls are collected by collector agents, or though electronic methods using GoPass or by-mail. GoPass works on all toll roads and bridges. (it's like an EZPass tag)
The most notable toll roads are the Montessett Turnpike, the Suffolk Turnpike, the New Albany Thruway, and the Christiana ETR, and the Norfolk Toll Road.

Road classifications:
Highways- federal divided highways that have at least 6 lanes (3 in each direction) with no speed limits (unless posted)
Federal Routes- federal routes can either be divided or undivided, and are considered Secondary roads.
State Routes- highways and road maintain by the state they are in respectively. Can be divided or undivided.
County Roads- There are used mainly in western and southern states where counties will establish their own numbered roads.

All these roads will have the cardinal directions indicated, then have a primary and local destination that is on that road in that direction.

Vehicle regulations:
Some states will require a vehicle inspection to be registered. This inspection can cover safety, emissions, or both.
All states require a rear license plate (in North American format), most also require a front plate. Front plates in the windshield is acceptable as long as it is visible.
Large trucks and buses must have at least five amber lights on the cab roof (on on each side and three in the center), boxes and trailers must have an amber light on each front corner, two amber lights (on the top and bottom of the box, only one it it's a low trailer towards the bottom) for every 20 feet of length, and five red lights (with the same format as the roof) on the rear.
By law, all vehicles must have at least one working headlight, and taillight doubling as a brakelight. Some states may have stricter rules.
All vehicles must carry an orange hazard triangle to be deployed in the event of an emergency, a flashing amber light is also allowed as a substitute.
Forward facing red and blue lights and rear facing flashing blue and red lights are limited to emergency vehicles. The states of Watkins and Christiana requires a forward-facing red steady burn (non-flashing) light on emergency vehicles.

Other rules:
Many states have a "move over or slow down" rule for stopped or slowed vehicles along the shoulder(s)
Some areas have a "size priority" along smaller roads, smaller vehicles must yield of larger vehicles.

[Mutant Land]

Most of us aren´t driving motorized vehicles because they run on Earth Blood (Oil, as you Normals call it) and we don´t want to bleed out Mother Earth more than necessary. Also, besides some old streets and highways that are left from the time before the nuclear purge, there are not many roads left in our land to drive over.

In terms of transportation we rely on our wagons, pulled by tamed animals and beasts, riding and of course flying our Giant Wasps.

Only the Metallic Hounds Clan is really "driving" those mechanical beasts, called motorcycles and Monster Trucks. And they seem to enjoy this waste of Earth Blood. But who am I to judge them? They will suffer soon enough when Mother Earth has enough of their parasitic, blood-sucking behaviour.

[Lancov]

We drive on the right. Speed limits are set by the Municipality or County, but typically business centers are 72/kmh and residential neighborhoods are 40/kmh. Most jurisdictions require a lower limit near schools during certain hours, and temporary limits are set for construction zones. Rural roads usually have no speed limit and most highways don't have a speed limit, but they might depending on location and use. For instance, a highway through a city with many access points might have a speed limit of 104/kmh. A highway connecting cities through a rural area, with few access points, would have no speed limit.

All highways have at least two lanes per side, with more lanes if the highway is used a lot. The "pass on the left, drive on the right" rule is strictly enforced, as is zipper merging. The National Highway Commission of the Transport Secretariat oversees highways and the Marshalcy patrols them. Highways are designated LH or LT (for toll) followed by a number, even numbers run north-south and odd numbers run east-west. (For the most part. Highways run as straight as possible, but especially in the mountainous north they may need to wind around natural obstacles.)