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It is legal to drive in Italy with a valid driving licence.
In Italy the drive it is on the right side of the road.
Before arriving it is essential to ensure that you are adequately insured and that your vehicle is roadworthy.
It is also important to note that all drivers and passengers must wear seatbelts.
It is also prohibited to drive whilst using a hand-held mobile phone or similar device.
Motorcyclists must wear a safety helmet.
For the safe ofyou and the others drivers, please respect the speed limit!
During summer holidays drivers traditionally make longer trips on the road. If you feel tired, stop the car into a breaking area and sleep. A cup of coffe it's not enough!

All the cars have to move with “LIGHT ON”

A) Upon the motorways
B) Upon speedway like for example FI-PI-LI(FIrenze-PIsa-LIvorno)
C) Upon road out from Town /City center

Motorcycle have to move always with “LIGHT ON”.
  1. The speed limit upon motorways it’s 130 Km/h.
  2. Upon motorway with more than three lane , the speed limit it’s 160 Km/h.
  3. Upon motorways in rainy conditions or low visibility, the speed limit it’s 110 Km/h.
  4. Crossing an urban area the speed limit it’s 50 Km/h.
  5. Drive under alcoholic effects it’s severely forbidden.
  6. Driving under the influence of drugs it’s severely forbidden
  7. During the drive, respect always safety distance.

Drive under alcoholic effects it’s severely forbidden.
The effects can include:
slower reactions,
increased stopping distance,
poorer judgement of speed and distance,
reduced field of vision.
Alcohol also tends to make you feel over-confident and more likely to take risks when driving, which increases the danger to all road users, including yourself.

It's illegal to use a hand-held mobile phone when you're driving, even when you're stopped at traffic lights or in a queue of traffic.
For Info traffic, call 1518 (free call).
Traffic police patrol the Italian roads and highways, a traditional task that makes them the fittest to ensure the right development of a “new sustainable mobility”. The Traffic Police activity takes place on 7 thousand kilometres of motorways and on the main highways and arterial roads outside towns. Their duties are the prevention and detection of driving offences; car accident surveys; planning and carrying out of services to regulate traffic; providing escorts for road safety; protection and control of the road network; participation in rescue operations; co-operation in the collection of traffic flow data.

     
     
 
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