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Traffic rules
Romania
1. Expressway
An expressway is a road intended to carry through traffic efficiently, usually at higher speeds than ordinary roads. Expressways often have limited access, multiple lanes, separated carriageways or grade-separated junctions, but their design and legal status vary between countries.
An expressway is not always a motorway. It may have intersections, traffic lights or direct access, and the permitted road users, speed limits and special rules depend on local signs and regulations.
How do people refer to an expressway in Romania?
The Romanian term is drum expres. It is separate from a motorway and has a lower general car maximum.
🔗 legislatie.just.ro • Romania, OUG 195/2002 — articles 6, 48–50, 74; Regulation 121, 142, 169–170
🔗 legislatie.just.ro • Romania, HG1391/2006 implementing Regulation — articles 121, 142, 169–170
Start of an expressway.
English • Road for motor vehicles.
Română • Drum pentru autovehicule.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Legislatie.just.ro • HG nr. 1391/2006 • anexa nr. 2 • C2 • Monitorul Oficial nr. 876/2006, p. 47
SVG source: Gigillo83 • CC BY-SA 4.0 • Original revision 2015-05-27. Wikimedia original unmodified.
End of the expressway.
English • End of road for motor vehicles.
Română • Sfârșitul drumului pentru autovehicule.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Legislatie.just.ro • HG nr. 1391/2006 • anexa nr. 2 • C2 • Monitorul Oficial nr. 876/2006, p. 47
SVG source: Gigillo83 • CC BY-SA 4.0 • Original revision 2015-05-27. Wikimedia original unmodified.
What speed limit applies to cars on an expressway in Romania?
For an ordinary passenger car without a trailer, the general maximum is 120 km/h. Obey lower posted limits and slow down when traffic, weather or visibility requires it. Other vehicle classes can have lower limits.
🔗 legislatie.just.ro • Romania, OUG 195/2002 — articles 6, 48–50, 74; Regulation 121, 142, 169–170
🔗 legislatie.just.ro • Romania, HG1391/2006 implementing Regulation — articles 121, 142, 169–170
Who may use an expressway in Romania?
Motorway access restrictions also apply to expressways. Pedestrians, bicycles, electric scooters, mopeds, animals and agricultural tractors are among the exclusions. Vehicles unable to exceed 50 km/h because of their design or condition are also excluded.
🔗 legislatie.just.ro • Romania, OUG 195/2002 — articles 6, 48–50, 74; Regulation 121, 142, 169–170
🔗 legislatie.just.ro • Romania, HG1391/2006 implementing Regulation — articles 121, 142, 169–170
Can I use the emergency lane as an extra lane on a Romanian expressway?
No. Driving, stopping or parking in the emergency lane or on the shoulder requires a justified reason or a specific statutory exception. A queue does not make it an extra ordinary traffic lane.
🔗 legislatie.just.ro • Romania, OUG 195/2002 — articles 6, 48–50, 74; Regulation 121, 142, 169–170
🔗 legislatie.just.ro • Romania, HG1391/2006 implementing Regulation — articles 121, 142, 169–170
