MotorwayRomania
2. Motorway
A motorway is a road specially designed and signposted for motor traffic. Motorways normally have separate carriageways for opposing traffic, controlled access through designated entrances and exits, no direct access to neighbouring properties, and no level crossings with other roads, railways or paths.
Special traffic rules apply on motorways. The permitted road users, speed limits, lane rules, tolls and emergency procedures vary between countries, so drivers must follow the local traffic signs and regulations.
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How do people refer to a motorway in Romania?
The Romanian term is autostradă. A drum expres is an expressway; its general car speed limit differs from the motorway limit.
🔗 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 a motorway.
English • Motorway.
Română • Autostradă.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Legislatie.just.ro • HG nr. 1391/2006 • anexa nr. 2 • C2 • Monitorul Oficial nr. 876/2006, p. 46
SVG source: Gigillo83 • CC BY-SA 4.0 • Original revision 2015-05-27. Wikimedia original unmodified.
End of the motorway.
English • End of motorway.
Română • Sfârșit de autostradă.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Legislatie.just.ro • HG nr. 1391/2006 • anexa nr. 2 • C2 • Monitorul Oficial nr. 876/2006, p. 46
SVG source: Gigillo83 • CC BY-SA 4.0 • Original revision 2015-05-27. Wikimedia original unmodified.
What speed limit applies to cars on a motorway in Romania?
For an ordinary category B car, the normal motorway maximum is 130 km/h. Lower posted limits apply. Drivers with less than one year of experience and vehicles towing trailers are subject to lower statutory limits; do not treat 130 km/h as applying to every driver and vehicle.
🔗 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 a motorway in Romania?
Pedestrians, bicycles, electric scooters, mopeds, animals and agricultural tractors are among the excluded road users. Vehicles that cannot 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 on a Romanian motorway?
Do not drive, stop or park in the emergency lane or on the shoulder without a justified reason. Emergency use and authorised priority vehicles have specific exceptions. An ordinary queue does not make the emergency lane an extra 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

Traffic rules
Romania