Driving Tips for Canada

Canada is an immense country that occupies theyou're not fully alert. rental car discounts
upper portion of North America. The diverse sceneryThe Trans-Canada Highway is probably the most
that can be found here - from the Rocky Mountainswell-known route and at a distance of 5,000 miles, it's
to the prairies to the fishing villages of the Maritimethe longest highway in the world. Travelling this
provinces - is spread across the second-largestexpanse is a journey in itself. The second massive
country in the world.highway here is the Yellowhead Highway, which is
A very clean and tidy road system means there arealmost as long and extends to the Pacific coast in
no worries about too many potholes or blind corners.British Columbia.
All the crossings have signposts and the highwayWhen choosing a vehicle, it's best to rent at least a
markers are usually quite clear. Europeans willmid-size car. You will be in that car for a good portion
probably find driving in Canada much less stressfulof your day while on the road, so you'd better be
than back home, with much larger and wider newcomfortable. Another consideration for the long
world roadways. online holiday rentaljourneys is fuel economy, and although fuel prices
If you need to stop for fuel, there is certainly nohere are lower than in Europe, they are still high
shortage of service stations either. Many of them arecompared to what they were here a few years ago.
open 24 hours and aside from petrol, they have aTo rent the car, you'll need only your licence from
maintenance department and restaurants to refuelhome. Canada does not requirean international driver's
the corporeal engine as well. On the main highways,licence; it recognises individual permits from all
there are usually signs indicating how many milescountries. Inside the car, all passengers must by law
kilometres it will be before the next service stationbe wearing seatbelts while driving and all children
so that can take the guess work out of your restmust be in a safety seat.
stops.The Canadian police are very serious about driving
Even on secondary highways, there shouldn't be anyunder the influence and the penalties are not worth
problems finding local service stations, shops orgetting caught for. The legal alcohol limit is 0.8mg/ml
restaurants. The only concern here is that they areand they do conduct programmes where they will
most likely not 24 hours, so make sure you don't getchoose a place on the highway and stop all passing
caught in 'the boonies' too long after dark.cars for breathalyzer tests.
It's recommended that due to the considerableThe speed limits on Canadian roads and motorways
lengths of Canadian roads that you stop every feware usually clearly marked on the side of the road. If
hours and limit your driving to no more than 350 milesyou can't find a sign, there are usually three divisions
(600kms) a day. If you're going to be doing a seriousof: populated areas, secondary highways and
trip, it's always best to have a few drivers as it canmotorways. The speed limits are 50kmph (30mph),
be very tiring and accidents can occur easily when80kmph (55mph) and 100kmph (68mph) respectively.