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Driving in Romania

The licence plates you will see on the road in Romania, how to read them, and what a car from abroad needs.

ROMANIA5090130

Speed limits

Default limits for cars, unless signs say otherwise, as on the signs at border crossings.

In towns
50 km/h
Outside towns
90 km/h
Motorways
130 km/h

100 km/h on European roads (E roads) outside towns.

Before you drive

Vignette and tolls
All vehicles except motorcycles need a vignette (rovinietă) on national roads and motorways. It has been electronic since 2010, checked by cameras that read the plate. Buy it online at erovinieta.ro, at most petrol stations or at border crossings.

Rules and prices change. Check the official site before you travel.

RO

Country code

Cars registered here show the country code RO. Plates carry it on the blue EU band, which counts as the country sign: no separate oval sticker is needed in the European Economic Area, and the plate is also valid in other countries of the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic. A car from abroad shows its own country code at the rear in the same way.

Reading the plates

Plates carry an area code that shows where the car was registered: 42 codes across 42 counties. For example:

AB 12 ABC
Area codes on the mapAll area codes

Plates you will see

  • CJ 12 ABC

    Standard · Current

  • B 123 ABC

    Standard · Current

Special plates

Plate formats and history of Romania

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