Driving abroad
Driving in Poland means driving on the right, with a drink drive limit of 0.02 percent and motorway speeds of 140 km/h. Everything below is the practical version, the things that actually cost visitors money or time.
Dipped headlights are compulsory all year, day and night.
Once the paperwork is sorted, this is what you came for. Bieszczady Great Loop, Zakopianka and Tatra Foothills, Trail of the Eagles' Nests are among the highest scoring roads we hold in Poland, and all of them are open to any road legal car.
Motorway limit
140 km/h
Outside towns
90 km/h
Built up areas
50 km/h
Drink drive limit
0.02 percent
Checked by the Drivers Atlas desk
Scored and written by the Drivers Atlas editorial desk, drawing on driven routes across the UK and Europe, mapping data and member road reports. A planning summary, not legal advice. Check the national road authority before you travel. How we score roads.
Last reviewed 7 June 2026
The detail
State motorways are paid through the e-TOLL app, concession motorways at barriers.
No tyre law, but winter rubber is normal from November.
Krakow and Warsaw operate clean transport zones.
UK and EU licences are accepted.
Warning triangle, Fire extinguisher
112
Now the good part
Subcarpathia
Poland's emptiest corner, long flowing curves through beech forest and bare meadows.
Lesser Poland
Highland wooden villages with the granite wall of the Tatras filling the windscreen.
Krakow and Czestochowa Upland
Limestone crags and ruined castles linked by quick rolling secondary roads.
Common questions
Motorways 140 km/h, main roads outside towns 90 km/h, and built up areas 50 km/h. Lower limits are posted and always take priority.
State motorways are paid through the e-TOLL app, concession motorways at barriers.
0.02 percent. Roadside testing is routine and the safest approach on a driving tour is nothing at all before you drive.
No tyre law, but winter rubber is normal from November.
Warning triangle, Fire extinguisher. Emergency number is 112.
UK and EU licences are accepted.