How to DRIVE IN ITALY | Your Ultimate Survival Guide

Everything you need to know to drive a car in Italy: Avoiding fines and tolls, renting a car, using your GPS, reading the road signs, need for international driving permit, knowing where to park, driving on the autostrada.

You can drive confidently and safely and relax and enjoy your trip.

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🚘 Leasing option: We’ve used AutoTT – Eurodrive multiple times to lease a Renault. https://www.auto-tt.com/
Here are two other options, but we have no experience leasing with them:
Car-2-Europe, for Citroën and Peugeot: https://www.car2europe.com/en/
Auto Europe, who offers leases and rentals: https://www.autoeurope.com/short-term...

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=== CHAPTERS: ===

00:00 Introduction
00:50 Are Italians crazy drivers?
01:36 Renting a car
03:00 International driving permit
03:35 Insurance
04:48 Driving basics
05:20 Important road signs
07:23 Roundabouts
08:02 Autostrada
10:07 Tolls
10:55 Service areas/Autogrill
14:24 Autovelox speed cameras
15:03 Parking
17:25 ZTL (Zona Traffico Limitato/Traffic Limited Zone)
18:36 Crosswalks
19:02 Bonus tip: Leasing a car vs. renting

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Sign image creator attribution:
➤ F l a n k e r - CC BY-SA 3.0, - Wikimedia Commons
Pedestrian crossing, Road Narrows, Roundabout, General caution, Yield, Stop, One lane: Red arrow must yield, No entry, No entry unless authorized, Speed limit 50, No parking, No parking or stopping, No passing, End of no passing, Mandatory turn, One way, Highway direction arrows

➤ Gigillo83 - CC BY-SA 3.0, - Wikimedia Commons
Passo carrabile, Time ranges, Controllo elettronico

➤ Rupertsciamenna - CC BY-SA 3.0, - Wikimedia Commons
Centro

➤ Di Freytagberndt - CC BY-SA 3.0, - Wikimedia Commons
Picture of safety tutor sign on autostrada

Others:
➤ Vecteezy.com
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