After the exam

Overtaking is a manoeuvre the question catalogue asks about in dozens of variants, and every mistake costs from 300 to 1500 zł and up to 15 points. We...

A motorway and an expressway have their own set of rules: higher speed limits, a numerical minimum following distance, a ban on reversing, U-turns and...

After a minor collision with no one injured, the driver's duties fit into the four points of art. 44 of the Road Traffic Act, and the police are not r...

You may stop on the pavement only if the conditions in art. 47 of the Road Traffic Act are met: a car of up to 2.5 t, a pavement at least 1.5 m wide a...

Everyone in the car wears a seat belt, and a child under 150 cm tall travels in a car seat matched to their weight and height. The Act sets out a clos...

The Road Traffic Act prohibits a driver from using, while driving, a phone that has to be held in the hand. It costs a 500 zł fine and 12 penalty poin...

Polish law has two thresholds: 0.2 per mille (the state after the use of alcohol, a petty offence) and 0.5 per mille (above it, the state of intoxicat...

Speed limits are set out in art. 20 of the Road Traffic Act and depend on the type of road and vehicle. For speeding you pay a fine from the fines tar...

A driving licence has an expiry date: 15 years, 5 years for categories C and D, and a first category B licence issued from 4 September 2026 only for t...

Lost your driving licence, or has someone stolen it? You do not lose your entitlement, only the plastic card. Within 30 days you notify the starosta o...

Since December 2020 a driver with a Polish driving licence can leave the document at home, because the police officer checks your entitlements in the...

For driving with snow on the windows, lights, plates or roof the police issue a fine, even though the fines tariff has no line called "snow-covered ca...

Regulation (EU) 2019/2144, known as GSR2, introduces mandatory driver assistance systems in newly registered vehicles in three stages. Find out which...

After you pass, the WORD itself passes the result on to the office, and you pay 100 zł and wait for the plastic document. In the meantime you can driv...

From 4 September 2026 everyone who obtains a category B driving licence for the first time goes through a probation period under the new rules from th...

Penalty points expire a year after you pay the fine, and the limit is 24 points, or 20 in the first year after your first driving licence. We explain...

ABS, ESP, EBD and AEB work before a collision happens; seat belts, head restraints and airbags limit its consequences. We explain what each of these s...