Sweden

Seat belts

The use of seat belts and child seats is MANDATORY.

Exemptions for:

• children over 3 and shorter than 135 cm travelling in buses
• children under 3 on temporary short distance travel by taxi sitting in the back seat
• children over 3 and shorter than 135 cm on temporary short distance travel wearing a seat belt in the back seat.

Traffic lights

Yellow light (following green): stop unless you are already too close to stop safely when the light changes.

Safety helmet not mandatory

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Safety helmet mandatory

Bicycles (Only for under 15's)
Mopeds
Motorcycles with/without a sidecar
Light and heavy tricycles
Light and heavy quadricycles

Safety equipment for cars

Warning triangle
Fire extinguisher - only buses

Bike safety equipment

Helmet (compulsory for children under 15)

Winter tyres

From 1 December to 31 March, if the Swedish Police decides there are wintry conditions on given roads
Studded tyres may be used from 1 October to 15 April.