Hungary

Seat belts

The use of seat belts and child seats is MANDATORY

Seat belts are not compulsory for:

• drivers when reversing
• taxi drivers on duty
• patients in an ambulance
• passengers on public transport in urban areas
• passengers in long-distance buses with places for standing passengers
• children under 3 in buses
• people exempt for medical reasons

Child seats are compulsory for children under 3 and shorter than 150 cm

Child seats are not compulsory for:

• children over 3 and taller than 135 cm, if the car's normal seat belt fits for their size
• children travelling in a taxi, ambulance, police car or bus that is allowed to transport standing passengers
• children exempt for medical reasons

Traffic lights

Amber light precedes the red light: stop unless you are already too close to stop safely when the light changes.

Safety helmet not mandatory

Bicycles (Mandatory only outside built-up areas, at speeds higher than 50 km/h)
Light and heavy quadricycles (Mandatory where the maximum design speed is above 20 km/h)

Safety helmet mandatory

Mopeds
Motorcycles with/without a sidecar
Light and heavy tricycles

Safety equipment for cars

Warning triangle

Bike safety equipment

Front and rear lights
Orange spoke reflectors
Helmet (only over 50 km/h outside built-up areas)
Reflective vest (outside built-up areas, at night/ in poor visibility).

Winter tyres

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