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Liechtenstein

Motorcycle – built-up areas: 50 km/h

Motorcycle – outside built-up areas: 80 km/h

Motorcycle – expressways: n/a – Liechtenstein has no motorways or expressways

Motorcycle – motorways: n/a – Liechtenstein has no motorways or expressways

Car – built-up areas: 50 km/h

Car – outside built-up areas: 80 km/h

Car – expressways: n/a – Liechtenstein has no motorways or expressways

Car – motorways: n/a – Liechtenstein has no motorways or expressways

Car with trailer – built-up areas: 50 km/h

Car with trailer – outside built-up areas: 80 km/h

Car with trailer – expressways: n/a – Liechtenstein has no motorways or expressways

Car with trailer – motorways: n/a – Liechtenstein has no motorways or expressways

Lorry over 3.5 t – built-up areas: 50 km/h

Lorry over 3.5 t – outside built-up areas: 80 km/h

Lorry over 3.5 t – expressways: n/a – Liechtenstein has no motorways or expressways

Lorry over 3.5 t – motorways: n/a – Liechtenstein has no motorways or expressways

Bus – built-up areas: 50 km/h

Bus – outside built-up areas: 80 km/h

Bus – expressways: n/a – Liechtenstein has no motorways or expressways

Bus – motorways: n/a – Liechtenstein has no motorways or expressways

Country identification code: FL

Alcohol – experienced drivers: 0.8 ‰

Alcohol – young and novice drivers: 0.8 ‰ (separate limit only for learner drivers: 0.1 ‰)

Alcohol – professional drivers: 0.1 ‰ (professional passenger transport, lorries, dangerous goods)

Lights during the day: mandatory day and night

Mobile phone while driving: hands-free kit only

Winter tyres: no information in official sources

Road charges: no tolls (access via CH or AT motorways – vignette of those countries)

Driving side: right-hand traffic

Liechtenstein: no motorways and no tolls, max. 80 km/h outside built-up areas, lights on day and night. Alcohol limit 0.8 ‰ – but driving in via Switzerland or Austria means 0.1 ‰ for novice drivers.

Key points for young drivers:

Speed: 50 km/h in built-up areas, 80 km/h outside them – there are no motorways here.
Alcohol: 0.8 ‰ for everyone (except learner and professional drivers), but on the way through Switzerland or Austria as a novice driver your limit is 0.1 ‰ – don’t drink at all.
Dipped headlights or daytime running lights – day and night.
No tolls in Liechtenstein, but to get here on the motorway you need a Swiss or Austrian vignette.
Radar detectors banned, phone only with a hands-free kit.

Seat belts and child seats

Everyone wears a seat belt. Children travel in a child seat or on a booster seat – the requirement only ends once the child is over 14 and taller than 150 cm (according to Your Europe).

Traffic lights

As almost everywhere in Europe: amber means the light is about to turn red and you have to stop. Running a red light means a hefty fine.

Helmet not compulsory

Bicycle – a helmet is not mandatory as long as you don’t ride faster than 20 km/h (according to Your Europe).

Helmet compulsory

motorcycle (also with a sidecar)
moped
tricycles and quadricycles (light and heavy)

The helmet must be ECE 22 approved.

Compulsory equipment in the car

warning triangle (ECE 27 approved)

Compulsory equipment on a bike

bell (not required on bicycles lighter than 11 kg)

Winter tyres and snow chains

Official sources give no information on winter tyres being mandatory. The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Liechtenstein has the same road rules as Switzerland – there winter tyres are not mandatory, but you are liable for an accident on unsuitable tyres. Coming through Austria? There winter tyres are mandatory from 1 November to 15 April in snow or ice.

Phone, drugs and other bans

Phone – hands-free kit only.

Speed camera detectors are banned.

Drugs (including THC, amphetamine, methamphetamine, ecstasy, cocaine, heroin) – banned.

Bus lanes are only for public transport, cycle paths for bicycles and pavements for pedestrians. A red cross above a lane – lane closed.

Vignettes, tolls and low-emission zones

Liechtenstein has no motorways and no road tolls. But you usually get here on a motorway through Switzerland or Austria – then you need that country’s vignette (Swiss: Via portal, Austrian: ASFINAG shop).

Documents and insurance

Liechtenstein is part of the EEA – your driving licence from an EU/EEA country is valid. Take your vehicle registration certificate and proof of valid third-party motor insurance; you don’t need a Green Card.

What to watch out for

The 0.8 ‰ alcohol limit is an exception in Europe – but you get to Liechtenstein through Switzerland or Austria, where as a novice driver your limit is 0.1 ‰. The simplest rule: don’t drink at all before driving.
Fines are high – stick to the speed limits.
Note: Your Europe (2024) says daytime lights are only recommended, but the current road traffic regulation (VRV, as of 2025) and the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2026) say you must drive with lights on day and night – check before you travel at gesetze.li (VRV).

Sources

published: 2015-08-13
last modification: 2026-10-01

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Remember: Abroad, the rules of the country you are driving in apply – including lower alcohol limits for novice drivers. Road signs take precedence over the values in the table. Vignettes, toll booths and toll-free motorways: motorway tolls and vignettes in Europe.

Sources: European Commission – Your Europe, “Road rules and safety” (data from EU and EEA countries and Switzerland); Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Odyseusz, country profiles (in Polish); German Federal Foreign Office (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia); official national websites (listed for each country). Last updated: September 2026. Rules change – check them on the official websites before you travel.

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