Road rules and safety - Luxembourg

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Alcohol limits
Forbidden lane
Influence of drugs
Mobile telephone
Other specific rules
Safety helmet
Seat belts
Speed limits
Traffic lights

0,5 mg/ml Standard drivers
0,2 mg/ml Professional drivers
0,2 mg/ml Novice drivers

Drivers cannot use lanes that are closed (e.g. for construction) or whose use is illegal (e.g. motorway emergency lane) or that are reserved for other road users (bus lane, cycle lane, etc.).

Forbidden drugs

THC (cannabis)

Methylamphetamine

MDMA (ecstasy)

Amphetamine
MDA
Free morphine
Cocaine
Benzoylecgonine

	Use of mobile phone without hand-free.
	Use of mobile phone with hand-free set.

	Mandatory use of winter tyresFor all vehicles on public roads, in wintery conditions (snow and ice).
	Safety equipment for carswarning triangle reflective vest (for cars not registered in Luxembourg, only the use of a reflective vest is mandatory under certain circumstances)

	Light and heavy quadricycles
	Light and heavy tricycles
	MopedsDrivers are exempted from this obligation when the vehicle is fitted with a body structure (but in such case there is mandatory use of seatbelts).
	Motorcycles with/without a sidecarDrivers are exempted from this obligation when the vehicle is fitted with a body structure (but in such case there is mandatory use of seatbelts).
	Bicycles

The use of seat belts and child restraint systems is MANDATORY (Directive 91/671/EEC as amended).

The use of seat belts is not compulsory for:

drivers and passengers of motor vehicles providing door-to-door services in municipal areas that require repeated exit and entering of vehicles;
persons with an exemption certificate for serious medical reasons issued by the Ministry of Transport;
drivers when moving a vehicle backwards;
police members whose job prevents the use of safety belt systems for security reasons;
fireman brigades whose job prevents the use of safety belt systems for security reasons;
handicapped persons with reduced mobility, using wheel chairs or especially adapted seats;
accompanying personnel in buses and coaches who are in charge of assisting or supervising passengers;
passengers of buses and coaches who use their seats temporally.

Commission Decision C(2007) 2362 final 7 June 2007