Transport > Road Stats: compare key data on Switzerland & United Kingdom
Definitions
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Expressway length:
Expressway length (km).
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- Length of motorways per capita: Kilometers of motorways per million residents.
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Motor vehicles per 1000 people:
Motor vehicles per 1000 people.
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- Motorway density: Meters of motorway per square kilometer.
- Motorway length: Total network length of all motorways in km.
- Radar detector legality: Legality.
- Traffic laws > Fire extinguisher required: Indicates for European countries whether the law requires a fire extinguisher to be available in each car.
- Traffic laws > First aid required: Indicates for European countries whether the law requires a first aid kit to be available in each car.
- Traffic laws > Minimum driver's age: Indicates for European countries the age under which driving is not permitted.
- Traffic laws > Seatbelt required: Indicates for European countries whether (and on which seats) it is mandatory to wear seatbelts while driving.
- Traffic laws > Spare bulb required: Indicates for European countries whether the law requires a spare light bulb to be available in each car.
- Traffic laws > Speed limit at dual carriageway: Indicates the speed limit (in km / h) on dual carriageways in European countries. A dual carriageway road or divided highway is one where the lanes for traffic in opposing directions are separate, usually divided by a barrier and a strip of grass or other plants.
- Traffic laws > Speed limit at motorway: Indicates the speed limit (in km / h) on motorways, freeways or highways in European countries.
- Traffic laws > Speed limit at single carriageway: Indicates the speed limit (in km/ h) on single carriageways in European countries. A single carriageway road or undivided highway is one where the lanes for traffic in opposing directions are not separate, usually divided only by lines.
- Traffic laws > Triangle required: Indicates for European countries whether the law requires a triangular safety reflector to be available in each car.
- Traffic laws > Permitted alcohol level: Indicates for European countries the limit of blood alcohol content (in %), above which driving is not permitted.
- Traffic laws > Tow rope required: Indicates for European countries whether the law requires a tow rope to be available in each car.
- Traffic laws > Speed limit at urban area: Indicates the speed limit (in km / h) in urban areas in European countries.
SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of countries by road network size; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2085.html, Roadways.; Wikipedia: List of countries by vehicles per capita; Wikipedia: Radar detector (Legality) ("Radar Speed Trap Warning Apparatus (Licence)" . Hansard . 1967-03-02 . Retrieved 2010-04-25 . "a pocket-sized instrument is being produced by Marchant House Limited of New Street, Oadby, Leicester, to be used in motor vehicles to give instant warning of a police radar speed trap ... Anyone wishing to use this type of apparatus would require a licence under the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1949. The firm in question has recently been informed that I am not prepared to issue a licence for such purposes"); Wikipedia: Comparison of European traffic laws (General)
