Basic rules for your safety

- Seat belt compulsory for everyone
- Headlights compulsory at all times
- Use of lights in a stationary vehicle
- Drunken driving is a criminal offence
- Do not use mobile phones when driving
- Radar detectors are prohibited
- Unnecessary engine idling is prohibited
- Direction indicators must be used
- Consideration in use of the horn

Driving License

Driving licenses of other European Union countries and the Nordic countries are valid in Finland without the need for any further action.

Other foreign driving licenses issued in a signatory country to the Vienna or Geneva Road Traffic Conventions entitle the license holder to drive in Finland for one year following the date of arrival, provided the license holder was residing permanently in that country when he or she received the driving license. These signatory countries comprise most of the European countries, the United States and a number of African countries.