Car Hire Ukraine

In Ukraine, they say that driving is a culture. You will get to learn about that first-hand the moment you have hired a car for your ground transportation as a visitor. There are the good, the bad and the ugly about hiring a car in Ukraine and driving through their roads. One standout feature of transport in the country is that roads come with varying quality in urban and rural areas. You will experience the difference depending on the part of the country you are driving through.

Rural roads have potholes

With roads in urban areas being smooth and of friendly terrain, the roads serving rural areas are not very much friendly. The rural roads have a lot of potholes and mostly hilly making driving a horrible experience. For urban roads, they are maintained on a regular basis thus retain high standards of quality all the time.

Those people in rural and urban areas of the country have a totally contradicting driving culture that you need to get acquainted with as a visitor. When you have hired a car from any local company and you are to drive yourself, you are advised to be extra cautious on the road. That is the advice given to every driver who tours Ukraine.

Locally, drivers there are not careful enough and they like disobeying traffic rules a lot. There is total insanity on Ukrainian roads and you are most likely to be knocked by another car if you are not careful. Don’t expect drivers there to be polite and it’s your carefulness that will guarantee a safe time on the roads. Don’t say you were not warned once you have been knocked and the offending driver disappears or becomes rude to you.

Don't drink and drive

The general rules for driving that you must observe is wearing seat belts every time on the road, don’t drink alcohol and then drive while using mobile phones as you drive is prohibited. You will be fined heavily or charged for violating any of the rules. Regardless of your urgency, you should try as much as possible not to drive during the night when in Ukraine.

The driving culture there is of driving during the day since at night you will not be able to see clearly. Roads mostly in rural areas are not well lit and you are most likely to bump into another car due to poor visibility.