About

Road Nuance compares the traffic rules of two countries: the one where you learned to drive and the one you are going to. It is not a country guide but the difference — the traps, where what you do at home without thinking becomes a violation or a danger here.

Where the data comes from

Primary sources only: the text of the law — in official gazettes or their consolidated versions (Poland's Dziennik Ustaw, Belgium's Justel and codedelaroute.be from the Vias road-safety institute, Ukraine's parliamentary legislation database) — and the sites of governments, police, cities and the bodies that by law run tolls or insurance. Blogs, travel sites, Wikipedia and motoring clubs can help find a rule, but we cite the primary source. We do not use Russian-language sources.

Every rule shows a link to its source (with the article number where there is one) and the date the source was read. If a rule can't be confirmed by a primary source, it is not published, and the page says "no verified data".

How we check

• The site will not build if a rule has no source, if a source is not on the list of sites we keep for that country (laws, government, police, cities) or for the EU, or if the data contradicts itself.
• Traps are not written by hand for each pair: they are computed from the data, so a trap can't drift away from the rule it comes from.
• A year after its check date the build warns us that the rule is due for a re-check. Announced changes to the law are shown next to the rule, and if a country's planned full re-check date has passed when the site is rebuilt, its page shows a warning.

State of the data

• Belgium: checked 31 October 2026 · next full check by 1 June 2027
• Poland: checked 1 November 2026
• Ukraine: checked 31 October 2026

Limitations

This is reference information, not legal advice. The automatic checks make sure a source exists and is on the allowed list, but they can't read the law for you — so open the linked source before you travel. Rules change, there are regional exceptions, and road signs on the spot always override the general rule.