Parking rental car: the basic rules
Making a road trip in Bruges, it is necessary to take into account that the majority of car parks within the old city toll. The central part is divided into several parking zones.
- Blue Zone. Tourists, who took a rental car, you know that you can leave their vehicles free of charge every day, except Sunday, from 9.00 to 20.00. On Sunday and public holidays parking time is limited to 4 hours. On the windscreen must be secured with the parking drive marked time.
In shopping streets parking fee:
Area | Time Parking | Duration | Days of the week | Exclusions |
Blue | from 9.00 to 20.00 | 2 hours | all | Local residents and the disabled |
Red | from 9.00 to 20.00 | 2 hours | all | Shopping Smedenstraat free parking to 20.00 |
Yellow | from 9.00 to 20.00 | 2 hours | all | Burg - the maximum duration of parking 1:00 |
Zone 4 | from 9.00 to 19.00 | 30 minutes | all | Local residents and the disabled |
Zone 5 | from 9.00 to 18.00 | 4 hours | Except on Sundays and public holidays | Local residents and the disabled |
Zone 6 | from 9.00 to 20.00 | 2 hours | all | |
The area around the station | from 6.00 to 12.00 | 2 hours | Monday Friday | |
The cost of parking for the first hour 1.8 euros, the second - 2.4. You can leave a rental car for a short time to 15 minutes and pay only 10 cents.
Penalties for violation of traffic rules
The police can stop traffic violations and collect fines on the spot. This officer is obliged to issue an official paper that confirms the amount of the fine. The driver has the right not to pay a fine representative of the police.
Violated a rented car the tourist can offer deposit, but if it does not pay within 3 days, the police confiscated the car before paying, and rolling Agency will make the payment card the client.
Violations of traffic rules in Bruges have 4 categories:
Category | The amount of the fine (in Euros) |
1 | 50 - on the spot; 55-1375 - in court |
2 | 100 - on the spot; 110-1375 - in court. There is a possibility of deprivation of a driver's license and car |
3 | 150 - on the spot; 165-2750 - in court. There is a possibility of deprivation of a driver's license and car |
4 | 300 - only for visitors. 220-2750 - only for local and only in court |
The penalty may be canceled on the spot if the driver is under 18 or the offender - 3rd person.
Allowable alcohol
The maximum blood alcohol level of 0.49 ppm.
0,5-0,79 ppm - banned for 3 hours to drive a car, a fine of € 150. In case of refusal of payment on the spot - a trial and a fine of up to € 3000.
The cost of fuel
If you travel by rental car, you need to know about the price of fuel.
In Bruges, you can fill the car with unleaded petrol, diesel and gas. Leaded gasoline is not. Pricing oil controls the government. The cost of gasoline varies from € 0,43 to € 1,63.