CAR HIRE NETHERLANDS

The flat, windmill-punctuated landscape of the Netherlands makes ideal cycling territory. In a country where the 15 million inhabitants own 12 million bicycles, drivers are expected to treat cyclists with courtesy. There is a plentiful netwrok of cycle lanes, while in home zones pedestrians and cyclists coming from the right have priority, and you should drive at walking pace (10kph). Traffic density in the Netherlands is the highest in Europe, so expect to encounter congestion in towns.

GIVE WAY TO THE RIGHT

As in most of Europe, give way to the right unless you are on a priority road indicated by a yellow diamond. You must give way to buses pulling away from bus stops in built up areas. Trams always take priority. You should normally overtake them on the right, but only with caution and without inconveniencing passangers getting on or off the tram. If there is insufficient room to pass on the right then you may overtake, with caution, on the left.