Driving in Brazil Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
About Driving in Brazil
Brazilian roads can vary drastically from city to city in terms of quality. Due to the lack of sufficient highway/traffic police staff, it's easy to witness drivers doing otherwise forbidden actions such as driving on the shoulder, going above the speed limit, overtaking in dangerous situations, etc., but this does not apply to most drivers. Brazilians drive on the right side of the road, with the steering wheel on the left side. Most cars are manual, but the automatic ones are getting more and more common. Roads that connect one state to another are federal highways known as BR-000, in which "000" should be replaced by another three-digit number. If this number starts with 0, then the highway starts atBrasíliaand runs towards the extremes of the country; highways starting with 1 run north
Driving in Brazil Travel Guide Sections
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