Driving information for your Orlando Car Hire and Holiday

• Carry your driving licence and rental documents with you at all times
• Florida law requires all passengers of cars and vans who are over the age of 6 to wear seat belts. Passengers 16 and above will be fined individually for violating this provision. Drivers will be held responsible and fined for passengers under the age of 15 years who are found unrestrained. Children under the age of 3 years must be properly secured using a crash-tested, federally approved child restraint seat. The seat must be a separate carrier or a vehicle manufacturer's integrated child seat.
• Children under 6 years of age can not be left unattended or unsupervised in a motor vehicle for a period in excess of 15 minutes.
• Orlando Speed Limits
  Residential Areas 30 MHP
  Highways & other roads 55 MHP
  Rural Interstate Highways 70 MPH
• If you are in an accident (and the damage is minimal) at night or you are in a deserted area indicate to the other driver to follow you and drive to a poulated area near by.
• If stopped by the police pull over immediately, turn off the engine, stay seated and follow the officers instructions.
• It is compulsory to use your headlights during rain.
• All drivers moving in either direction must stop for a stopped school bus. You must remain stopped until all children are clear of the road. Violation of this law is subject to a mandatory hearing. When the warning lights are flashing the speed limit in front of every school is 15 mph
• Drinking alcohol and driving is also forbidden and strictly enforced in all states.
• Some of the major highways are toll roads often called turnpikes, but most are free.
• Parking lights must be used at night by any vehicle on a road outside town.