Although the Romanian highway network has expanded in recent years, reaching almost all regions of the country, many Romanian drivers have not become accustomed to the traffic rules on high-speed roads, whose total length has recently exceeded 1,300 kilometers.
Rushed drivers on the Sun Highway. Photo: Reddit user
The network of express highways and roads in Romania recently exceeded over 1,300 kilometers, and by 2030, as the projects of construction of the new highways are completed, it could approach 2,500 kilometers.
The first section of highway in Romania, A1 Bucharest – Pitesti, in length of 95 kilometers, was used on July 1, 1972. But at more than half a century after its inauguration, even if the traffic rules on highways have not undergone important changes, many Romanians are still complained to them.
In the most recent accident on the Sun Highway (A2), on Sunday, July 6, 2025, six cars were involved. The incident caused by a driver who did not keep the regulatory distance from the car in front of him has aroused a wave of reactions on social networks, and many Romanians have been revolted by how the highways in Romania are driving.
The Sun Highway, the Rescue Place of the Drivers
The road to the coast has become a risky adventure, says some of the Romanians who recently circulated on the Bucharest – Constanța Sun Highway, in length of 200 kilometers. Some of them told that the high -speed section, completely completed in 2012, remained one of the most risky highways in Romania, although the Romanians should have been getting used to it for a long time.
“I had” luck “to have to return to Bucharest in Constanța on Sunday evening. Nor is the band 1. They put all the brave in front of you, at two meters, or to give themselves from the “baboons” or to overcome on the right. The strangest part is that, often, on band 1 we advance faster than on lane 2, going with 120-130 km/h, because no one circulates on tape. “he states, on the Reddit Online Platform.
Another Romanian says that the road traffic on the Sun Highway is most often confused by those who do not want to return to the 1st movement after they go.
“On this highway you will never be able to travel by 110 km/h on the band 1. I tried countless times, but I got stuck in shots and drivers that go even slower. A2, like other highways in Romania, is under-dimensioned for the intense traffic of the summer season. cars. Many times I have surpassed the first tape easily (on the highway is legal), which means that the “wild boars” were blocking the second lane in the world to move, but they didn’t want to, ” he says.
Why do some drivers circulate only on the acceleration tape
Another driver reports that he has always been accustomed to traveling on the second band of A1 and A2 highways, because on the two routes starting in Bucharest, band 1 is “terrible”.
“If I see someone coming from the back, I also launch myself, so that I can get on the band 1 before I can give me flashes and without inconvenience. On the A2 motorway, anyway, if you go with 130 km/h on band 1, you must, a few seconds, exceed 130-150 km/h is much lighter ”he says.
Other Romanians declare themselves disturbed by those who position themselves behind them, a few centimeters, to return to the first traffic lane.
“The last time I went to Bucharest, on a Friday, I had the classic double driver, who was sitting on a few palms of my bar and gave me non-stop flashes, as if I had to go. In front of me was another car that exceeded, so I had no place to go. van, as in a hurry like him.he tells.
Among the things most often demanded by drivers using the highways in Romania are the rights on the right (video), the sudden changes of tape without signaling, the trucks that “compete” on the two lanes, trying to overcome despite the speed limiters, the unjustified stops on the emergency band, the levels and pebbles in the road.
How to travel in the past on the first highway in Romania
In 1972, the year of the inauguration of the first highway in Romania, the traffic was much lower on it, but the drivers were guided by almost the same rules. Almanah Auto magazine then made known to the drivers who used it, the traffic rules on A1.
“On the highway there is permanently on the right lane. The band on the left, located near the central square, is intended strictly to carry out the overruns. Stopping on the land is prohibited, except for necessity: technical faults that prevent the continuation of the road, the aid in the event of an accident, the extreme weather conditions or a stop of the driver ACOSTMENT, it is necessary to install the reflective triangle at a distance of 100 meters behind the vehicle“Inform the engineer Mihalache Stoleru, then the head of road service.
Stopping the highway is strictly forbidden. At the high speeds with which it flows, any stationary becomes a major danger, it completely.
“During the trip, the drivers must carefully follow both the front and the back traffic. Any intentional maneuver must be signaled in advance and only after the assurance that the traffic of the other traffic participants is not embedded. It is important to travel in the middle of the band and not to accelerate at the moment when the car is not to be kept. Tests, but no road to travel excessively slowly. the car almanah showed.
The safety distance to the front car must be at least 100 meters. Driving at too small distances, especially under wet roads, with a jerk or pole, is one of the most common causes of accidents, note the author of information.
“As you probably noticed, on the highway, not just cars. On certain portions, works are still being performed, and in some cases humans or animals can appear on the road. All these elements impose an extra attention and caution from the drivers.”complete the engineer in 1972.
