Swedish teenagers can drive from the age of 15 without a chauffeur’s licence if the automobile hasactually been customized to drive no quicker than 30 kilometres per hour. HUDDINGE, Sweden: Too young for a chauffeur’s licence at 15, Evelina Christiansen is currently travelling in a streamlined BMW in Sweden, where teenagers can drive any carsandtruck customized to roll no muchfaster than a golf cart. An nearly century-old guideline initially used to farming cars permits kids 15 and older to drive without a correct motorist’s licence, as long as the automobile hasactually been modified to have a optimum speed of 30 kilometres per hour (18.6 miles per hour). Called an “A-traktor” — with Swedes frequently utilizing “EPA” as the older classification — these carsandtrucks and trucks have endupbeing so popular in current years that authorities are now worried about a increase in roadway mishaps. “I got it a year ago, in April, for my birthday,” Evelina informs AFP happily in front of her dark blue 5-series BMW in the driveway of her household’s house in a southern Stockholm suburbanarea. The present was a unique benefit for her accomplishments in school. While teens somewhereelse have to make do with a moped or scooter upuntil they get a chauffeur’s licence, young Swedes can usage nearly any lorry that has its leading speed topped. In Stockholm’s rich residentialareas, young kids are routinely seen driving Porsche Cayennes on their own. “I typically usage it when I go to school or satisfy up with buddies,” Evelina states. A triangular caution indication in the back showing a slow-moving lorry and a drawback ball for trailers are both obligatory for an “A-traktor”. The back seat should likewise be gottenridof, so they can bring just the chauffeur and one traveler. All that is needed is a basic moped licence, readilyavailable from the age of 15, or a tractor licence, from16 The system is remarkably lax in a nation recognized for promoting roadway security — the three-point seatbelt is a Swedish inve
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