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Driving to sweden advice and info?
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23-10-2013 11:28pm#1
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I'm living in neighboring Norway, which have some regulations in common so my info might help.
I'm assuming that you are driving an Irish reg. car all the way over to Sweden. (Please correct me if not).
Regulation-wise, although your car is left-hand drive it's probably street legal (Sweden was a left hand drive country until about 30 years ago). Left-hand drive cars are sometimes even operated in country areas as post-vans (because that way it is easier for the postal worker to reach for letter boxes).
However, if you stay for a year or longer with your car, you will probably be required to re-plate with a Swedish registration and tax the car to their system. Similarly, you yourself will be required to exchange your Irish license for a Swedish one. (I believe this is a basic swap over, no additional testing required).
One danger-factor you will need to keep in mind is that the all-weather tires usually shipped with Irish cars will not be suitable for winter roads in Scandinavia. From now (October), until about May (depending on where you are) Winter tires will be required to maintain road-grip while driving on snowed or iced roads. It would also be very wise to have a wheel-chain in your car for more difficult road conditions.
Hope that didn't all sound too scary. Please let me know if you need to know more, and please also keep in mind that some of what I just types could be wrong as I'm writing from a Norwegian point-of-view
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