EVERYTHING ABOUT GEORGIA

- Driving is on the right, like in EU.
- The speed limit is 50-70 km/h in residential areas: towns, cities and villages (pay attention while passing rural areas); 110km/h on highways; In other areas it’s 80 km/h unless indicated otherwise.
- It is compulsory to wear seat belts for front row seats.
- Children under 7 years of age must sit in child safety seats.
- There is a zero tolerance policy towards driving under the influence of drugs and 0.3ppm in case of alcohol.

Any license which is printed in Latin or Cyrillic alphabet is valid on territory of Georgia during one year after your arrival.
In Georgia, legal age for driving is 18.
If you rent a car with us - CARS 4 RENT, any driver which is 21 year’s old and has 1 year of driving experience is allowed to drive our rented vehicle and is automatically insured with all conditions listed here.
Any additional driver is automatically insured under same conditions only if primary driver is present in the vehicle.

Press here for the link to the map

Parking in Tbilisi
Most areas in Tbilisi require hourly parking payment which is calculated through the official Tbilisi Parking app (all drivers will need to download and activate it otherwise car will be fined with 50GEL).
To pay hourly for zonal parking you will need to enter your passport number, car plate number and lot number to activate and deactivate the parking. Parking costs 1. GEL (0.40cents) an hour and fine for inactive parking in hourly zones is 50 GEL (20 EUR).

If you are renting the vehicle from CARS 4 RENT note that some cars already have unlimited parking passes. You can select such vehicle and the parking in all zones will be included in the car rental price or you can purchase this service through us for any rental vehicle for 2 EUR per day only.  

Here you can download the required app:
 


Parking Fines
Automatic parking fines are issued on car owners name and have all details for payment. Fines issued by police officer are on the name of the driver. 
Both fines can be paid through an app or “Pay Box” (fast payment machines, widely available throughout the city, English language available). 
Either way you will need all details of the ticket including fine number to pay it, which will be given to you personally or sent to the car owner directly.  
If you prefer to avoid hourly payment for parking you can also buy an unlimited parking pass in all zones for any period, you can do it yourself through the same app. 

Kutaisi & Batumi Parking
There is no zonal parking in Kurtaisi and Batumi cities. You will need to purchase parking pass for Kutaisi or Batumi through “Pay Box” machines (fast payment machines, widely available throughout the city, English language available).

There are two types of fines you can get while driving in Georgia:
1. Fine on contact - when the penalty is written on driver’s name and handed it directly by police officer. You should pay these fines at least one day early before departure. Keep payment check for the border.
2. Video fines – these fines are being issued to the car, not the driver. These penalties can be seen (and payed also) at: https://videos.police.ge/?lang=en

You’ll need to specify car state number (plate number) and vehicle ID number (tech passport number) that can be found on your vehicle ID.
Payment can be made at any bank or “Pay box” machine (fast payment machines that look like ATMs but take your money instead of giving it, available all around the city).

Documents (apart from personal travel documents) you will need to cross the Georgian border with your own private car that is registered in another country:

·         Driving license

·         Vehicle registration document

·         Document confirming the legal ownership of the motor vehicle (if the mentioned circumstance is not confirmed by the vehicle registration document)

Additionally it is mandatory for all drivers crossing Georgian border with their own vehicle to insure their civil liability for the motor vehicle in their possession for the entire period of their stay in the territory of Georgia, but not less than 15 calendar days.

For example the amount of the insurance payment for sedans according to the insurance period is:

15 days – 30gel, 1 year – 295 gel and etc.

This insurance can be purchased at Compulsory Insurance Center, with an insurer or through electronic payment.
For more information, visit the Compulsory Insurance Center website https://tpl.ge/en

Moving through the territory of Georgia without compulsory insurance will result in the vehicle owner/driver being fined with the amount of 100 GEL.