What you must carry
- Your valid driving licence. A copy is not enough.
- The registration card of the car (kentekencard), or the old paper registration certificate.
- The police may ask to see them during a check.
Insurance
Every car on the public road must have at least third-party liability insurance (WA-verzekering). It pays for damage you cause to others. Driving without it is a serious offence.
APK (periodic vehicle inspection)
- The APK checks whether a car is safe and clean enough.
- Petrol and electric cars: first APK after 4 years, then after 6 and 8 years, then every year.
- Diesel and LPG cars: first APK after 3 years, then every year.
- As the owner you are responsible for a valid APK.
Beginner's licence
- For the first 5 years after your first licence you are a beginning driver (7 years if you got your first licence at 16).
- The alcohol limit for beginning drivers is lower: 0.2 per mille.
- For serious traffic offences a beginning driver gets a penalty point. After the second point within this period, the CBR suspends the licence and orders a new driving test.