hello, I travel the south ok ukrainia, . (kerck /bolrad Border at moldavia)
many policemen , but no problem if you take care at radar speed.
i go to the stan in may ;
tiger

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Drove there with my wife in a Citroen C5 last summer. Completely hassel-free. I found Romania more accomodating for travelers though, but don't let that put you off.

Romania is very nice and the transylvania region would be awesome on two wheels.

Happy roads!

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South East Asia, USA, Central and South America and Scandinavia.

Speed limit drops at the point where a sign is posted indicating any sort of town. New speed limit may not be posted--you're expected to know this. There are often police hiding just past that point.

Most roads are of the long and boring sort. The (few) mountainous areas are nice.

I don't recall any particular trouble at the borders on two trips there, although I think that was one of the very rare places where the border guards noticed I was using a photocopied registration document rather than the real thing.

Mark

Completely agree with Mark on all points. Watch out for speeding tickets. They also noticed my photocopied title, I think they use an ultraviolet lamp or something to look for watermarks on the document. The guy spent quite some time looking at my document, turning it over, and then asked me if I had any other documents. I said no, and they let me in, but that was the only place that has happened...

We entered Ukraine from Russia at the Taganrog/Novoazovsk border crossing heading north west to avoid going into Moldova and then south to Chernivsti before entering Romania - some 1500 kms or so in Ukraine.

Although we saw lots of traffic cops/radar we had no hassles as we kept within the limits (most of the time) and had no problems or fees at border crossings coming in or leaving - just the usual scramble at the kiosks and jostling to get your documents cleared.

Roads, on the whole, were not too bad compared with some of the ones we encountered in Siberia - maybe the odd manhole cover missing so perhaps not a good idea to drive/ride at night.

People were very friendly and always welcoming.

I forgot to mention one thing: when you enter Ukraine, get a tourist visa rather than a transit visa--IIRC with a transit visa you need to specify the exit point, but with a tourist visa you don't. I got a transit visa and didn't know about this rule, so they made a slight fuss when I exited at the "wrong" border crossing.

Motoreiter

If Big O is UK resident he shouldn't need a visa should he ? I don't recall having to get a visa.

Cheers for the info. I am a UK resident with a British Passport so I don't need a visa as far as I aware.

Another document .... such as a portrait of Andrew Jackson "document"?

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On Russia - Ukrain border (Kursk - Gluhovo) customs official (Ukrains) asked for a gift in offical room, I rejected him ("gift remained in Siberia") and I had no problem.

Hotline | Office of State Automobile Inspection of Ukraine

Telephone numbers of “hot lines” of State Traffic Inspection and post addresses of departments of SAI of regions

Divisions of SАI
Code
Telephone number of “hot line”
Address

Department of the SAI of MIA of Ukraine
044
272-4659
Lukyanovska str. 62,
Kyiv, 0417

Department of the SAI of The Main Department of the MIA of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea
0652
55-01-61
Kyivska str.152а,
Simferopol, 95034

Department of the SAI of The Main Department of the MIA of Ukraine in the Vinnytsia Region
0432
59-34-34
Botanicheska str. 23,
Vinnytsia, 21100



Department of the SAI of The Main Department of the MIA of Ukrainein the Volyn Region
0332
74-22-44
Zaliznychnogo str. 15,
Lutsk, 43000

Department of the SAI of The Main Department of the MIA of Ukrainein the Dnipropetrovs’k Region
056
744-51-92
Shirshova str. 9,
Dnipropetrovsk, 49600

Department of the SAI of The Main Department of the MIA of Ukraine in the Donets᾽k Region
062
345-23-30
Khodorkovskogo str. 10,
Donetsk, 83023

Department of the SAI of The Main Department of the MIA of Ukrainein the Zhytomyr Region
0412
47-39-15
Shchorsastr. 96,
Zhytomyr, 10031

Department of the SAI of The Main Department of the MIA of Ukrainein the Zakarpattia Region
03122
3-22-86
Koshevogo str. 2,
Uzhhorod, 88000

Department of the SAI of The Main Department of the MIA of Ukraine in the Zaporizhia Region
061
224-30-20
40-years of Soviet Ukrainestr. 57а,
Zaporizhia, 69035

Department of the SAI of The Main Department of the MIA of Ukrainein the Ivano-Frankivsk Region
03422
30-5-73
Unosti str. 23,
Ivano-Frankivsk, 76000

Department of the SAI of The Main Department of the MIA of Ukraine in the Kyiv Region
044
249-84-02
F.Ernsta str. 3,
Kyiv, 03153

Department of the SAI of The Main Department of the MIA of Ukraine in the City of Kyiv
044
483-70-64
B. Khmelnytskogo str. 54,
Kyiv, 01030

Department of the SAI of The Main Department of the MIA of Ukraine in the Kirovograd Region
0522
35-75-33
Panfilovtsev str. 22-Б,
Kirovograd, 25030

Department of the SAI of The Main Department of the MIA of Ukraine in the Lugansk Region
0642
93-57-80
Lineva str. 150,
Luhansk, 91008

Department of the SAI of The Main Department of the MIA of Ukraine in the L᾽viv Region
0322
64-69-41
Perfetckogo str. 19,
Lviv, 79053

Department of the SAI of The Main Department of the MIA of Ukraine in the Mykolaiv Region
0512
21-20-91
Novozavodskastr. 1-Б,
Mykolaiv, 54056

Division of the SAI of The Main Department of the MIA of Ukraine in the Odessa Region
0482
30-17-53
Koroleva str. 5,
Odessa, 65114

Department of the SAI of The Main Department of the MIA of Ukraine in the Poltava Region
0532
59-07-25
Frunze str. 164,
Poltava, 36008

Department of the SAI of The Main Department of the MIA of Ukraine in the Rivne Region
0362
63-58-21
S.Bandery, 14а,
Rivne, 33028

Department of the SAI of The Main Department of the MIA of Ukraine in the Sumy Region
0542
67-54-14
Belopolskуi str. 18/1,
Sumy, 40009

Division of the SAI of The Main Department of the MIA of Ukraine in the City of Sevastopol
0692
65-06-83
Promislovastr. 1,
Sevastopol, 99040

Division Department of the STI of The Main Department of the MIA of Ukraine in the Ternopil Region
0352
52-38-86
Kotlyarevskogo str. 24,
Ternopil, 46000

Department of the SAI of The Main Department of the MIA of Ukraine in the Kharkiv Region
057
704-15-81
Shevchenko str. 26,
Kharkiv, 61013

Department of the SAI of The Main Department of the MIA of Ukraine in the Kherson Region
0552
43-25-36
Senyavina str. 128,
Kherson, 73034

Department of the SAI of The Main Department of the MIA of Ukraine in the Khmelnitskyi Region
0382
70-31-31
Kocubinskii str. 35/2,
Khmelnytskyi, 29008

Department of the SAI of The Main Department of the MIA of Ukraine in the Cherkassy Region
0472
39-32-11
L.Ukrainki str. 21,
Cherkassy, 18000

Division of the SAI of The Main Department of the MIA of Ukraine in the Chernihiv Region
04622
5-63-02
Borisenko str. 66,
Chernihiv,14037

Division of the SAI of The Main Department of the MIA of Ukraine in the Chernivtsi Region
0372
55-05-13
Zavodskastr. 22,
Chernivtsi, 58007

Brilliant information. Many thanks for this. Off to Ukraine in Jul;y and this document will go with me,

thanks again