Usually the busiest border crossing point on the border with Latvia is Burachki - Terekhovo, since the M9 "Baltiya" is one of the main routes on the way from Russia to the EU countries. The time for passing the customs queue at the border with Latvia depends on the time of day and the day of the week: before holidays and holidays there can be much more.

Before the checkpoint, huge queues of trucks, but their turn of cars does not apply, they are in another corridor .Depending on the checkpoint, a secret rule may apply before a Russian post: Russians and members of the customs union take precedence over the border .Roughly speaking, on some check points of the Russian-Latvian border it is possible to go round a turn from cars with the Latvian numbers .It's explained simply: the queue with Latvian numbers is basically t .n ."Gasoline tankers" crossing the border in order to transport in their cars a relatively cheap gasoline from the Russian Federation .

Going to Latvia by car, keep in mind that in the country there are restrictions on the import of the following things: to Latvia you can import no more than 40 cigarettes, 1 liter of strong alcohol and 156 liters of beer, 10 liters of motor fuel in any appropriate capacity. In addition, it is prohibited to import meat and meat products into the republic, including the number of tinned meat.

In addition, the use of "anti-radar" is prohibited here, and all passengers should be fastened with seat belts, including in the back seat .It is necessary to strictly observe rather rigid high-speed restrictions: in settlements - 50 km / h, plus observance of signs "40" and even "30", and on the highway - 90 km / h .In general, any lihachestvo on the road (violation of the speed limit, moving the stop line, stopping at the railway crossing, throwing from the strip to the strip, passing to yellow, turning not from the extreme band and t .д .) meets with local contempt .Fines are really big: for a conversation on the mobile phone - 40 lats (~ 2000 rubles .) .Moreover - all cases of levying a fine are recorded in a single database, and when leaving the country, border guards will remind you about it .If violated too much, next time they may not admit to the country by car .

The use of studded rubber on the roads of Latvia is allowed from October 1 to May 1.