Take traffic rules seriously, and expect them to be enforced. See ://www.ricksteves.com/graffiti/helpline/index.cfm/rurl/topic/23345/foreign-traffic-lawsamerican-scofflaws.html/ Computers now make pursuit by mail likely, so they say.
There will always be something unknown, like Austria's law that cars must contain a reflector vest in case of accident, as the Rick Steves site says, but that will be no excuse.
Altdorf, Switzerland, speed trap (a mannequin trooper there, folks).
To avoid trouble, memorize for each country the speed limits applicable to every type of situation. There is radar there, just as here. Get accustomed to the mental changeover from 58 kmh to 38 mph or so. Use the easy converters before you leave, as at ://www.calculateme.com/Speed/KilometersperHour/ToMilesperHour.htm/
You will find that the speeds are not so different from ours, even on the autobahns - although those seem to get ignored more. For example, 100 kmh on an autobahn is just 62 mph. Those whizzing by at what looks like 140 in kmh are getting more up there - 87.
Do not expect speeds to be posted. Do not expect the pay-kiosks to be easily visible, or even on that particular block side. Prepare to walk to look for it. Trust no apparent-freebie spot.
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