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Driving in Azerbaijan
The rules of the road as our desk recorded them, native unit first.
Driving side
Right
Speed limits
60 / 90 / 110 km/h · 37 / 56 / 68 mph
urban / rural / motorway
International permit (IDP)
Required · Vienna 1968
An IDP is required with your home licence and is checked at rental desks and traffic stops.
Blood alcohol limit
0.00% - zero tolerance
Tolls
None on the main network.
Headlights
Low beams required outside built-up areas.
Child seats
Required for children under 12; rentals stock them on request.
Baku traffic is fast and the city's speed cameras are numerous and unforgiving. The mountain roads north of Quba are unpaved, steep and 4×4-only - Khinalug in particular is not a rental-car destination, and many rental agreements exclude those roads explicitly.