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Driving in Burkina Faso
The rules of the road as our desk recorded them, native unit first.
Driving side
Right
Speed limits
50 / 90 / 110 km/h · 31 / 56 / 68 mph
urban / rural / motorway
International permit (IDP)
Required · Vienna 1968
An IDP is required alongside your national licence.
Blood alcohol limit
0.08% (0.8 g/l)
Tolls
Toll barriers on the main national routes.
Headlights
Not required by day.
Child seats
Not enforced or available.
Ouagadougou is dominated by mopeds and is chaotic but navigable. Rural road travel is the primary security risk in the country - improvised devices and ambushes have targeted vehicles on unpaved routes.