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Driving in Cabo Verde
The rules of the road as our desk recorded them, native unit first.
Driving side
Right
Speed limits
50 / 80 / 100 km/h · 31 / 50 / 62 mph
urban / rural / motorway
International permit (IDP)
Recommended · Vienna 1968
EU licences are accepted directly; other nationalities should carry an IDP.
Blood alcohol limit
0.05% (0.5 g/l)
Tolls
None.
Headlights
Not required by day.
Child seats
Required for under-12s in theory; availability from rental firms is limited.
Santo Antão's cobbled mountain road is spectacular and genuinely demanding - most visitors hire an aluguer with a driver rather than drive it. Elsewhere roads are quiet and straightforward.