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Driving in Côte d'Ivoire
The rules of the road as our desk recorded them, native unit first.
Driving side
Right
Speed limits
50 / 80 / 110 km/h · 31 / 50 / 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
The Abidjan–Yamoussoukro motorway and the Henri Konan Bédié bridge are tolled.
Headlights
Not required by day.
Child seats
Not enforced or widely available.
Abidjan traffic is heavy and the motorway north is genuinely good. Checkpoints are frequent on rural roads. Avoid driving at night outside the main corridors.