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Driving in Eswatini
The rules of the road as our desk recorded them, native unit first.
Driving side
Left
Speed limits
60 / 80 / 120 km/h · 37 / 50 / 75 mph
urban / rural / motorway
International permit (IDP)
Recommended · Geneva 1949
English-language licences are accepted; an IDP is useful if yours is not in English.
Blood alcohol limit
0.08% (0.8 g/l)
Tolls
A small road toll is charged on foreign-registered vehicles at the border.
Headlights
Not required by day.
Child seats
Required for under-threes in theory; supply is limited.
Left-hand traffic. Roads are good but livestock on the carriageway is constant and is the main cause of accidents. Do not drive after dark outside the main valleys.