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Driving in Gambia
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)
Required · Geneva 1949
An IDP is required alongside your national licence.
Blood alcohol limit
0.05% (0.5 g/l)
Tolls
A toll applies on the Senegambia bridge at Farafenni.
Headlights
Not required by day.
Child seats
Not enforced or available.
Right-hand traffic, unlike anglophone neighbours further south. Police checkpoints are frequent. The south-bank road is decent; the north bank is rougher. Do not drive at night.