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Driving in Kazakhstan
The rules of the road as our desk recorded them, native unit first.
Driving side
Right
Speed limits
60 / 90 / 110 km/h · 37 / 56 / 68 mph
urban / rural / motorway
International permit (IDP)
Required · Vienna 1968
An IDP with your home licence is required; rental agencies check it and traffic police do too.
Blood alcohol limit
0.00% - zero tolerance, enforced with roadside checks
Tolls
Tolls on some newer highway sections including parts of the Almaty–Astana route.
Headlights
Low beams mandatory outside built-up areas at all times.
Child seats
Required under age 12; rentals stock them on request.
Main roads between cities have improved a great deal; secondary roads have not. Distances are the real issue - 500 km between fuel stops is normal in the west. Livestock on unfenced roads is a constant hazard at dusk.